As I absorb the events
of the last 24 hours I can only say, 'What the hell were they thinking?'
The national exit polls revealed an electorate deeply fearful of a number of threats, including ISIS, Ebola, and, oh, what was that other thing?
So, being in a bitter
and small-minded mood at the moment, I’ll let Mr. Borowitz’s column below
(published today) speak for me.
Exit polls conducted
across the country on Election Day indicate a nation suffering from severe
memory loss, those who conducted the polls confirmed Tuesday
night.
According to the
polls, Americans who cast their votes today had a difficult time remembering
events that occurred as recently as six years ago, while many seemed to be solid
only on things that have happened in the past ten
days.
While experts were
unable to explain the epidemic of memory loss that appears to have gripped the
nation, interviews with Americans after they cast their votes suggest that their
near total obliviousness to anything that happened as recently as October may
have influenced their decisions.
“I really think it’s
time for a change,” said Carol Foyler, a memory-loss sufferer who cast her vote
this morning in Iowa City. “I just feel in my gut that if these people were in
charge they’d do a really amazing job with the
economy.”
Harland Dorrinson, who
voted in Akron, Ohio, and who has no memory of anything that happened before
2013, said his main concern was a terrorist attack on American
soil.
The national exit polls revealed an electorate deeply fearful of a number of threats, including ISIS, Ebola, and, oh, what was that other thing?
Thanks, Dave.
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