WHICH OF THE ISSUES INVOLVING SARAH PALIN MATTERS TO YOU? HER 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER'S PREGNANCY. 0 POTENTIALLY SERVING AS VP WHILE HAVING A BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND 4 OTHER CHILDREN. 2 1 % ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO HAVE HER BROTHER IN LAW FIRED FROM THE ALASKA STATE POLICE AND FIRING THE STATE'S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER FOR NOT DOING IT. 24 7 % HER HUSBAND'S DUI ARREST 22 YEARS AGO. 0 HER ADMISSION TO HAVING USED MARIJUANA. 2 1 % HER HUSBAND REGISTERING WITH A THIRD PARTY THAT FAVORS STATES' RIGHTS AND OCCASIONALLY CALLED FOR SECESSION FROM THE UNION. 4 1 % THE FACT SHE IS SO HOT. 29 9 % ALL OF THE ABOVE. 5 1 % NONE OF THE ABOVE. 271 80 %
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JOHN McCAIN'S CHOICE OF SARAH PALIN AS HIS RUNNING MATE? GOOD CHOICE. SHE'S PRO-LIFE, A LIFE MEMBER OF THE N.R.A. AND APPEARS CONSERVATIVE. WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE? 331 54 % GOOD CHOICE. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A GOVERNOR, SOMEBODY WHO HAS ACTUALLY RUN SOMETHING, ON THE TICKET. 161 26 % GOOD CHOICE. PICKING A WOMAN WILL SYPHON SOME UNDECIDED HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTERS AWAY FROM BARACK OBAMA. 27 4 % GOOD CHOICE. IT PUTS A DENT IN OBAMA'S "CHANGE" THEME. 24 4 % GOOD CHOICE. IT MAKES IT MUCH HARDER FOR JOE BIDEN TO ATTACK HER IN A DEBATE. 3 0 % GOOD CHOICE. SHE'S HOT. 15 2 % BAD CHOICE. WHO IS SARAH PALIN? 3 0 % BAD CHOICE. MITT ROMNEY OR TIM PAWLENTY MADE MORE ELECTORAL VOTES SENSE. 19 3 % BAD CHOICE. IF McCAIN THINKS HILLARY CLINTON FANS WILL SUDDENLY BACK HIM BECAUSE PALIN IS A WOMAN, HE'S CRAZY. 12 2 % BAD CHOICE. McCAIN'S THEME IS "BARACK OBAMA IS INEXPERIENCED." WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OBAMA'S AND PALIN'S EXPERIENCE? 13 2 %
BARACK OBAMA SAYS HE WOULD PUMP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO UNIVERSAL PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? JUST ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS A COMPLETE NANNY STATE. 120 27 % FIRST IT'S UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, NOW IT'S UNIVERSAL PRE-SCHOOL. I CAN FEEL MY WALLET SHRIVELLING AS I READ THIS. 146 33 % WE'VE ALREADY GOT MORE KIDS IN PRE-SCHOOL AND MORE GOING TO COLLEGE AND YET OUR KIDS ARE DUMBER THAN EVER. 88 20 % GREAT, MY TAX MONEY WILL NOW BE SPENT FOR GOVERNMENT-FUNDED BABYSITTING SERVICES. 65 15 % OBAMA GETS IT. OTHER COUNTRIES THAT CHURN OUT TOP-NOTCH STUDENTS START THOSE KIDS OUT EARLY AND GET RESULTS, SO SHOULD WE. 8 2 % EDUCATION IS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE: MONEY = RESULTS. 3 1 % IT’S A TREMENDOUS IDEA! PRE-SCHOOL = 1 LESS YEAR OF PAYING DAYCARE CENTERS TO WATCH OUR KIDS! 1 0 % IT SEEMS FAIRLY LOGICAL. THE EARLIER YOU START WITH ANYTHING IN LIFE, THE BETTER YOU’LL BE AT IT LATER IN LIFE. 11 2 %
