Normally I'm not one to point out signs of the Apocalypse and give warnings of our impending doom, but this is too much. OK, so maybe it's not Apocalyptic, but it's enough to convince me that this country is thoroughly entrenched in a path to its own destruction. There is no way out, America. Better git up to Canada.
Why? Because apparently McCain is more popular than Obama among pet owners. A real poll was carried out, and it came in favoring McCain 42% to 37% (and 21% being too sensible to participate). Equally horrifying is the fact that Obama leads among people who do not own pets.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what the United States' electoral system is all about. Finding obscure demographics and polling them. Once upon a time we would have elections in this country that weren't 14-month dog-and-pony shows. Remember when only wealthy, land-owning males could vote? Those were the days. Whoever gave pet owners a say in this process ought to be considered an enemy of the state.
I wonder what they'd think about this poll in Zimbabwe? Or anywhere else where pet owners don't matter because the election process is just a sham to make people think they live in a democracy? I bet all the pet owners in those places wish they could express their opinions in meaningless polls. That is, if there were any pet owners and the people weren't starving to the point where they have to eat the stray dogs, which are also starving.
So I guess I was wrong. It's not just America that's screwed, it's the whole world. But at least we're deluded enough into thinking that a poll of pet owners is an important source of information, which is a good thing, yes? I'll be counting my blessings from now on. #1: Don't have to eat starving dogs.
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