So sayeth Variety. This really isn’t that surprising. What cracks me up, though, is one of the comments:

So typical. Americans were watching the mental diarhea that is American Idol rather than following the election. Talk to the people around you and you’ll discover that most who have or plan to vote are voting on an extremely limited understanding of the candidates, their platforms, and their histories. Our democracy only works when the people are invested in its future. This article is proof that too many in this country could care less so long as the brave new world is around to keep them blissfully ignorant.

Contrary to what so many people think, it is completely possible to follow the primaries and have American Idol on the TV. There’s a simple explanation - people aren’t getting their information on the primaries from TV. Considering how well the TV pundits have handled the primaries so far (way to go on New Hampshire, everyone!), this really isn’t that surprising. Besides, a person can handle the talking heads repeating the same misguided points over and over and over again for only so long before they’re going to change the channel.

So, where are they getting their information from? Well, word on the street is there’s this thing called the “Interwebs” or something like that, and it’s full of useful information on things like potted meat food product.

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