WHAT'S YOUR OPINION OF JOE BIDEN AS BARACK OBAMA'S VP? GREAT CHOICE. HE DOESN'T OVERSHADOW OBAMA. 7 4 % GREAT CHOICE. BIDEN CHAIRING THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE COUNTERS McCAIN'S MILITARY EXPERIENCE. 11 6 % GREAT CHOICE. IT SHOULD HELP GET THE WHITE MALE VOTE. 4 2 % BAD CHOICE. BIDEN'S MOUTH IS A LOOSE CANNON. 87 48 % BAD CHOICE. BIDEN'S PAST SUPPORT FOR McCAIN WILL HURT IN THE LONG RUN. 29 16 % BAD CHOICE. BIDEN'S ALLEGED RACISM COULD COST SOME MINORITY VOTES. 5 3 % BAD CHOICE. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WOMAN (ESPECIALLY HILLARY) 39 21 %
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REFLECTS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE POLICE CHASE AND 2 RESULTING DEATHS ON ROUTE 22? POLICE DID THEIR JOB. BLAME THE CROOK FOR FLEEING AND DRIVING THE WRONG DIRECTION. 204 50 % POLICE DID THEIR JOB. ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. 19 5 % WHAT WERE THE POLICE SUPPOSED TO DO? STAND BY IDLY AND WATCH HIM GO THE WRONG WAY? HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE COULD'VE BEEN KILLED THEN? 75 18 % REALLY? CHASING A GUY OVER A STOLEN VACUMN CLEANER? 19 5 % ONCE AGAIN POLICE WERE HOPPED UP ON TESTOSTERONE AND OVERREACTED. 17 4 % WE CAN'T LET CROOKS SIMPLY FLEE, BUT POLICE CHASE POLICIES NEED TO BE REVIEWED. 76 19 % GOOD IDEA. THEIR ARGUMENT ABOUT THE CURRENT DRINKING AGE ENCOURAGING BINGE DRINKING IS LEGIT. 23 6 % GOOD IDEA. YOU CAN GET KILLED SERVING YOUR COUNTRY AT 18, BUT YOU CAN'T BE SERVED A BEER? COME ON! 71 17 % GOOD IDEA. IF LIQUOR IS LEGAL AT COLLEGE, THE SCHOOLS CAN SELL IT THEMSELVES TO KEEP BETTER TABS ON ITS SALE AND CONSUMPTION. 3 1 % BAD IDEA. IF ANYBODY THINKS AT 18 YEAR OLD AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL DRINK "RESPONSIBLY", THEY'RE CRAZY. 129 31 % BAD IDEA. THEIR ARGUMENT ABOUT THE CURRENT DRINKING AGE ENCOURAGING BINGE DRINKING IS BOGUS. 37 9 % BAD IDEA. THIS IS A CASE OF COLLEGES NOT WANTING TO HAVE TO POLICE UNDERAGE DRINKING, PURE AND SIMPLE. 131 32 % BAD IDEA. SCHOOLS WILL EVENTUALLY USE ALCOHOL AS A MONEY-MAKING VENTURE. 20 5 %
DEMOCRATS SEEM INTENT ON GOING ON VACATION WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING ON THE ENERGY ISSUE. WHO WILL THAT HELP IN NOVEMBER'S ELECTIONS? DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY ARE SHOWING THEY ARE TRULY PRINCIPLED ABOUT PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. 2 1 % DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY ARE SHOWING THEY'RE ABOUT LONG-RANGE, AND NOT SHORT-TERM, SOLUTIONS. 7 3 % DEMOCRATS BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT...JOHN McCAIN IS STILL ANEMIC. 16 6 % DEMOCRATS BECAUSE HIGHER OIL PRICES MAKE BUSH AND THEREFORE McCAIN LOOK BAD. 58 21 % REPUBLICANS BECAUSE VOTERS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO SEE THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO GAIN POLITICALLY. 16 6 % REPUBLICANS BECAUSE 73% OF AMERICANS WANT DOMESTIC DRILLING NOW. 97 35 % REPUBLICANS BECAUSE WE'VE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH OF NUTTY ENVIRONMENTALISTS DICTATING WHAT OUR POLICIES SHOULD BE. 44 16 % REPUBLICANS BECAUSE WHAN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, WE VOTE WITH OUR WALLETS AND WHAT COSTS MORE MONEY RIGHT NOW THAN ENERGY? 34 12 %
