A Parable, Saying, and Quote Applicable to This Election

The Scorpian & the Frog

The scorpian would be the the Republicans and McCain swearing that this time their going to regulate big finance and industry; the frog would be the electorate believing the Republicans and McCain

http://allaboutfrogs.org/stories/scorpion.html

Old Saying

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome."

It would arguably be insane to vote for a Republican again and expect anything different than the last 8 years.

Joke

Guy says, "hey, Doc, it hurts when I do this." Doctor says back, 'Then stop doing that."

Doing "this" would be voting for a Republican. If it eventually hurts when you do that, stop doing it.