"South Park" creators: Candidates acting childish

LOS ANGELES -- "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker say the presidential election confusion is kids' stuff -- and they're making the point in this week's episode.

A segment on the animated series scheduled to air Wednesday night on Comedy Central features a deadlocked election for kindergarten class president that has the tykes in an uproar. The results are disputed because of hard-to-read ballots.

"It makes perfect sense because everything is just so childish anyway, the way people are acting about the election and the way candidates are," Stone said. "Usually you try to satirize something by taking it to the extreme. But it was actually kind of hard to satirize."

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