Terry Baker’s “metaphors”

Here are actual examples of metaphors:

• The snow is a white blanket.
• The hospital was a refrigerator.
• The classroom was a zoo.
• America is a melting pot.
• Her lovely voice was music to his ears.
• Life is a roller coaster.
• The alligator’s teeth are white daggers.
• Their home was a prison.
• The slide on the playground was a hot stove.
• His heart is a cold iron.
• She is a peacock.
• He is a shining star.
• Time is money.
• My teacher is a dragon.
• Tom’s eyes were ice.
• The detective’s face was wood as he listened to her story.
• She feels that life is a fashion show.
• The world is a stage.
• My kid’s room is a disaster area.
• The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.
• Kisses are the flowers of affection.
• His words were cotton candy.
• Mary’s eyes were fireflies.
• John’s suggestion was just a Band-Aid.
• The cast on his broken leg was a plaster shackle.
• Jane’s ambitions are a house of cards.
• Her long hair was a flowing golden river.
• The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
• Laughter is the music of the soul.
• He is a night owl.
• Maria is a chicken.
• The falling snowflakes are dancers.
• With his new haircut, he was a sheepdog.
• At five o’clock, the interstate was a parking lot.
• Books are keys to your imagination.
• Her teddy bear was her best friend, never telling her secrets.
• The peaceful lake was a mirror.
• Terry was blue when his goldfish died.
• The wind was an angry witch.
• The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage.
• Her angry words were bullets to him.
• Your brain is a computer.
• Jamal was a pig at dinner.
• You are my sunshine.
• The car was a furnace in the sun.
• Thank you so much. You are an angel.
• That coach is an ogre.
• Ben’s temper was a volcano, ready to explode.
• The kids were monkeys on the jungle gym.
• The sun is a golden ball.
• The clouds are balls of cotton.
• Sue’s room is a zoo with fish, a gerbil and a parakeet.
• The park was a lake after the rain.
• The lightning was fireworks in the sky.
• Gary is a mule.
• That lawn is a green carpet.
• My dad is a road hog.
• The stars are sparkling diamonds.
• Those two best friends are two peas in a pod.
• He is a walking dictionary.
• Donations for the popular charity were a tsunami.
• Necessity is the mother of invention.
• My big brother is a couch potato.
• The road was a ribbon stretching across the desert.
• The teenager’s stomach was a bottomless pit.
• The thunder was a mighty lion.
• I am so excited. My pulse is a race car.
• The moon is a white balloon.
• Toddlers are rug rats.
• The stormy ocean was a raging bull.
• Her tears were a river flowing down her cheeks.

There was nothing “implicit” about Baker’s so-called “metaphor.”

“Taking out” President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry, former President Bill Clinton, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton isn’t a metaphor. Not even close.

The fallout from Baker’s remarks continue, and I expect his faux pas only to get worse.

Since when was it appropriate to joke – wait, hold, up… make a metaphor – about “taking out” our nation’s leaders, regardless of how much you disagree with said leaders political ideologies or decisions? I’ve said some dumb things in my life, but I owned my remarks and recognized my follies.

Terry Baker doubles down.