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Obama Wants Your Birthday Money & Wedding Gifts
As mentioned on Rush Limbaugh’s program today, POTUS would be thrilled if you shared your special day with him by registering for campaign donations in lieu of presents.
And why stop there? Barack Obama baby showers. Barack Obama lingerie showers. Barack Obama money dances. Barack Obama house warming parties. Because you don’t actually need money or presents, but Barack Obama does.
Go check out the post and hilarious comments on the President’s reelection campaign site. They surely won’t last long.
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Comments are not there now, as of 4:02 pm EDT. Rats. I missed them…
**Edit: Oops. It must have just been my slow internet connection, ’cause they are there now… Sorry for any confusion!
So I was in NYC for the past couple of days, and an older gentleman in all OFA gear came up to me looking for help with subway fare. I gave the poor man my brand new $10 subway card.
I was a little taken aback that somebody with all this brand new clothing needed help with subway fare. But then I realized it wasn’t his fault. I demand that the president set up a government agency too look out for predatory organizations marketing to societies most vulnerable. I demand that this new government agency that will exist for the benefit of consumers close down Obama for America immediately for predatory marketing and other such conduct.
Comments are there now, Mama T. They’re stuck: either they disappear them and get flack, or keep them up and let the ridicule multiply.
I haven’t read all the comments yet, but there appear to be at least 150 mocking, derisive comments for every 1 presidential defender. If I were them, I’d disappear the comments and take the flack, but then again I am not them… It’s easier to pretend that nothing happened when the comments are disappeared…
I’ve notified My creditors of My bankruptcy “event,” so they’re sending Barry all My bills.
Over on the Member Feed we have another conversation on the same subject.
I’ll repeat my comment there: What’s this going to do to the small appliance industry? Job losses left and right.
I happen to disbelieve money “buys” votes. Sure, every campaign needs dough. So here’s my idea Romney partisans: If you know a young Obamaite and owe them a birthday gift, that lefty couple always bringing up politics getting married in June, here’s your chance. Give them a $25 donation, and smile! (Don’t worry your $25 donation won’t help this disaster of a campaign one bit)
The comments are hilarious!
So this is what Executive Privilege means.
If SNL doesn’t mock of this, they’re irredeemably in the tank, to the point where they don’t see funny when it smashes their gravy bowl.
(I bet they won’t mock it.)
Also, nobody’s considered the tie-in to gay marriage?
Oh, I can’t help myself…
And why stop there? Barack Obama baby showers. Barack Obama lingerie showers.
If that’s not a fundraising winner, I don’t know what is. GOP, take note.
My word, we’re living out “I, Claudius”. When is one obliged to remember him on one’s will?
Well….yeah.
In all seriousness, ever since right-thinking people came to believe that urging others to make donations to their pet “good causes” was nobler than expecting other gifts, an outcome like this was inevitable.
You don’t have to go to a leftist church to hear the pastor tell you that, since materialism is bad, and giving is better than receiving, presents should routinely be replaced with donations to good causes.
Miss Manners has warned for years about stuff like this happening.
And why stop there? Barack Obama baby showers. Barack Obamalingerie showers.
If that’s not a fundraising winner, I don’t know what is.
Campaign lingerie: Don’t be afraid to show your intimate support!
Next he’ll be asking for Droit du seigneur.
Oh the things we could have suggested if Bill Clinton were running….
Shield your eyes, boys and girls!
Please tell me there’s already a Twitter Hashtag filled with Mockery.
EDIT: Well, there’s this.
Shield your eyes, boys and girls! ·12 minutes ago
AHHH! MY EYES!! MY EYES!!!
Shield your eyes, boys and girls! ·5 minutes ago
Well, I guess I’ll have to go into years of psychoanalysis to rid myself of that image.
This has really got my creative juices flowing. Cash in on deaths.
First, the dead person can, in some states, still vote for you. Second, in the obituary: “In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you contribute to the Obama for President campaign.”
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This is too tacky for Bubba. (Never thought I’d write that sentence.)
I think might have a call in to the people to arrange that for him.
Just when we think The O can’t sink any lower…
Barackmitzvah?
I’m with Drew. Where’s the hashtag for this? I propose #gravyboat or #obamasgravyboat.
oh my, the #obamafundraisingideas hashtag is a riot
Shield your eyes, boys and girls! ·1 hour ago
EJ’s Secret: Making presidential races racier than ever.
EDIT: Well, there’s this. ·46 minutes ago
Edited 44 minutes ago
One of my favorite tweets: