Comedy Stop: What Would Alex Keaton Do? - New York Times Blog

A very funny, albeit, somewhat realistic look on who Alex Keaton, Michael J. Fox’s character on “Family Ties”, would be voting for in the 2008 election.

Alex Keaton was a staunch Republican in a liberal family on the television show, and the question posed to the writer was, “What Would Alex Keaton Do?”

Interesting that in order to talk politics, some people find it necessary (maybe the wrong word?) to frame the discussion inside the alternate reality created on television with ficitonal players.