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- rootnik, on 08/28/2008, -5/+119"In the past blacks were seen as ignorant or dangerous, that today a black man is seen as to good for people is a huge step forward."
Yeah, I just typed a quote from the video you just watched. Dugg. - jmk4422, on 08/28/2008, -23/+120Bush dismantles EPA standards and calls it the "Clean Air Act."
Bush burns the constitution and calls it the "Patriot Act".
Bush handcuffs our nation's educators and calls it "No Child Left Behind".
McCain sees an up-by-the-bootstraps black man of humble roots living the American Dream and calls him an "elitist".
Leave it to the Onion to create laughter in such a depressing, cynical situation. It truly is America's finest news source. - Metalteeth9, on 08/28/2008, -6/+90This actually makes sense in an Onion sorta way.
- Mikeo4723, on 08/28/2008, -6/+89The Onion > Fox News
- meirav, on 08/28/2008, -7/+90"I never thought I'd see the day when an old, white millionaire is viewed as having more in common with working folk than a black man."
"I remember when there was a time when a white person would see a black man on the street and cross to the other side for fear he'd get mugged. Now, he crosses over for fear he might be asked to donate to PBS"
"You really have to give credit to the American people for being able to look past Obama's skin color to see the Harvard educated smartass he is."
"The NAACP today awarded Fox News a medal of service for what they called their tireless work on behalf of African Americans."
The Onion does it again! - chrissku, on 08/28/2008, -3/+63The Onion is a satirical news site, yet they have some of the most relevant social commentary around. Bravo
- avsa, on 08/28/2008, -3/+60i love the final quote "in a speech mccain tries to distance himself from his policies"
- preppypoof, on 08/28/2008, -1/+49did anyone notice the ticker on the bottom?
"swim meet inadvertently turns into a shark attack awareness event"
"FDA cancels bacon recall when they find that america already ate it all"
brilliant - ClockworksNine, on 08/28/2008, -0/+47* > Fox News
- OdinTGE, on 08/28/2008, -4/+48'too good' not 'to good'
Grammar police to the rescue! - DiggItalia, on 08/28/2008, -2/+41"Will you vote him? - Of course not, I've worked my whole life, I've got nothing in common with the man!" lol
- OdinTGE, on 08/28/2008, -0/+35The Onion, just like the Daily Show, is freed to say things other networks/sources cannot by the fact that its intent is comedy.
Satire being a powerful voice of reason is not a new phenomena. - pintomp3, on 08/28/2008, -2/+29they always slip in some gold at the end "john mccain gave another speech today trying to distance himself from his policies"
- mnortei, on 08/28/2008, -0/+27http://tinyurl.com/6x6fjw
- th3heretic, on 08/28/2008, -2/+20Sad part is, I didn't expect it to be from the Onion.
- Seaton, on 08/28/2008, -0/+17Black men will be painted as yachtsmen...or even rednecks..."that would be somethin..."
- MrTea, on 08/28/2008, -0/+14AIDS > Fox News?
- xerograde, on 08/28/2008, -1/+15I'm glad I'm not the only one that has seen all the good Fox News has done for African Americans!
- tattertech, on 08/28/2008, -0/+13Yeah I couldn't figure it out from the Onion news network stuff all over.
- voyetra8, on 08/28/2008, -1/+14arugula = lettuce
- Chrelion, on 08/28/2008, -0/+12It is through satire that one finds the most relevant and honest social commentary - Mark Twain for example.
As for "real" news, I've found that turning on PBS and watching their BBC rebroadcasts covers USA events far better than CNN, FOX or any of the other corporate shill stations do. - azreal156, on 08/28/2008, -2/+13***** > Fox News
- pintomp3, on 08/28/2008, -1/+11except republicans don't view him as "better than us". when they call him elitist, it's a euphemism for uppity.
- dcmjzero, on 08/28/2008, -0/+10i can't count how many times an onion story has come true. i wish someone would made a list.
