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Just for fun, I have provided you some funny videos courtesy of The Onion. Feel free to watch any and all, and comment as you wish. Call these videos R-rated for profanity.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_undertakes_presidential?utm_source=videomrss_88957
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/latest_poll_reveals_430_new
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/portrayal_of_obama_as_elitist
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/mccain_s_economic_plan_for_nation
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/precocious_youngster_sells
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/gunman_kills_15_potential_voters
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/old_grizzled_third_party
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/was_there_too_much_sex_and
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_promises_to_stop_americas
posted by Mr. K @ 8:47 AM
6 comments
6 Comments:
i would have guessed that since i completely forgot about this until now, at least one other person would have left a comment. apparently not though.
i found all of these pretty funny and a good satire of today's politics. i also liked the "war for the whitehouse" considering the presidential election seems to get more and more aggressive and heated as time goes on. it is almost like a miniature cold war at times
My, my. Sounds like somebody's cranky. Well then, moving on from Jarrod's derisive comment of the day...
You've got to love the Onion. Most of these were hysterical. I reccommend watching a second time just for the sake of reading the news ticker at the bottom. I think I laughed aloud more often at the news ticker than at the actual video.
By far my favorite of these was the "430 demographics" one. So witty. So very witty.
First of all, I absolutely love the Onion. It's hilarious. All of the videos were great. My favorite was the "Obama Elitist" one. I thought it was really funny when the reporte asked the black man if he was voting for Obama, and he said of course not cause he is a working man and has nothing in common with Obama.
*Best assignment yet!
I was on the blog, so I figured I would watch these and they are so, so funny. I took Audrey's advice and watched some of them again to read the news ticker at the bottom (very funny).
It's hard to pick a favorite. The "Obama is elitest" was clever and the "15 potential voters killed" was funny in a twisted way. The Onion is, as always, truly great at political satire.
Ok not too bad... I think with all political satire there is a certain amount of hit or miss. Personally I was not a fan of the bit about the mall shooting especially when it got into the possibility of a liberal arts college getting shot up. Its a personal thing and Im hardly saying the Onion is in any way immoral. It obviously wasn't meant in any sense of malice but I mean it was a little bit over the line. However I believe little girls who sell cookies and attack ads are both inherently evil and therefore deserve the full malicious treatment they received.
One of the nice things about a liberal arts education is that it helps you to get the jokes!!
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