Republicans to Pull Money From Trump Ads and Spend It on Alcohol
 

[QUOTE=only_human;440901]I think it may really be over. Admittedly I'm speaking from a very biased position.
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[URL="http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/38800-republicans-to-pull-money-from-trump-ads-and-spend-it-on-alcohol"]Boooze more effective than advertising.[/URL]
[QUOTE]“It’s questionable whether the ads we were thinking of buying for Trump would work,” Harland Dorrinson, the Pennsylvania G.O.P. chairman, said. “We received the first shipment of alcohol this afternoon, and I can tell you that it’s already working.”

According to the most recent filing with the Federal Election Commission, after the outlays for wine and spirits, the R.N.C. will still have a million dollars in cash on hand, which will go to beer.
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[QUOTE=only_human;440904]I had fun calling that truly venerable journal of science and inquiry an opinion rag. I think your detector is likely just fine.[/QUOTE]Current US politics in general, and many Republican presidential supporters in particular, are so weird as seen from this side of the pond, that I had genuine doubts.

[QUOTE=xilman;440916]Current US politics in general, and many Republican presidential supporters in particular, are so weird as seen from this side of the pond, that I had genuine doubts.[/QUOTE]
[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law"]Poe's law[/URL] strikes again:
[QUOTE]Poe's law is an Internet adage which states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extreme views will be mistaken by some readers or viewers as sincere expressions of the parodied views.[/QUOTE]

This election is full of strange things:
[QUOTE]NYC Parks Dept. issues cheeky response to naked Trump statue
CNN.com › 2016/08/18 › politics › nake...
Aug 19, 2016 - "NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small," said ...[/QUOTE]
Keeping in mind that the media had had a history more like this: [URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/gerald-r-ford-1451818.html"]link[/URL]
[QUOTE]Lyndon B Johnson is often reported to have said of Ford that “He can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.” What he did say was “He can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.” The US media deliberately misrepresented the remark in the interests of decency.[/QUOTE]

Some things [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] were so successfully suppressed that I and several classmates were surprised to learn (in a college art class of all places) that the most salient point of interest in flappers in the Roaring Twenties was that they danced wearing little or no undergarments.
[url]https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/scanty[/url]
[QUOTE]The adjective scanty comes from the Old Norse scamt, which means "short or brief," and so suggests a small amount. The word usually suggests a meager amount, and can refer to anything that is barely sufficient. Someone trying to stretch a meal might offer scanty servings. On a humorous note, a Roaring Twenties flapper referred to her underwear as scanties.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Lyndon B Johnson is often reported to have said of Ford that “He can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.” What he did say was “He can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.”[/QUOTE]
It was also reported that LBJ said of Ford, "He's a nice fellow but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet."

[QUOTE=xilman;440916]Current US politics in general, and many Republican presidential supporters in particular, are so weird as seen from this side of the pond, that I had genuine doubts.[/QUOTE]

I understand your position.

As a Canadian living in Barbados, we're all really rather confused how "The Greatest Nation on Earth" has reduced itself to this low level of quality in the political space. Where is the serious debate about serious issues?

"I have heard" that Canada is considering building a wall to the south (and, separately, to the West). And they're going to have the US of A pay for it to prevent illegal immigration of Americans should Trump win the election.

(This, is of course, a joke. Trump won't win. And even if he does win immigrants are welcomed in Canada; particularly from repressive regimes.)

[QUOTE=kladner;440932]It was also reported that LBJ said of Ford, "He's a nice fellow but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet."[/QUOTE]
The most damaging thing to Ford was Chevy Chase's portrayal of him:
[url]http://www.zimbio.com/10+Awesome+Moments+in+Political+Satire/articles/9YKaxlCQOJb/7+Chevy+Chase+Redefines+Gerald+Ford[/url]
[QUOTE]So how did he get a reputation for being a klutz that haunted him all the way into the 1976 election season? Blame Chevy Chase.

It was Ford who slipped on his way down the stairs of Air Force One upon landing in Austria in 1975, but it was Chevy Chase who stretched that gaffe into a weekly gag on Saturday Night Live. As a result, Ford never lived down his image as a clumsy oaf who might mistake a water glass for a telephone or go tumbling over his own desk.[/QUOTE]

I'd be willing to bet that Lyndon's opinion of Ford predated the Chase routine.

[QUOTE=kladner;440937]I'd be willing to bet that Lyndon's opinion of Ford predated the Chase routine.[/QUOTE]
Definitely. Which was more influential though? When we want the public's opinion, we [B][I]give[/I][/B] it to them using satire.
10 AWESOME MOMENTS IN POLITICAL SATIRE
#1: [URL="http://www.zimbio.com/10+Awesome+Moments+in+Political+Satire/articles/hutdkyAV2MZ/1+Tina+Fey+Can+See+Russia+House"]Tina Fey Can See Russia From Her House[/URL] (SNL Sarah Palin)
#2: Stephen Colbert Speaks Truthiness to Power (George W. Bush)
#3: Dr. Strangelove Laughs in the Face of Oblivion
#4: 'The Onion' Makes it OK to Laugh Again
#5: Dan Quayle Picks a Fight With 'Murphy Brown'
#6: Hunter S. Thompson Changes Political Journalism
#7: Chevy Chase Redefines Gerald Ford (SNL)
#8: Borat's Cultural Learnings
#9: 'South Park' Saddam
#10: Dana Carvey's 'Thousand Points of Light' (SNL George H.W. Bush)

SNL: We're Non-Partisan. Chevy Chase: Yes we are!
[url]http://youtu.be/H9jtfUPlxdI[/url]
[YOUTUBE]H9jtfUPlxdI[/YOUTUBE]
Gerald Ford and Chevy Chase Falls
[url]http://youtu.be/mk8R4PoR9II[/url]
[YOUTUBE]mk8R4PoR9II[/YOUTUBE]

[QUOTE=only_human;440939]Definitely. Which was more influential though? When we want the public's opinion, we [B][I]give[/I][/B] it to them using satire.
10 AWESOME MOMENTS IN POLITICAL SATIRE[/QUOTE]

Probably showing my age, but can't take seriously any such list which omits Dan Ackroyd's parodies of tricky Dick Nixon.

[QUOTE=ewmayer;440941]Probably showing my age, but can't take seriously any such list which omits Dan Ackroyd's parodies of tricky Dick Nixon.[/QUOTE]

or the terrific SNL Bush/Gore debate featuring "strategery" and "lockbox"

I haven't been watching SNL much. I should tune in. Surely they can come up with something hilarious with the wealth of material provided by T & H.

[QUOTE=Prime95;440943]or the terrific SNL Bush/Gore debate featuring "strategery" and "lockbox"

I haven't been watching SNL much. I should tune in. Surely they can come up with something hilarious with the wealth of material provided by T & H.[/QUOTE]
Unless they release an unscheduled special it looks like we'll be waiting until October 1st to get their impressions.
Saturday Night Live (season 42)
[QUOTE]The forty-second season of the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live will premiere on October 1, 2016, during the 2016–2017 television season. The season will see a reduction of ads by 30%, removing two commercial breaks per episode in order to increase episode content.[/QUOTE]