- esilverski, on 08/28/2008, -0/+10Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
- brianjlowry, on 08/28/2008, -1/+11When they call him elitist, they know he's not anymore then they are... they are just saying it to win over gullible voters.
- VitriolAndAngst, on 08/28/2008, -0/+9I eat Arugula, and I think a lot of folks get it in their salads.
So this is more elite than, say, people raised on Corn Dogs, but this is not more elite than the average salad eating middle class person can relate to who has eaten at a better restaurant than McDonalds. - dcmjzero, on 08/28/2008, -0/+9you do realize his parent were married when he was born, right?
- BedPost, on 08/28/2008, -1/+8You discredit The Daily Show good sir!
- sugarazor, on 08/28/2008, -5/+12"In other news, John McCain takes another step to distance himself from his policies..."
- yohnstoppable, on 08/28/2008, -0/+7“You know when people are talking about race and color, and they say ‘I don’t care if he’s black, white, green or purple’? well we need to draw the line somewhere. ***** purple people! Unless they’re choking, in which case, help them.”
- mnortei, on 08/28/2008, -3/+10http://tinyurl.com/6x6fjw
- cargoyle, on 08/28/2008, -2/+8The problem with the "breakthrough" is that it's not actually anything new. Most posters on other message boards, *repubs and dems, alike) understand that the "elitist" rap i just another word for "uppity". That's nothing new. Calling a black man who had upwardly mobile aspirations "uppity" has been an insult for decades.
- voyetra8, on 08/28/2008, -0/+6Yeah, like my 2nd generation Italian family. It has been grown in the Mediterranean area since Roman times.
- voyetra8, on 08/28/2008, -0/+5Wow, you really didn't get the joke, did you?
- enotswhat, on 08/28/2008, -1/+6so when people tell me i sound white, they are really saying i sound black?
- RyomaNagare, on 08/28/2008, -0/+5Damned, this article blew all three of my sarcasm detectors away
- OneLess, on 08/29/2008, -0/+5Obama an "incredibly liberal" far leftist...only in America. In almost any other western democracy he'd be a member of a conservative party.
- spidoman, on 08/28/2008, -0/+5mmmm barley. delicious.
- zombies187, on 08/28/2008, -0/+5NPR, Democracy Now...
- Ummagumma, on 08/29/2008, -0/+5Funny, these guys are actually putting The Daily Show to shame.
- funkytaco, on 08/29/2008, -0/+4I just rented the Onion Movie, it was full of LOL's.
- UncleTimmy, on 08/28/2008, -0/+4If anything they think he is less. What politicians think and say are two different things. They have a certain norm they must follow, and only manipulate ever so slightly as to appease the masses. To call Obama an elitist is to separate him from hard working, real American voters.
- supguy, on 08/29/2008, -0/+4hint : they havent.
- Gee455, on 08/28/2008, -1/+5Wooosh...
- funkytaco, on 08/29/2008, -0/+3WEAZEL News > FOX News
- Shiftgood, on 08/29/2008, -0/+3I think you just defeated yourself by your own logic.
terrorists and racists are not part of an elitist crowd or on the same level of the caste system.
Out of the 2 in question... you really think Obama is the elitist? Or are you just so impressionable that you parrot what ever people tell you to scare you into voting for McCain. (dont reply, i already know the answer) - migatikon, on 08/29/2008, -1/+4He may be just the person you describe, but can you counter any of his examples? How have the Clean Air Act, the Patriot Act, or "No Child Left Behind" made your life--or the lives of your friends or loved ones or children--any better?
- Shiftgood, on 08/28/2008, -0/+2lol one of them actually is. Look at their policies. look at their net worth. Look at their friends.
I dont really expect you to understand critical thinking. its not a strong point for conservatives. but i thought it was worth a shot. - inactive, on 08/28/2008, -0/+2@pintomp3
I love black chicks. Bubble butts are awesome. -
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