Opinion: Stein’s getting <i>walloped</i>!

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Joel Stein is laying a major neutron bomb in his effort to replace himself as the L.A. Times’ Friday columnist. If you haven’t voted today, get in there and vote.

To recap: Stein is trying to figure out whether his column can be done just as well by somebody who writes for free. Many of you good people sent in Steinian columns to show that it can. Now it’s time to vote on the finalists, and after a comfortable few days, during which Stein’s control column—an anti-Elmo chestnut from days of yore—vied for first place with Suzanne Robertson’s submission ‘Toddler trauma,’ there’s a new sheriff in town.

Say hello to Sam Apple’s ‘America’s next top mohel,’ which has won more votes than Stein’s and Robertson’s pieces combined. Is Apple closing in on a solid majority, or is this just some pre-sabbath rally by a rabbinical voting bloc? If you’re pro-Stein, he needs your vote in this electoral crisis. If you’re anti-Stein, now’s your chance join in his public thrashing. And if you’re pro-mohel, well, you know that every half-inch matters. No matter where you stand, get in there and vote!