May 17, 2008
Test Your Campaign Political Junkiness

Sybil Adelman Sage | Bio


How closely have you been keeping up on the campaign news? A test to measure how you stack up--

1. To demonstrate she's no elitist, Hillary:

A) Is publishing, My Favorite Road Kill Recipes
B) Bought an RV
C) Drunk Crown Royal
D) Is getting pant suits off the rack

2. Besides being Barack Obama's pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright was also:

A) On Fox's payroll
B) One of Bill Clinton's spiritual advisors
C) Condi Rice's trainer
D) In the bronco with O.J. Simpson

3. Who is being attacked as having referred to the U.S.A. as "mean" (conveniently taken out of context):

A) A prisoner in Guantanamo
B) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
C) John Stewart
D) Michelle Obama

4. By the year 2013:

A) John Edwards will have thinning hair
B) McCain hopes we will be out of Iran
C) Chelsea Clinton will run for office
D) There will, according to Al Gore, be no polar bears


5. Meeting with enemies of the U.S.A.:

A) Jimmy Carter's strategy for accumulating mileage
B) According to John McCain "naive"
C) A campaign stop for Barack Obama
D) Only advisable if it helps get us oil

6. Not being disclosed:

A) Bill Clinton's library records
B) Cindy McCain's tax returns
C) Barack Obama's bedroom habits
D) What else has been covered up by the Bush administration under the heading of "national security"

7. Whose hair is colored?

A) Chris Matthews
B) Pat Buchanan
C) Anderson Cooper
D) Howard Fineman
E) Keith Olbermann


Answers: 1-C; 2-B; 3-D; 4-B; 5-B; 6-A,B,D 7-A,B,D

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