Hat's Off to You

There's been a lot of talk about Hamas's success in this week's Palestinian parliamentary elections. It's been suggested that this should serve as a sobering lesson for those who have been pushing so hard for democratic reform in the middle east over the last few years. Right, but more importantly, there seems to be a political lesson we can all learn here. Point of fact: hats. I don't know anything about Hamas other than that they all wear sweet green baseball caps. Well, that and that they're not really fond of Israel, but that's kind of a gimme. Other than that though, does it matter what their other social stances are? Bet you a nickel half the people who voted for them don't really know what they stand for - they were just in it to get a hat. And really can you blame them? If the GOP candidate was running on the promise of passing a federal law requiring the wearing of bow ties 24 hours a day, I'd still vote for them. Just as long as I got a hat.