Poll on Obama's speech: creative humor that happens to be true

The following comment by satirist Andy Borowitz is meant to be creative humor, but it is also sadly true. Given the present stance of the Republican party, bipartisanship will never be achieved by Obama. Republicans hate him and, unlike Democrats, who will strive for the greater good over political rivalry, Republicans would rather see the entire ship go down than to ever make even one concession. Many have lived with husbands or wives like this. Those who have, recognize well the trademarks (and repercussions) of dig-in-the-heels stubbornness that refuses to discuss or compromise on anything. It's their way or the highway. NO ONE in the family profits from such behavior, and the cracks in relationships are often irreparable.

This analogy applies well to the present political scene in Washington. As Republicans continue to stall on important public issues, no thought is being given to the people they supposedly represent--and their needs. With rising health care costs and job losses, the middle class is disappearing, leaving the corporations and their lobbyists in control of the destiny of the nation. Most Republicans think this is exactly how it should be (the rich get richer and the poor get poorer), but they will come to rue their selfish thinking when the democracy on which our country is based cracks to an irreparable state. We are very close to that state now.

INSTANT POLL SHOWS 90% OF REPUBLICANS WHO DID NOT WATCH OBAMA'S SPEECH HATED IT by Andy Borowitz

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - President Barack Obama's State of the Union address has already gotten a big thumbs-down from one key group of voters: Republicans who did not see the speech.

According to an instant poll conducted by the University of Minnesota's Opinion Research Institute, 90 percent of Republicans who did not see the President's speech strongly disagreed with it.

Additionally, 95 percent of Republicans polled agreed with the statement, "If I had seen the President's speech, I'll bet I would have hated it even more."

Davis Logsdon, who supervised the poll, said there were certain difficulties in polling Republican voters: "Many of them would not let us finish asking the question before answering 'No.'"