Top 10 Ways to Know You're a Political Junkie
October 30, 2008

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  1. Mark
    Oct 30, 02:00 PM

    You can’t stop buying Obama Waffles, Sarah Palin’s Mooseburger Helper, and other election collectibles

  2. Alan
    Oct 30, 03:44 PM

    You can’t wait for this election cycle to be over so you can start planning the Palin 2012 campaign.

  3. Scott Da' Dad
    Oct 30, 03:56 PM

    You actually know the names of the top 5 people in line to be President, no matter who is elected! Does this mean you’re getting old?

  4. Marty
    Oct 30, 04:00 PM

    You check the latest polls before you have your first cup of coffee.

  5. Beaker
    Oct 30, 04:04 PM

    You know who is running for State Representative and who is leading in the polls for every district in your state.

  6. Marty
    Oct 30, 04:05 PM

    You are continually “Girding your loins”

  7. Marty
    Oct 30, 04:15 PM

    Your toilet backs up and you call “Joe the Plumber”

  8. Bill
    Oct 30, 04:16 PM

    You watch an infomercial and order a vegamatic, a pocket fisherman, a presidential candidate and, if you order now, get a free vice presidential candidate.

  9. Sean
    Oct 30, 04:17 PM

    You plan your vacation for next year based on avoiding red or blue states.

  10. Doug
    Oct 30, 04:23 PM

    For your Halloween costume – you tape nickles, dimes, and quarters all over your jacket with clear tape and go Trick or Treating as “Real Change We Can All Believe In”

  11. Mark
    Oct 30, 04:25 PM

    You can name all of the 3rd party candidates on the ballet for president and what those 3 letter party abbreviations are!

  12. Sean
    Oct 30, 04:26 PM

    When your homeschooling wife mentions a “battleground tour”, you start thinking Maine, Pennsylvania or Florida instead of Gettysburg, Bunker Hill, or Bull Run.

  13. Shawn
    Oct 30, 04:32 PM

    Your 11 year old daughter actually chooses on her own to go to a congressional debate on her birthday instead of McD’s.

  14. Marty
    Oct 30, 04:32 PM

    You put “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad” on your 2nd graders homeschool spelling test.

  15. Patrick
    Oct 30, 04:33 PM

    When your wife resists a suggestion, you respond with “I’ll bet Sarah Palin could … “. (this has become a great joke at our house (she’s a good sport!))

  16. Tom
    Oct 30, 04:36 PM

    You finish everything you say with, “. . . and I approve this message.”

  17. Marty
    Oct 30, 04:42 PM

    You actually have heard of Chuck Baldwin.

  18. Todd
    Oct 30, 04:44 PM

    You keep practicing in front of your family on what you would say if YOU were on the Neal Boortz Show.

  19. Marty
    Oct 30, 04:50 PM

    Your can kids can find Scranton, Pennsylvania and Bucks County on a U.S. map.

  20. KDsDaddy (James)
    Oct 30, 05:25 PM

    You have a child named Drudge and another named Newt.

  21. Matt
    Oct 30, 05:32 PM

    You realize you’ve been droppin’ your “g“s.

  22. ewayneh
    Oct 30, 05:37 PM

    When you spill coffee on your freshly ironed shirt jerking your head towards the TV when you hear a FoxNews Alert jingle!

  23. Mike
    Oct 30, 05:37 PM

    After burping a bit too loud your kids come up with a new jingle: “Obama, my name sounds like a burp, Obama“

  24. S.A.M.
    Oct 30, 05:42 PM

    When you can’t name one team in the World Series, but you can name every candidate in the primaries and can quote the latest polling results off the top of your head.

  25. S.A.M.
    Oct 30, 05:44 PM

    Your twelve year old can give a more reasons as to why they support their candidate than your coworkers can.

  26. Brad
    Oct 30, 05:45 PM

    When you can’t take the time to type your Top 10 input because you feel compelled to see what the latests polls…

  27. Marty
    Oct 30, 05:56 PM

    You can name more counties in Florida than in your own state.

  28. Marty
    Oct 30, 06:00 PM

    You think the axis of evil is composed of Paul Begala, Chris Matthews and Keith Oberman.

  29. Wendy
    Oct 30, 06:26 PM

    When your kids overhear another adult discussing the candidates by name, (McCain…Obama, etc.) one of them inevitably retorts ‘Oh, yeah – do you mean Barak HUSSEIN Obama?’ with such an emphasis on HUSSEIN that it seems that he must surely be on the terror watch list.

  30. Scott J.
    Oct 30, 06:37 PM

    You take the political junk mail you receive…and frame it.

  31. Provider
    Oct 30, 07:19 PM

    You know you’re a political junkie when you can recite the stocks answers of both candidates before they do.

  32. Andrew
    Oct 31, 12:52 AM

    You find yourself voting multiple times in a Domino’s pizza order tracking page presidential poll.

  33. ethan demme
    Oct 31, 01:40 AM

    when you almost laugh outloud at the list but don’t because your wife is asleep and you are reading blogs and checking the polls on your iPhonein bed at 1 in the morning :)

  34. Andy D.
    Oct 31, 02:23 AM

    Every time I hear a noise in the front yard, I jump up to make sure no one is stealing the little “political signs” in my yard!

  35. Paul S.
    Oct 31, 08:08 AM

    You start thinking about fleeing to the mountains “when ye see the OBAMANATION of desolation standing where he ought not” (“loosely” taken from Mark 13:14)

  36. Michael S.
    Oct 31, 08:53 AM

    You catch yourself quoting Ron Paul in your Sunday School Class

  37. Nelson
    Oct 31, 09:16 AM

    You are glad mowing season is over since there are so many yard signs you can’t maneuver between them any more.

  38. Chris K
    Oct 31, 09:40 AM

    I know I’m a junkie when I park my car strategically so that the maximum # of people will have to see my McCain/Palin window sticker.

  39. Robert
    Oct 31, 09:59 AM

    First thing in the morning you go to the following sites: www.foxnews.com, www.drudgreport.com, www.realclearpolitics.com

    Then if that isn’t enough, you check them another 2 to 5 times throughout the day.

    Then to close out your day you and your wife watch the evening line up on fox news.

  40. Brian H
    Oct 31, 10:03 AM

    Your teach your two year old their colors by pointing to red states and blue states on a map

  41. Marty
    Oct 31, 10:42 AM

    You have googled the following phrases:

    Can McCain win?
    How can McCain win?
    Can you trust these polls?
    Land for sale in Alaska?

  42. Chris
    Oct 31, 03:11 PM

    When your jack-o-lantern bears a political message instead of a face.

  43. Dale
    Nov 1, 07:46 PM

    When 60% of the arrivals in your Inbox are from politically active organizations & 30% are political messages from your friends.

  44. Harley
    Nov 2, 01:53 PM

    When your OTR truck-driving partner’s 6 year old grandson is caught smiling while listening to Fox News on his iPod.

  45. Mark
    Nov 2, 04:01 PM

    You Know You’re a Political Junkie when your mood for the day is set by the margin in the polls between McCain and Obama; actually mood is set for the hour because the polls are all over the place.

  46. mick
    Nov 2, 05:10 PM

    I just like to vote for my favorite crook. sad to say.

  47. homeschool mom of 4 boys
    Nov 3, 12:27 AM

    When your 3 year old knows the names of both candidates and can recognize the political signs. And your 8 and 6 year old tell why they’re voting for McCain.