A Heinz ketchup ad feating a donkey provides an unintentionally apt metaphor -- the Democrats feeding crap to the public and conning them into thinking it tastes good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ5FXYnqDY4
The hot dog should have been labeled "Obamacare", and the donkey "Big Spend'r"
Love & Liberty,
((( starchild )))