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NYU Republicans try to punk Obama supporters
(Crossposted at Veritosity.com)
On the ground floor of NYU's Kimmel building, there's a totally
hilarious prank going on right now. See, a few guys are hanging around
trying to get signatures for Obama's The Hope for Obama's Change Bill
(S.827), which would form a Department of United Hope and Department of
Independent Change. If you ask them what those two departments are for,
they say that the funding for the departments will be dedicated
entirely to "hope" and "change." Specifics on what that means in
real-world terms are vague - or non-existent.
Sound vapid in the extreme? Looks like it's just another example of Obama's dewey-eyed, light-weight feel-good message.
Except - Sike! - it's not a real bill. This
is the real S.827, introduced by Senator John Kerry and pertaining to
something completely different. The petition for the phony bill is
actually being manned by NYU college Republicans - those same
hysterically funny pranksters who brought us "Find the Illegal Immigrant" last year. Oh, those rascals.
The point of the whole exercise is, apparently, to demonstrate how
Obama is deliberately obfuscating real issues by talking in vague terms
about things like "change" and "hope." Because the only thing worse
than misleading people with vague rhetoric is actively making shit up. Like, say, inventing a fake bill just to make people who sign the petition for it look dumb.
Comments (1)
Certainly those *Wascally Wabbits" can use their opportunity for a higher education in a more productive manner?!
March 13, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
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