The Saga of the Gold-Toed Roach Killer

Have you ever seen a roach when he's seeking to escape termination run into a corner and huddle for cover because he knows that your round-toed shoe can't penetrate into such a tight spot.  Safe at last is the declaration!  But sometimes the roach miscalculates due to the existence of the gold-toed roachkiller.  Allow me to paint the picture for you.  It's usually that pointed-toed brown or black cowboy boot with the gold plate encased over the toe of the boot.  It can cause utter destruction.  And what great personal satisfaction it brings when you press that gold toe into that sweet tight spot of the corner and smash that roach straight up into nonexistence. 

The satisfaction of sticking it to your nemesis syndrome is very similar to the psychology of the so-called Southern strategy that's implored so handily during election time by both the Republican and Democratic parties dependent upon the circumstances or how desperate a candidate wants to be elected.  The strategy was used against Harvey Gantt in the NC Senate Race, remember the "black hands" ad, against Harold Ford in the Tennessee Senate Race, partying with a white woman and in countless other instances such as the Willie Horton ads, the underlying motivation to appoint conservative judges, etc, etc, etc. 

The gold-toed strategy has been so effective because there exist people who are so blinded by prejudice and hatred that the importance of having good and sound social, economic and health care policies that benefit those who need it most is secondary, if they can just place their gold-toed roachkillers in your sweet spots, even when the result is to also stick it to themselves.  Thus is the saga of the gold-toed roachkiller.

Sidebar:  Show me your sweet spot.