The Life And Times Of An American Icon!

It's a long and winding road to the White House. As we close in on the next most important election of my lifetime, let's reflect on the personal history of one notable seeker of the office. 

Yogi Bear began life like many a young bear, interested in the world and friends and good times.

But an increasing addiction to food, especially that sweet, sweet honey proved to be a challenge for the eager bear, even at the cost of some personal relationships.

He even eventually resorted to stealing food from his neighbors.

He conducted elaborate frauds to swindle food from strangers, which brought him into conflict with the authorities.

Yogi also had an artistic side, but sadly his desperate need to express himself only added to his problems with the law.

But love was always in the life of Yogi Bear, and that love motivated him to seek a better way.

On his birthday, when he was officially an adult bear, he made a decision to change his lifestyle, to overcome the passions that were slowly ruining him.

So he rounded up his many friends and said farewell for the time, to pursue his new dream.

He thought military life might make him all the bear he could be. And it worked for a time.

But his stint in the armed forces ended soon enough and again looking for direction, he rediscovered his artistic bent, and found he had a knack for the show business, where he made some new friendships.

Eventually he found a great deal of financial success and some small critical acclaim, even making his own moderately successful movie about his own life.

But alas he found he still lacked that all important something, that Je ne sais qua that makes life worthwhile, so using the G.I. Bill he went to college to seek great knowledge and enlightenment.

After college he tried many different spiritual paths to greater understanding of a humble Bear's place in the grand scheme of the universe.

Eventually, having centered his existence, he reconnected with his good buddy Huckleberry Hound and helped him in his campaign for the ultimate national office.

That tireless effort resulted in Yogi's appointment as ambassador to the United Nations, a role filled with responsibility he found was just what he'd been seeking.

And later still, Yogi himself ran for the highest office in the land. He won, despite vigorous competition from an old comrade.

And the rest, as they say, is history.

Hopefully this light-hearted effort helps break the tension. 

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