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My Choice is a Cold Bowl of Oatmeal or a Dumpster Fire: The Bad Choice That is No Choice

As the 2024 presidential election looms, voters are again faced with a familiar and disheartening scenario: choosing between two candidates that feel more like settling for a cold bowl of oatmeal or a dumpster fire than making a confident choice.

Libby Winkler
4 min readJun 28, 2024
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My Choice is a Cold Bowl of Oatmeal or a Dumpster Fire: The Bad Choice That is No Choice

As the 2024 presidential election looms, voters are again faced with a familiar and disheartening scenario: choosing between two candidates that feel more like settling for a cold bowl of oatmeal or a dumpster fire than making a confident choice. This analogy reflects the frustration and disillusionment many voters feel when neither candidate offers a compelling vision for the future.

The Cold Bowl of Oatmeal: A Candidate with Bland Promises

On one side, we have the candidate representing the cold bowl of oatmeal.

While competent and experienced, this candidate needs to inspire excitement or passion. Their…

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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