I don't know if this qualifies as analogy or metaphor ... but it's perfect.
One difference though: at least you - in your youthful zeal and lack of experience - we're trying to do the right thing. Granted, the proverbial road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but I see no "good intentions" radiating from the current benighted regime of criminals in Washington DC.
Wow.
I don't know if this qualifies as analogy or metaphor ... but it's perfect.
One difference though: at least you - in your youthful zeal and lack of experience - we're trying to do the right thing. Granted, the proverbial road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but I see no "good intentions" radiating from the current benighted regime of criminals in Washington DC.