Yachats Oregon Writer Rick Schultze

This afternoon I was walking out of the Village Market in Yachats with a couple of packaged Pizza’s and a woman stopped me and asked “are those kind on sale today? I love their thin crust.”

Sadly I told her they weren’t but I got them anyway because I was meeting some people from Seal Rock to go to a party in Waldport later. The Pizza’s I got are thin crusted and you can eat them without feeling stuffed which isn’t the case with the heavy duty thick curst Pizza. That’s like eating a whole loaf of bread instead of a sandwich. I got to thinking about thin versus thick crust and couldn’t help but think of the political climate these days which is kind of like a Political Pizza. Some of it is great, like a tiny bite of thin crusted goodness while some of it is way too thick crusted, heavy and filling. However, with Pizza people have a choice and when you go to a Pizza Parlor there are many options to choose from. The only problem there is is what choices to make. It depends on who you’re getting the Pizza for. If it’s just you more than likely you will get just what you want. But if there are several people going there are bound to be different tastes so some negotiations will be necessary to please everyone. It could be a large combination Pizza, or several small ones, or half and half Pizzas. Often what happens is that everyone tries a bite of all the Pizzas and offers their opinion on how good or bad it is. Now with Political Pizza there are fewer choices to choose from. Currently there is only one choice for today’s Political Pizza; it’s who is going to be the next President and Vice President. All four candidates are in place and that’s the big news. Naturally there are multitude of programs and opinions that are in the mix but the main ingredients in the Political Pizza are the faces we’ve grown accustomed to seeing on a daily basis. There are differences in the approaches the candidates and their political parties are taking that will make a difference in who will win the election but for me it’s all about the crust on the Pizza. I’m trying to watch my waistline as well as my health so I’m going to have to stick with the Political Pizza that is satisfying, healthy and just gives you what you need without all the extra sauce and the bloated feeling from just too much Pizza dough.

I love Pizza and am looking forward to taking this current Political Pizza out of the oven and hopefully it will be the perfect Political Pizza for all of us, so no matter if you’re for thin crust or thick curst, don’t forget to vote!

To reach Rick Schultze email:yarick@pioneer.net.