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Jewish World Review Feb. 7, 2008 / 1 Adar I 5768
Dem Race Poses Challenge for Racists, Sexists
By Andy Borowitz
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Nowhere to turn, disgruntled haters say
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With the field for the Democratic presidential nomination narrowed to Senators
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, racists and sexists are finding themselves
in a quandary over which candidate to support, prominent racists and sexists
confirmed today.
Across the U.S., voters who describe themselves as both racist and sexist complain
that the two-person field, while touted by the media as history-making, is forcing
them to ask a difficult question: which group do they hate more?
"I've always seen myself as pretty balanced, racist and sexist-wise," said Herb
Torlinson, a hardware salesman from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. "But I guess this
is going to be an election that really puts my different hates to the test."
Mr. Torlinson also chastised the media for celebrating the historic nature of the
Democratic field: "Anyone who's happy about these two choices can't call himself a
racist or a sexist."
At the Clapboard Corner Café in Youngstown, Ohio, a group of sexist bigots who
gather for breakfast once a week echoed Mr. Torlinson's sentiments.
"I actually cried when John Edwards dropped out of the race," said David Colehurn, a
disgruntled hater who works at a nearby Kinko's. "I can't believe that we don't
have a regular person to vote for this year."
Mr. Colehurn said that his virulent racism and sexism were causing him to entertain
thoughts of voting for a Republican, but added that he was "turned off" by Arizona
Sen. John McCain: "I hate old people."
Elsewhere, after a new study revealed that cannabis causes gum disease, singer Amy
Winehouse said, "That's why I'm sticking with crack."