US News' new poll: "Daddy Daycare"
February 26, 2009 12:18 pm ET by Jamison Foser
On Saturday, I noted that US News & World Report's "Washington Whispers" page featured a poll asking who would make the best day-car provider: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama, or Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
After receiving blistering criticism from across the blogosphere for running such an offensive poll, US News appears to be trying to make amends - or cover for their earlier mistake. Here's the poll currently featured at Washington Whispers:
The new poll doesn't really undo the offensiveness of the first one; it just highlights it. A simple apology probably would have been better.
No question: I'd want Michelle Obama to watch my kids! (Palin might let one of them get pregnant and nither Pelosu nor Clinton (at this point in their lives) seem very interested in raising childeren.
I'd also rather have President Obama coach my kid's soccer team than John Boehner, Joe Biden or John McCain.
I also rather have Paul Krugman teach my kid's economics class than George Will, Michael Moore or Rush Limbaugh.
And I'd also rather have a date with Chelsea Clinton or Barbara Bush (the daughter!) than Jenna Bush or Meghan McCain.
Have I covered all of the sexist and utterly pointless topics that pass for the news these days?!
It would have been funnier if Rudy Giuliani was wearing a French Leprechauns' football jersey. They kinda killed a chance for a great joke by using a Yankees jersey instead.