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Winner of 2008 election accidentally leaked
"Hillary Clinton isn't about to give up just because she lost the election."
Farhad Manjoo [2008-02-26]
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  • An Ignorant Public Can Be Lead Anywhere

    If ever there was a "truth in packaging" presentation this fills the bill completely. Though this video seems to be far-fetched the reality is it comes closer to hitting the target than anything I have recently seen. We can blame ourselves for having allowed foreign lobbyists and foreign loyalist to seize control of our national government. Those who played the major role in starting this war realize the average American is more interested and more savvy about sports than knowing who is running our government. Marketing a war or two is relatively easy in a country which can show a TV ad on a drink "that contains 10% fruit juice" (High C) without some questioning the contents of the remaining 90%. Or even funnier a drink "that contains 5% fruit juice." (Sunny D.) Steve USN, WW2

    -- parryisle
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    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 05:18 AM

  • Didn't The Onion used to be a satire site?

    When did they start reporting real news?

    -- UncommonSense
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    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 05:49 AM

  • This would be very funny...

    ...if we weren't utterly and completely doomed.

    -- SomeNYGuy
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    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 09:51 AM

  • It's funny 'cause it's true!

    McCain gets 48%? Nader must be splitting the progressive vote again! Or he will be. He will have done?

    -- Mr Smith
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    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:24 AM

  • The Onion needs to recover its edge.

    They've gone on a long time playing the same way as the late National Lampoon (now just a consumer tag for inferior videos) and the late Spy Magazine (which had the honor to die completely). Smirky, we're-smarter-than-you satire without any heart or guts.

    The Onion will go the same way, declining into worthlessness, unless they do something risky. They should take the same path as the great underground comix of the 1970's. Add blood. Lots of blood. Violence and complete nihilism.

    For instance, in this lame parody of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, they had a spokeshuman appear, supposedly from Diebold, making a brief beg for forgiveness. Instead of the pathetic and predictable ending, they should have had Diebold security people break into the studio and "kill" everyone. The corporate suit and the media "Whorton" as well. Do it right. Get an effects guy to plant squibs and blood packs under the actors' clothes. Maybe even do an insert shot of a Diebold enforcer stomping his combat boot into the crotch of the spokeshuman (a dummy version, of course; this isn't a Japanese video). And then have the enforcers' assault rifles fire at the camera, with the whole thing dissolving into snow.

    Now THAT would be a viral video worth watching.

    -- tomreedtoon
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    Tuesday, February 26, 2008 03:43 PM

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