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Scott Rasmussen and his poling outfit do an excellent job of keeping us up to date with who’s on first in our national elections. Other times he peels down unto the culture to bring us such jewels as this morning’s findings that 69 percent of American adults are following reporting on the demise of the company that made Hostess Twinkies. A remarkable 31 percent of Americans (many of them with crumbs on their shirt-fronts) tell Rasmussen they are following the story “very closely.”
Perhaps this national preoccupation with a soon-to-be-unavailable sugary delight explains why we encounter so many pie-wagons when we venture to the mall. On other stories there is less attention being paid. Take Benghazi (please). On the available evidence, it would appear that a majority of American believe Benghazi is the name of the late character actor who played tough-guy roles in “Anatomy of a Murder,” “The Bridge at Remagen,” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.”
With these priorities, it’s not hard to explain the current twinkie in the White House.
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Paul McGrath| 11.29.12 @ 1:36PM
Ding-dong works also.
CJW| 11.29.12 @ 2:43PM
Ben Gazzara was great in Run For Your Life. Now he is Ben Ghazzi.
Mary Kaplan | 11.29.12 @ 5:37PM
It does seem like the Twinkies story was bigger than many others that carry a little more weight. What is wrong with our press and our government? Twinkie, Ding Dong, they both seem to fit.
Occam's Tool| 11.29.12 @ 6:47PM
Mongo understand Twinkie going bye-bye.
Mongo no understand Ambassador being "sodomized and killed." What you mean, "sodomized" thing means shlong shoved up poopy hole? Shlong shoved up poopy hole and and President Go Off to Vegas and Not Avenge Ambassador And Picture Box People Not Explain To Mongo?
Mongo Voted for Obama Because Obama Give Him Twinkie. What You Mean, Obama Wants Shove Twinkie Up Mongo's Poopy Hole? Why MSNBC Picture Box People Not Explain Poopy Hole Protect Need for Mongo?!
Ladies and Gentlemen, your California and New York Voter.
RJ| 11.29.12 @ 7:16PM
What is discouraging to me is that many liberal California voters are well-off financially and well-educated. Nonetheless, they are usually of a dependent nature and seem happy to let the mass media think for them. "Sheep" is a good term to use to describe them. They are a people of a different culture - very cynical when viewing conservative ideas, yet very gullible when viewing liberal ideas.