Posted by: Stan - The Dandy FlowerWoman... on November 4th, 2008

Unless you’ve been living in a cave on a remote island, in the outer regions of civilisation with nothing more than smoke signals to communicate to your neighbouring hermits, you’ll be fully aware that today is indeed polling day over the other side of the pond, with two political heavyweights slogging it out for the most powerful job on the planet.

There’s been more analysis you can shake a Big Mac at, with this being a hotly contested battle of personalities, star-charts, image consultants, focus groups and popularity surveys. Both were in the news back in September when even the manner of laying roses at the 9/11 memorial (pictured, above) was scrutinised right down to the rootball. But what about the flowers? Which floral families represent the two most talked about men on Polling Day, 4 November 2008?

Relying on his reputation as a POW survivor to prop-up his aged presidential campaign, John McCain has been resilient, dependable and tough – even prickly – in the face of adversity. But when the chips are down, even some Republicans can come up smelling of roses, so McCain is our Grand Prix Rose – a symbol of courage and respect as well as love.

Red as a Republican, reliable and long lasting – even the odd smear campaign over the past few months (including accusations of a ‘Rose Garden Strategy‘!) hasn’t knocked his determination for the top job at the White House.

But, every rose has it’s thorn, and with her recent toe-curling gaffs and exploits, it remains to be seen whether Sarah Palin could be the thorn at McCain’s side.

Born in Hawaii and brought up in Indonesia, Barack Obama is easily the more attractive candidate with his youthful exuberance and funky, web 2.0 savvy, social media widgets on his side. Obama is honest to the point that he admitted to enjoying (but later regretting) recreational drugs, but wise enough to utilise the PR machine to full effect. And thanks to young Barack we have new additions to the modern English vocabulary such as “obamafy” and  “obamanomics” – just don’t ask me what they mean!

There’s even a florist in Seattle doubling up as a shrine to the Democrats’ favourite son – “obamamania” personified.

All this, and by the way he courted the press by flinging that rose on 11 September, signifies that Obama is a typical Leo – a fire sign craving to be the centre of attention.

Obama’s birth flower, sunflowers depict feelings of warmth and happiness and are associated with adoration and longevity. And at 6′1″, we think the sunflower just about sums up that lofty stature too.

So, if he rises above and beyond in the presidential race tonight as the polls predict, he’ll be in sunny disposition by tomorrow…

 

Filed under: Flowers, General, Matters Webby on November 4th, 2008

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