In shocking development today, the primary challenge ticket of Joe Lieberman/John Edwards 2012 is polling at -5%. Even thought many of their closet advisers warned the pair not to even think about being in polite society, much less running as a counter-ticker to Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the pair of veteran politicians decided to announce their primary challenge last week.
Today is the first day polls were released since they started their campaign, it appears more people are against them than are currently alive.
While this may appear paradoxical, sources from both the political and scientific community have said people from the future are calling back in time to poll against them for sport.
"Though these are horrible numbers for the Lieberman/Edwards Ticket", said Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the National Science Museum, "but we have confirmation that in the future humans have mastered the ability to travel and communicate across time. And par for the course of human development, we are using that technology for something silly like trolling presidential polls in the past."
The future is reaching our time by using what they refer to as an Elastic Temporal Devices, which they tie into Google Numbers so they can poll against this ticket.
"We finally got in contact with one," stated Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "Usually, participating in historical events is a punishable act, but for some reason that statue was lifted on being polled for Lieberman/Edwards 2012. In fact, there appears to be a lotto to gain access to our time just to do so because this ticket is view as one of the most historically absurd political campaigns in recorded history."
This was confirmed by Johann Obama Hertzog, born 2056 and calling from 2089.
"Took me a few years to finally get to call in, but I am glad I did!" said the jubilant Johan from Titan Base 3, on the moon orbiting Jupiter. "I remember my grandfather talking about this ticket and how inane it was that the media took it seriously, distracting from the serious issues of the day. Can you imagine? These two jokes being taken seriously by journalists? I mean come on, they are both liars and idiots!"
"Thank the stars that President Obama soundly defeated them and the Republican ticket of, sorry no spoilers!" Johan continued, "Obama was unshackled from re-election worries and proceeded to enact the progressive agenda that set up America to not only be the leaders of the world, but of our solar system. That's why Obama is remember among the great presidents, Washington, Lincoln and the Roosevelts. Still can't believe you had to pay for healthcare back then, such barbaric times!"
It has also put quite a damper in the media blitz Lieberman and Edwards had planned to roll out during the summer of 2011. Joe Lieberman could not be reach for comment, avoiding the press per usual, and John Edwards knows better to show his face in public least he get showered with the chorus of boos he so surely deserves.
While the world is slowly coming to terms that future generations would troll the current day, some have begun to speculate that explains how George W. Bush won re-election.