John McCain is like a hearing aid, while Barack Obama is like a pair of eyeglasses.

John McCain is like a vaccination, while Barack Obama is like natural immunity.

John McCain is a cane, while Barack Obama is a pole vault.

John McCain is like an acorn from a large oak, while Barack Obama is a seed carried far on the winds of hope.

John McCain has twisted and turned, and spoken with his tongue from both sides of his mouth; he has swallowed gruel and bargained with his soul. He has been like an idea, slowly thought through, using the dim-intellect and the rational mind. Barack Obama has followed his star, grown straight, spoken truly and has arrived in the national consciousness as an intuition in the mind.

John McCain is a flickering light, while Barack Obama is a curtain of light.

When the two stand together, the contrast is startling: one is old enough to have worked in a belfry; the other has the mana and charisma to strike the chords in each of our hearts.

– Raphael O’Suna,   Haiku