The boob tube.
Written by Captain Spork on 10:06 AM
I fear that no matter how skillfully Barack Obama speaks nor how badly George Dubya fucks this country up, most of its citizens will not vote for "change." How do I know they will not vote? They'll be too busy voting for "America's Next Top Hip Hop/Urban dance troupe!" And who wouldn't want to be watching that show. I mean the winner gets a scholarship to the prestigious but completely unaccredited Montgomery T. Burns Institute of Krumping. Lord knows that there just aren't "krumping" outlets available for young black men these days, let alone enough motion pictures about the topic.
Here are the facts. Roughly 28 million people have come out to vote for either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton over the last 3 months. You can see the breakdown here http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_count.html
"American Idol" has average 30 million viewers a week for roughly nine weeks.
And let me tell you when the Nielsen ratings company says 30 million people are watching your show it's probably closer to 40 million people since Nielsen still figures out how many people are watching by have a few hundred families fill out "diaries."
If these numbers hold true John McCain will become president simply due to the fact that 12 million adults will be content with watching Howie Mandel ordering supermodels to open brief cases on November 5th rather than registering to vote.
I truly hope that I am wrong, but I'm probably not.
Please turn off the TV and register to vote, or tell a friend.
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