Onion: Nation's Poor Win Election for Nation's Rich

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Onion: Nation's Poor Win Election for Nation's Rich

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Remember it's SATIRE kids. But still really funny.

My favourite quote:
"Our society is falling apart—our treasured values are under attack by terrorists," said Ellen Blaine of Givens, OH, a tiny rural farming community as likely to be attacked by terrorists as it is to be hit by a meteor. "We need someone with old-time morals in the White House. I may not have much of anything in this world, but at least I have my family."
Hahhahaha...

EDIT: Damn you title bar!
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ONION IS LIBELOUS SLANDER LIERS!!!!! I THINK YOU HAVE TO...






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"The alliance between the tiny fraction at the top of the pyramid and the teeming masses of mouth-breathers at its enormous base has never been stronger,"
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I was also rather fond of last weeks "In The News" headlines, which included:

Poll: Youth Totally Meant To Vote In Record Numbers

Says it all, really.
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"That's why I always vote straight-ticket Republican, just like my daddy did, before he lost the farm and shot himself in the head, and just like his daddy did, before he died of black-lung disease in the company coal mines."
Fucking brilliant.
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Post by Fireball »

Good to see the Onion, at least, has read "What's the Matter With Kansas."
Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:17 am
Zarathud: The sad thing is that Barak Obama is a very intelligent and articulate person, even when you disagree with his views it's clear that he's very thoughtful. I would have loved to see Obama in a real debate.
Me: Wait 12 years, when he runs for president. :-)
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Favorite Onion headline (although I almost feel guilty for feeling that way).

Onion headline the day after Gene Siskel died:

EBERT EMERGES VICTORIOUS!
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