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Mira

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Thu Apr 24, 2014, 07:48 PM Apr 2014

Republicans Blast Nevada Rancher for Failing to Use Commonly Accepted Racial Code Words - Borowitz [View all]




WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — Republican politicians blasted the Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy on Thursday for making flagrantly racist remarks instead of employing the subtler racial code words the G.O.P. has been using for decades.
“We Republicans have worked long and hard to develop insidious racial code words like ‘entitlement society’ and ‘personal responsibility,’ ” said Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). “There is no excuse for offensive racist comments like the ones Cliven Bundy made when there are so many subtler ways of making the exact same point.”
Fox News also blasted the rancher, saying in a statement, “Cliven Bundy’s outrageous racist remarks undermine decades of progress in our effort to come up with cleverer ways of saying the same thing.”

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more truth than not from borowitz lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #1
Tough to make something funny that is so true Mira Apr 2014 #2
What a racist Rand F*cking Paul is! "when there are so many subtler ways of making the exact same Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #3
Borowitz is a satirist. BillZBubb Apr 2014 #4
I've never understood The Onion and satire of that sort. Reason being... Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #6
today's republican party does make it a challenge. it's hard to satire farce. unblock Apr 2014 #26
It's a bit like trying to do satire about a serial killer. nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #36
It's gotten so bad that the demise of The Onion was predicted csziggy Apr 2014 #33
True! Repukes are such goatf*ckers, that there's virtually no way to do satire on them. That's why Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #35
I appreciate their random bits of truth told in a satirical style csziggy Apr 2014 #41
I just wrote Rand Paul a "love letter" ROFLMAO! nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #5
But did you send Rand a Candy-Gram? freshwest Apr 2014 #24
OMFG! NastyRiffraff Apr 2014 #32
Sorry! I think Rand appreciates valentine candy from his admirers, is all...n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #38
ROFLMAO! nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #37
Just a suggestion to get a reply. Let us know if he responds to your letter! n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #39
I doubt it. I gave him a sort of verbal middle finger. lol nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #40
It's so unfair pokerfan Apr 2014 #7
He turned the dog whistle into a gigantic Air Horn. kairos12 Apr 2014 #8
hard times for a satirist... dhill926 Apr 2014 #9
Borowitz is doing some of the best satire lovemydog Apr 2014 #10
Nor right wing comedians in general Mira Apr 2014 #11
Yup, same here lovemydog Apr 2014 #13
Oh theres Dennis Miller Pharaoh Apr 2014 #15
It's because good comedy and satire usually aims at NYC Liberal Apr 2014 #19
I think true wit has to be founded in truth. Need I say more? n/t Mira Apr 2014 #20
Yep. That too. NYC Liberal Apr 2014 #22
+1 freshwest Apr 2014 #25
So, So True . geretogo Apr 2014 #12
This was good! passiveporcupine Apr 2014 #14
This is not satire even though it thinks it is. Kablooie Apr 2014 #16
He should have ordered the "urban" coffee. nt msanthrope Apr 2014 #17
I'm not always a Borowitz fan fujiyama Apr 2014 #18
Get over it 12kbush Apr 2014 #21
"inner city" Enrique Apr 2014 #23
K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #27
too true n/t RainDog Apr 2014 #28
LMAO spot on underpants Apr 2014 #29
I love good satire Gothmog Apr 2014 #30
Yeah, you'll have to forgive him. He hasn't got his code word update sheet since louis-t Apr 2014 #31
, blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #34
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