American politics can be very interesting - a bit more that some of the popular sport here. Once in a while however you come across absolute gems, like this one by Amazon (seriously, this is on their homepage - sheer genius!):

And in the explanation of this is:

This Meter is Measuring...
This meter was calculated by comparing the all-time sales of the following groups of items.
   Republican: Waterford Holiday Heirlooms Republican Elephant Waterford
   Democrat: Waterford Holiday Heirlooms Democratic Donkey Waterford

"Waterford Holiday Heirlooms Democratic Donkey".... ha ha ha. Brilliant!