You've seen them before. They may have started in Junior High with someone asking you in a note passed through the classroom. They asked really serious questions such as, "what is your favorite color?" "What is your favorite band?", might be another.
That was fine for seventh grade Geography, but it seems a bit immature to be asking Presidential Candidates such questions and expect any kind of a serious answer.
The AP, on the other hand, thinks it is a great idea.
From the Independent Thinker:
And, of course, there’s the AP dog-and-pony show, wherein they ask the candidates stupid yearbook questions, instead of dealing with substance. Thompson’s responses, while certainly not pleasing to the AP (that is, they wouldn’t have been had the AP gotten the joke) were sure-fire crowd-pleasers to those of us who understood where Thompson was coming from:
What’s your favorite joke? Presidential debates.
What’s your favorite keepsake? Trophy wife.
What’s your favorite nickname? Mr. President.
And, of course, there’s my new favorite poke in the eye: What do you like to do on a ‘lazy day’? Campaigning.
Thompson's answers to this inanity are priceless.
Go Fred!
VW
I stood in my living room and applauded when he refused to 'raise his hand' in the Iowa debate...
Posted by: Flag Gazer | Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 23:04