Twenty Questions

“Okay, cool.  Person or persons, I mean people.  Right?”

“Yep.  Go!”

“Ok ok ok.  Man or woman?”

“Both.”

“Ok ok.  I’ll take the female path then.  Age?”

“Between thirty-five and fifty-five.  That’s two.  Next?”

 “Younger than, say, fifty-five?”

“Yes.”

“Straight?”

“Yep.  That’s four. Time’s running.”

“Married or divorced?”

“Married.”

“Kids?”

“Yes.”

“Own or rent?”

“Own.”

“Member of NOW or any similar woman’s advocacy group?”

“No, not for a long time.  Up to eight.  Go!”

“Shoot, ok ok. “

“Church goer?”

“Sometimes, yes.”

“Works?”

“Yes.  Needs to help the family.”

“Teacher?”

“Nope.  Eleven.”

“So no teacher’s union but are her or her husband a member of any union?”

“No.”

“Family on any government aid or similar assistance?”

“None, no.  Thirteen.  Six left.  Go man go!  Two minutes..”

“Suburban or urban.”

“Suburban.”

“Middle class or rich?”

“Middle class.  Fifteen, three to go!”

“Citizen?”

“Yep, her and her husband born here.  Both citizens.”

“Supported full amnesty.”

“No, completely against it.”

“Let’s see…supported the new national marijuana legalization act?”

“No.  They both believe all drugs are potentially bad and the kids should not use.  That’s what the card says anyway.”

“Did she support Obamacare or the newer single payer system?”

“Neither.  One left.  One minute.”

“Ok ok ok.  Lemme see.  Oh yeah I got it I got it!  Is her demographic growing or shrinking?”

“Shrinking, and fast but not fast enough if I can interject an opinion.  Questions done, time almost up.  Review requested?”

“Yes please.”

“Straight, married woman somewhere between thirty-five and fifty-five.  Her and her husband have kids, attend church at least sometimes, and both work but neither is in a union.  The family is a middle-class one living in the suburbs.  They are not on any government aid or assistance and do not believe in drugs or Obamacare or single-payer health systems.  The woman is not a member of any woman’s advocacy group and is not a teacher.  They are citizens who did not support the blanket amnesty bill.  Her demographic is shrinking fast.”

“Ok ok ok.  I think, yeah, I think I have it!”

“Go!  5 seconds!”

“The woman and her husband and her kids- the American conservative nuclear family!”

“Yes, yes!  Great job!”

“Now what?”

“Now we just keep working to keep it shrinking.  That’s a big part of our job my man.”

“Yeah, right.  Let’s get going.”

“No huge rush man.  It won’t take very long…”