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY? ARMED REVOLUTION. 52 15 % THE GOVERNMENT MUST START KICKING "UNDESIRABLES" OUT OF OUR COUNTRY. 26 7 % VOTE EACH AND EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL OUT OF OFFICE. 79 22 % VOTE FOR A THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE TO SEND A REAL MESSAGE TO THOSE IN POWER. 28 8 % GET RID OF THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF BUREAUCRATS POLLUTING WASHINGTON. 109 31 % FOCUS ON ELECTING A PRESIDENT WHO'LL CHOOSE THE BEST JUDGES. 39 11 % THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. 17 5 % THERE'S NO NEED TO. 7 2 %
HOW DO YOU CHARACTERIZE THIS MAGAZINE COVER ILLUSTRATION? IT'S OFFENSIVE. 32 8 % IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 27 7 % IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN A GIMMICK TO GET YOU TO BUY THE MAGAZINE. 56 14 % IT'S FUNNY, QUALITY SATIRE. 28 7 % IT'S PROBABLY CLOSER TO REALITY THAN ANY OF US WANT TO BELIEVE. 248 63 %
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BARACK OBAMA SAYING AMERICAN CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN TO SPEAK SPANISH? I CAN'T WAIT TO VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN. 115 31 % WHAT THE HELL WILL THIS COUNTRY LOOK LIKE AFTER AN OBAMA TERM? 85 23 % BITE MY BEHIND IN MACY'S WINDOW AT HIGH NOON! 57 15 % SOMEDAY I'LL BE LIVING IN THE COUNTRY KNOWN AS "NORTH MEXICO." 28 8 % MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE. 54 14 % WE'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION ANYWAY, MAY AS WELL GO THERE QUICKER. 5 1 % TERRIFIC IDEA! I'M PROUD WE'VE GOT A CANDIDATE WHO SEES THE NEED FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY. 12 3 % I CAN'T WAIT TO ANSWER MY FIRST GUNTHER POLL ENTIRELY IN SPANISH, ER, I MEAN ESPANOL. 17 5 %
WHY DID JESSE JACKSON SAY WHAT HE SAID ABOUT BARACK OBAMA? HE'S FOOLISH. 17 9 % HE'S JEALOUS OF THE ATTENTION FAWNED ON OBAMA. 38 21 % HE'S BITTER BECAUSE OBAMA HAS BECOME THE FIRST LEGIT BLACK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. 48 26 % HE'S DESPERATELY TRYING TO REMAIN RELEVENT. 53 29 % HE'S TRULY DISAPPOINTED IN OBAMA'S POLITICS. 24 13 % HE'S TRYING TO HELP OBAMA. 5 3 %
LOUISIANA SAYS IF WE CAN'T EXECUTE SEX OFFENDERS, WE'LL CHEMICALLY CASTRATE THEM INSTEAD. WHAT'S YOUR OPINION OF THAT? TAKING A LIFE IS INAPPROPRIATE WHEN A LIFE IS NOT TAKEN IN THE FIRST PLACE. CHEMICAL CASTRATION WILL STOP THE URGE TO BECOME A REPEAT SEX OFFENDER. 33 12 % THE DEATH PENALTY AND CHEMICAL CASTRATION ARE BOTH BARBARIC AND MEDIEVAL. 10 4 % SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A PERSON DESERVES PUNISHMENT SIMILAR TO THAT FOR MURDER. 26 9 % THE DEATH PENALTY IS NEVER APPROPRIATE, BUT CHEMICAL CASTRATION? YOU'D HAVE TO BE NUTS NOT TO LIKE THAT IDEA. 13 5 % THE WHOLE ISSUE OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE KEPT AT THE STATE LEVEL AND OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT. 43 15 % I SAY CASTRATE 'EM AND THEN EXECUTE 'EM. 159 56 %
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