A Matter of Taste III

With some pundits thinking President Obama will need every vote he can get in November 2012, we thought it might be timely to repeat the following from blog of 6/14/11 to urge the Democrats to action.

Alferd E. Packer was a gold prospector who set off from Montrose, Colorado in February of 1874 with five companions, bound for the gold fields at Breckenridge. He arrived in Lake City, Colorado  on April 16 without any companions, and was subsequently tried and convicted of having consumed them. "There were only six Democrats in all of Hinsdale County" cried the outraged judge, "and you, you S.O.B. , you ate five of them." Packer served his time for cannibalism and won a reprieve in 1901 and lived out his years peacefully. But he has since become a beloved name in the world of institutional chow with Friends of Packer Clubs springing up around the country. They pass out cards bearing his likeness with the legend "Serving his fellow man since 1874." And one of the cards reads "He never met a meal he didn't like." So if the Democrats should ever lose a close race they can blame it on good old Alferd E. Packer.
tjs
PS - Wikipedia has a lengthy write-up on this fellow. The University of Colorado at Boulder has named their new cafeteria "The Alferd E. Packer Grill with the students' motto "have a friend for lunch." The food is rated three stars.
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