Saturday, May 22, 2010
Satire no longer able to keep up with reality
This latest from Andy Borowitz is meant to be satire.
In a sign of his increasing prominence in the so-called Tea Party movement, a new poll shows Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul topping former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin among voters who describe themselves as morons.Please show me the point where it moves beyond stark staring reality. If he can't keep up, Andy may have to take up a new career.
In the poll, conducted by the University of Minnesota’s Opinion Research Institute, 42% preferred Paul, 36% preferred Palin, and the remaining 22% were unsure what the word “prefer” meant.
According to Davis Logsdon, who supervised the poll for the University of Minnesota, Paul’s surging popularity among morons is bad news for Palin, who previously had a lock on that important constituency.
“I never thought I’d say this, but if Palin is going to stay competitive with Paul, she’s going to have to start dumbing down her message.”
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Dude. Old news, ever since November 5, 2000, when The Onion published their satire "America's nightmare of peace and prosperity finally over!" to commemorate the election of George W. Bush. Satire has been dead ever since then, even though we try, oh yes we do, my precious...
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