http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2004/09/21/the_red_sox_or_the_republic_you_decide/The Red Sox or the republic? You decide
By Alex Beam | September 21, 2004
Assume there is a Supreme Being. Assume that She is all-powerful and beneficent. But she is not indulgent. She will grant one, and only one, of your two most fervent wishes: Either John Kerry will be inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States.
Or the Boston Red Sox will win the World Series this fall.
What will it be?
I hung around Downtown Crossing yesterday for about an hour running this question by 52 Bostonians. (If only Butch Hobson were still managing the Sox, we could call this a true Hobson's choice.) Many respondents were torn, but ultimately the people spoke. Twenty people felt it was more important for their junior senator to take over the White House. Thirty-two implored the Deity to intervene and send World Series rings to the Olde Towne Team. If there was a common theme, it was skepticism that either event was likely to take place.
Of course, my survey lacked the laser-like, scientific accuracy of a famous national poll like the one run by John Zogby, who predicted this spring: "John Kerry will win the election." That's curious, because Kerry's newly assembled staff of prevaricators, fact fudgers, and spin doctors aren't acting like John Kerry will win the election.
But my survey did reveal that Bostonians -- who, to be fair, have seen quite a bit of Senator Kerry over the years -- have their priorities straight. Or else they have their priorities all bollixed up. See, it's easy to flip-flop, once you get the hang of it.
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