Comments on: UPDATE: Presidential Pardon Season

By: Elvis Elvisberg

Elvis Elvisberg — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:21:11 +0000

Suzie in MD-- that's one of my favorites, too! I have friends in Scranton, which makes that article even funnier. They distribute the paper copy in Chicago, too. And I stole one of their ads from another city last year: "Journalistic Integrity Comes To Washington, D.C.: The Onion, Washington, D.C. Bureau. Opens April 5th." - These two Onion articles were more prescient than anything that appeared in Time magazine or any other MSM publication, I bet: Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity Is Finally Over' - Point: This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism. Counterpoint: No, It Won't

By: Suzie in MD

Suzie in MD — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:48:34 +0000

I went to grad school in Madison, and The Onion was distributed free every Tuesday afternoon in the student union. It was truly the highlight of my week. . I was there for the 2000 election, and I think my favorite Onion story of all time comes from then: "Visiting Al Gore Calls Pennsylvania 'A Hellhole.'" . My favorite section, which still makes me cry with laughter: "Later in the day, Gore made an appearance at the Johnstown Agriculture Fair, at which he served as judge in the Sorghum Queen pageant. The vice-president was overheard making numerous inflammatory comments off-microphone, including... "This is someone's idea of an attractive woman?" One contestant, attempting to present Gore with a bushel of Pennsylvania apples, was reportedly waved aside with the words, "No. No f**king way." . Gore concluded his day on the steps of the State Capitol in Harrisburg, where he lowered the Pennsylvania flag, shredded it with a large hunting knife, and urinated on the shreds.

By: sgwhiteinfla

sgwhiteinfla — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:38:07 +0000

The Onion is AWESOME! LOL

By: Karen Tumulty

Karen Tumulty — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:30:41 +0000

KT here--

Guys, please see the update on the update.

By: sgwhiteinfla

sgwhiteinfla — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:02:25 +0000

lol KT I forgot the golden rule!

By: James, Los Angeles

James, Los Angeles — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:01:30 +0000

Touche, Karen. Very good. You know, I had no idea that Richard Nixon pardoned Jimmy Hoffa. Did you remember that? It's good that Time Mag does a piece like this occasionally. Because otherwise, us rubes would think that the only person every pardoned was Marc Rich, that sleazeball!

By: Karen Tumulty

Karen Tumulty — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:57:31 +0000

KT here--

SG: Repeat after me: The ONLY THING that matters is what TIME says. Put down that silly Google thing. It's a fad. You hear me? A FAD!!!!!!

Now, please go out and buy a TIME subscription before the High Sheriffs finalize the layoff lists next week.

By: sgwhiteinfla

sgwhiteinfla — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:48:46 +0000

google search
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Results 1 - 10 of about 8,780 for Reagan pardons Steinbrenner
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Results 1 - 10 of about 244,000 for Clinton pardons Rich
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Im just sayin

By: Paul Dirks

Paul Dirks — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:33:09 +0000

@KT,
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Look on the bright side. During campaign season, absolutely every scrap of information on every candidate that everybdy knew to be absolutely true was never mentioned.
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Remember?

By: Karen Tumulty

Karen Tumulty — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:26:06 +0000

KT here--

J,LA asserts: it is never mentioned, when Reagan pardoned George Steinbrenner

And then he provides a link where TIME declares it one of the 10 most notorious pardons.

Which is true? Is it never mentioned or is it notorious? Because it seems that both of those things cannot be true.