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saras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-11 01:40 PM
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30. The Onion doesn't do satire. American politicians do satire.
Blaming the Onion for making fun of stupid Americans is like blaming your rain gauge for the flooding in New England.
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  - For the cognoscenti--  Creideiki   Sep-14-11 02:00 PM   #2 
  - That's actually from 2008  kenny blankenship   Sep-14-11 02:50 PM   #6 
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  - Well, the REAL liberals have been warning us for 3.5 years  Doctor_J   Sep-15-11 01:36 PM   #28 
  - K&R  young but wise   Sep-14-11 02:00 PM   # 
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  - I got the same right wing idiot email  undeterred   Sep-14-11 02:15 PM   #4 
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     - Hey, somebody should get it.  undeterred   Sep-15-11 11:45 AM   #19 
        - I see you have bought into the RW talking points.  ooglymoogly   Sep-15-11 02:24 PM   #32 
           - I haven't bought into anything.  undeterred   Sep-15-11 02:43 PM   #33 
              - Yes and that is a justifyable fear, and all the more reason we  ooglymoogly   Sep-15-11 02:52 PM   #34 
  - Ouch and LOL at same time.  dixiegrrrrl   Sep-14-11 02:34 PM   #5 
  - That was my exact thought!!!!!!  Marrah_G   Sep-14-11 02:52 PM   #7 
  - Sadly just as true now as it was back in 2008.  slay   Sep-14-11 10:15 PM   #9 
  - I love The Onion.  Occulus   Sep-14-11 10:20 PM   #10 
  - Only the truth can be so funny.  The Doctor.   Sep-15-11 05:20 AM   #11 
  - LOL.  mmonk   Sep-15-11 05:22 AM   #12 
  - They've done it again: Told the truth in ways the MSMedia Inc. just don't get. nt  mistertrickster   Sep-15-11 09:09 AM   #13 
  - Ain't it the truth. nt  HappyMe   Sep-15-11 09:16 AM   #14 
  - Maybe that is because there getting screwed no matter how they vote.  RegieRocker   Sep-15-11 09:19 AM   #15 
  - Who will ever forget the Onion piece...  Bigmack   Sep-15-11 09:37 AM   #16 
  - I thought The Onion only did satire.  bvar22   Sep-15-11 11:10 AM   #18 
  - Ron Paul did let him die  ProSense   Sep-15-11 12:13 PM   #20 
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  - Oh no  Hydra   Sep-15-11 01:09 PM   #22 
     - Current count is 66 million of them according to Hartmann today ... ???  defendandprotect   Sep-15-11 11:52 PM   #35 
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  - From October 30, 2008  liberal N proud   Sep-15-11 01:39 PM   #29 
  - The Onion doesn't do satire. American politicians do satire.  saras   Sep-15-11 01:40 PM   #30 
  - The Onion has a pay wall now.  harmonicon   Sep-15-11 01:58 PM   #31 
 

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