Politics & Poles

This month Harper's Magazine is featuring Mr. Fish, 178 Cartoons from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Fish, we're told, "lives in Los Angeles, California. He never asked to be born. Occasionally, he laughs his head off. His mother has no idea what he's up to. She cries easily. For more information, date him." He sounds bipolar, but I'm not willing to date him to confirm.

I'm sure that, within a 1,000 or so words, someone could offer some clever comment capturing the impact of this cartoon. Not me. I'll defer to the caption (too small to read), which says "According to the most recent poll."

That's not why people go into politics, is it?