The Onion: New Hampshire Primary Excites Tiny Percentage Of Population Who Even Cares What Happens Anymore

[Commander PK]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-hampshire-primary-excites-tiny-percentage-of-p,27009/

CONCORD, NH—Today's New Hampshire primary, considered crucial to determining 2012's Republican presidential nominee, has excited the tiny percentage of Americans who even give a damn what happens anymore, political analysts told reporters. "What's happening here is absolutely electrifying to the few people still capable of clinging to a shred of trust in any public institution remaining in the United States," said pundit Marcus Brennan, describing the meager segment of the U.S. populace that has yet to be beaten into apathy by two wars, a terrible economy, daily life, and a highly dysfunctional federal government. "Of the citizens glued to their television sets this evening, perhaps as many as .005 percent of them will be awaiting the results with bated breath. It's a great day for America." Tonight's results are expected to impact the upcoming South Carolina primary, which is highly anticipated by the estimated dozen or so Americans who will be remotely conscious of a single ****ing thing that's going on by then.

Reminds me of the old adage..."Many a truth has been spoken in jest." I know this is satire, but I think it's more truth than most of what the onion prints.

[Jumbo]

That was one of their better efforts..so succinct and yet so telling.

Most people I know, and of any leaning, feels pretty beat up by whole circus of dysfunction. I think it's why even "crazy" (like Bachmann/Sanatorium) and certainly your basic "outside the box" (i.e. Paul) gets more support than ever.

[Larry]

Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out?

- Will Rogers.

[thebluefood]

The Onion tends to say the truth more than serious media.