It's an election year, which means it's time to devote a great deal of thought and energy into analyzing the structural foundations of democracy, with roughly 2 percent of said discussion actually being serious or thoughtful. You don't have to be the DJ 3000 to realize that when it comes to politics, sometimes you gotta laugh to keep from crying, especially at a time when the values we should be celebrating get buried in the fracas of a 24-hour news cycle that highlights gaffs and attack ads instead of platforms.
