Democrats and baseball

It's a sunny, balmy day, and a group of kids grab their baseballs, mits, and bats and hustle to the nearest ball field for a good old fashioned game of baseball. They choose two team captains who then choose teams. Before one can say rumplestiltskin the crack of a bat on the ball signals the start of the game with shouting, cheering, and kids hustling after the ball. Of course, the kids have a great time, and with dusk (and dinner time) approaching they wander back to their respective homes with hopes of gathering together tomorrow for another festive game. One team won the game, but there's no wounded egos. Some of the kids even return home with fresh scrapes and bruises, but no worse for the wear.

Same game, but a Democrat adult driving by sees that a baseball game is about to start and screeches to a halt and jumps out to intervene - these kids simply cannot play a baseball game without adult supervision! The adult steps in and chooses the captains and dictates who is on which team. But, wait kids, you can't start yet. The adult then decides to regulate what kind of mits the kids can use, and those kids with non-regulation mits are sent home to ask their parents to purchase regulation mits. Next, the adult establishes his rules of the game. For example, there's no such thing as strikes, regardless of long=ball hits the hitter can only run to one base at a time, and other unconventional rules designed to make the game more fair. The adult then summons a crew of EMTs to the field just in case someone gets hurt. But who's gonna pay the bill for the EMTs' time? The kids' parents of course! Despite the kids' confusion they play the game. After awhile the adult suddenly announces that the game is over because the kids are beginning to have too much fun. One team of kids, ahead by two runs, cheer their victory. Incensed by the hootin' and hollerin' the adult declares that the game is a tie - after all, he doesn't want the other kids' egos and self-esteem to suffer any harm. The kids then sullenly trudge home with every intention of finding something else to do tomorrow.