We Need This Like a Poll in the Head
Humor / Politics - Forty eight percent of people who responded to a recent poll said they're hearing too much about Barack Obama. This can mean only one thing: Pollsters are running out of questions.
The Pew Research Center which conducted the survey is starting to come up dry. It’s only the beginning of August and pollsters haven't a thing to ask. Perhaps like comedy writers, they’re sitting on a ton of Hillary Clinton material they’ll never get to use. And to think a gem like “Could you support a president with thick ankles?” may never see the light of day.
We can’t blame it all on pollsters. The endless campaign cycle uses up everyone’s best material. People were tired of Chris Mathews asking, “Barack or Hillary?” before the primary season even began. An endless supply of talking heads has failed to come up with anything more original than “I think I’m having a heart attack, Wolf.”
Unfortunately for Barack Obama, he’s carrying this show -- even if the National Enquirer can dig up some compromising pictures of John McCain and Angela Lansbury playing naked shuffleboard. With less than 100 days until the election, pollsters will stretch for those last few Barack Obama questions, the kind that enable voters to make an “educated” choice:
Would you buy a wireless service plan from Barack Obama?
Who would you rather have for a roommate: Superman, Joseph Stalin, or Barack Obama?
Would you like Barack Obama more or less if you knew he always uses a salad fork?
After that, it’s our turn to decide. Which man would be a great president and which man have we been hearing too much about?
