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PasadenaTrudy

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10. It's Andy Borowitz!

Reply to Mira (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 11:53 AM

Feb 2013

Of course it's satire

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Be amazed: Tea Party rebuttal to the SOTU - they are so smart, they can do it ahead of time-Borowitz [View all] Mira Feb 2013 OP

Un-fucking-believable! Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #1

It's a joke oberliner Feb 2013 #18

I can't tell ... Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #23

"...ending with a call for the President to be tried for treason and banished from the U.S" oberliner Feb 2013 #25

Not with today's reactionaries. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #27

I can see it coming from a Hannity/Savage type oberliner Feb 2013 #30

I could. nt Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #34

Poe's Law Populist_Prole Feb 2013 #32

Oh, and a hearty kick and rec, Mira. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #2

You made me laugh n/t Mira Feb 2013 #9

Wow MynameisBlarney Feb 2013 #3

It's not real oberliner Feb 2013 #19

Well...crap, lol MynameisBlarney Feb 2013 #24

Guess that makes it pretty on-the-nose satire oberliner Feb 2013 #26

That's the best kind of satire. MynameisBlarney Feb 2013 #33

I can't tell if its satire or not. That is scary. IdaBriggs Feb 2013 #4

Snark pscot Feb 2013 #5

I think this is satire tavalon Feb 2013 #6

They'll probably sit around and shoot at the monitor judesedit Feb 2013 #12

keyword: humor polemic_realism Feb 2013 #7

"The Borowitz Report" is the only way you can tell this is satire. Ganja Ninja Feb 2013 #8

It's Andy Borowitz! PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #10

A truly ugly human being. What an asshole. judesedit Feb 2013 #11

Please realize this is satire oberliner Feb 2013 #20

I had to look three times... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #13

It is satire, you guys n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #14

This is brainwashing; saying that Conservatives and everybody else do not have to listen to the DhhD Feb 2013 #15

There's only one Andy Borowitz Mira Feb 2013 #16

Either way, the rebuttal isn't going to make any sense. nt NoGOPZone Feb 2013 #17

Be amazed: There are DUers who don't realize this is a joke. oberliner Feb 2013 #21

I'm wondering too! n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2013 #28

It says that it's not implausible. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #35

Satire that hits too close to home andym Feb 2013 #22

Poe's Law is so true, TDale313 Feb 2013 #29

Sometimes, parody and actual life do blur sakabatou Feb 2013 #31

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