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Our quadrennial exercise in democracy has once again come down to this predictable predictor: sales of Halloween masks. John McCain or Barack Obama? Can $10 worth of latex foretell the victor?
In Las Cruces, sales of Barack Obama and John McCain Halloween masks are leaving the “sexy nuns and comic book characters … languishing on the shelves.”
In Mishawaka, Ind., sales of Obama masks are alternately running neck-and-rather-nice-looking neck with and 5-1 in favor of McCain masks. (And, oh, the reporter just couldn’t resist those funny “unmasking the winner” puns.)
Zanesville, Ohio? Obama by a nose.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa? McCain mask country.
Almost everywhere, customers are unhappy to discover a dearth of Sarah Palin masks.
But because of her relatively late announcement as a vice presidential candidate, costume suppliers were unprepared for her latex likeness.
Maybe that’s because the GOP was too busy anteing up $150,000 for her real likeness.
Amazon.com came to the rescue on Wednesday. And, if latex bothers your complexion, you can get a Joe Biden paper mask for 99 cents.
As for all these predictions of popular sales proving the popular vote, don’t they overlook one key point? Most people choose Halloween costumes for their power to scare people. Hey, if 5-year-olds dressed as Playboy Bunnies don’t signal the end of civilization, what else will it take?
