Are you kidding me?

Let me preface the following post with this advisory to assignment editors: stop the nonsense with Obama and McCain.

Earlier this year in March, I pointed out the absurdity in the political coverage between Barack Obama and John McCain when their NCAA basketball bracket sheets were analyzed.

I'm still waiting to see how McCain does bowling.

What's next? Heck with a debate or town hall format, let's do American Gladiators with McCain and Obama.

Gas is over $4 a gallon. We have a war going on in Iraq. Parts of the country are still drying out from floods. E. coli cases are popping up everywhere. Immigration is a hot topic. Age and race keep coming to the forefront of this campaign...and then, a story that gets right to the heart of America makes the mainstream media. Check it out. Please read on.

Obama would get more barbecue invitations than McCain
WASHINGTON (AP) — People would rather barbecue burgers with Barack than munch meats with McCain.

While many are still deciding which should be president, by 52 percent to 45 percent they would prefer having Barack Obama than John McCain to their summer cookout, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll released Wednesday.

Men are about evenly divided between the two while women prefer Obama by 11 percentage points. Whites prefer McCain, minorities Obama. And Obama is a more popular guest with younger voters while McCain does best with the oldest.

Having Obama to a barbecue would be like a relaxed family gathering, while inviting McCain "would be more like a retirement party than something fun," said Wesley Welbourne, 38, a systems engineer from Washington, D.C.

Party label means a lot, with three-quarters of Democrats picking the Democrat Obama and the same number of Republicans picking McCain, a Republican. Independents are about evenly split.

"John and I would probably have a lot to talk about," said Republican Michael Mullen, 53, of Merrimac, Mass., like McCain a Navy veteran.

One in six people saying they'd vote for McCain prefer Obama as their barbecue guest; just one in 20 Obama backers would invite McCain.

The AP-Yahoo! News survey of 1,759 adults was conducted online by Knowledge Networks from June 13-23 and had an overall margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. The margin of sampling error for subgroups was larger.