Q1: Say the Joker abducted Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, and suspended one above a shark tank using dental floss while, in a different warehouse, a slow-motion laser seemed poise to cut the other in half. Which of his professed heroes would John McCain save?
A1: “I think he would save Ronald Regan because Teddy can take care of himself and Regan would spend the entire time trying to remember the name of that diner where he had the really good chocolate chip banana pancakes” — my brother
Q2: If John McCain and Barack Obama shared a passionate, intimate moment, what would it look like?
A2: Dear lord help us:
Q3: If one candidate leaves a town hall stage after a somnolent debate, is the debate over? What if the other candidate hangs around for the encore? What if every participant suddenly wakes up, smiles, snaps pictures, gets a handshake, chats with the fellow who’s still hanging around?
A3: That’s a terrific question, my friend. Check this shit out:
Q4: What if Nora Ephron were married to either candidate?
A4: This!
McCain repeats himself way worse than Obama — “my friends,” “earmarks,” etc. — but both of them are guys we’ve been married to for a long time, and we know their stories. It’s true I had no idea that McCain learned everything he knew from a chief petty officer, but that was about the extent of the surprises he had in store for me after all these years together, and in any case, it was clearly bullshit. … If I were married to him, an unlikely scenario, we would probably have fought in the car on the way home tonight, because I told him a million times not to try to be funny, but he never listens to me.
And if I were married to Obama, another unlikely scenario but a far more attractive one, I would be driving home having a hard time not thinking about the curtains.
Q5: How would we know if ester were getting too emotionally involved in this election? If she teared up on the subway reading New Yorker endorsements and in the park seeing homeless men which brought to mind the Bradley effect? If she were about to head off to Yom Kippur services and all she could think to pray for is a satisfactory resolution on November 4?
A5: Yes, yes, and yes. G’mar hatimah tovah, everyone. Non-Hebrew speakers: that means, GObama!
I was thinking of exactly the same thing; well not exactly, just the part about heading off to services on Yom Kippur and praying for a pleasant end to politics as usual and Wall Street as unusual.
if you weren’t so emotionally involved, where would I get my well-informed political commentary from?? I selfishly support your habit.
Aww, look at Michelle Obama getting all excited and waving her hands around!
m’obama is like my new favorite person. did you see that adorable WP article about how she and barack got together? and she was so good on larry king and the daily show!