Early Voting in Ohio

Is this election season ever going to end? Like the Christmas shopping season, it seems to start earlier and earlier every time. It makes me wonder about whether we'll eventually get to the point where we are voting in next primaries in a president's first year in office.

Anyway, with the election less than a month away now, voting has already begun in Ohio [rte.ie].

Howard Stern recently created a funny bit to show just how ignorant the average voter is. He had someone go out on the street with a microphone and ask them about the election. Here is a typical exchange that was recorded:

"Are you voting for John McCain or Barak Obama?"
"Obama."
"Are you more for Obama's policies because he is pro-life or because he thinks our troops should stay in Iraq and finish this war?"
"I think our troops should stay in Iraq and finish this war. I'm really firm with that. Definitely."
"How how about as far as him being pro-life? Do you support Obama in that case?"
"Yeah. I do. I do. I support him in that case."
"And if he wins, would you have any problem with Sarah Palin being vice-president?"
"No, I wouldn't. Not at all."

It's funny, but at the same time, really sad. You can hear the original audio here:



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By the way, the guy holding the mic is one half of the comedy team in this CNN video [youtube.com] making a mockery of the coverage of the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy report (which became a small internet sensation [postchronicle.com]).