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Bucky

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33. You don't "get" satire, do you?

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 11:55 AM

Dec 2011

When Jonathan Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" I'm sure a lot of readers got all huffy and declared, "That's disgusting. I would never eat an Irish baby!" They, too, missed the point.

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Vote Against FDR in '44 [View all] ProSense Dec 2011 OP

They didn't use steroids in the 1940s. Not even any "steriods." leveymg Dec 2011 #1

Well ProSense Dec 2011 #3

There may have been instances where US Citizens were killed by US forces as enemycombatants in WWII, leveymg Dec 2011 #6

What ProSense Dec 2011 #7

I'm making a larger point about how the GWOT is dissimiliar to the methods used by the US in WWII leveymg Dec 2011 #9

That ProSense Dec 2011 #13

Yes, Obama's authorized extrajudicial executions. A number of them. That's a major dissimilarity. leveymg Dec 2011 #14

Wait ProSense Dec 2011 #16

None of the US Citizens targeted recently had "taken up arms" leveymg Dec 2011 #37

So ProSense Dec 2011 #40

They weren't combatants, but they were assassinated. leveymg Dec 2011 #42

You don't "get" satire, do you? Bucky Dec 2011 #33

You don't "get" sarcasm, do you? leveymg Dec 2011 #43

My thought exactly> Survivoreesta Dec 2011 #53

Presidential Nostalgia treestar Dec 2011 #2

A fifth-term FDR would be more effective than a second-term Obama MilesColtrane Dec 2011 #4

Well, ProSense Dec 2011 #5

If Republicans can animate a block of marble like Mitt Romney, we can zombify FDR. Bucky Dec 2011 #34

How true. MilesColtrane Dec 2011 #39

I think The Onion beat you to that thought Ken Burch Jan 2012 #62

I love it! Tarheel_Dem Dec 2011 #8

I think any comparisons between FDR and Obama are sorely misguided quinnox Dec 2011 #10

No doubt. MineralMan Dec 2011 #11

But this really was an abomination. dawg Dec 2011 #12

That's ProSense Dec 2011 #15

Oh wait ... dawg Dec 2011 #23

Survey finds FDR best president Zorra Dec 2011 #17

Obama ProSense Dec 2011 #20

Historians rate Presidents long after a President's term(s). bluestate10 Dec 2011 #21

FDR opened the doors to kill labor. joshcryer Dec 2011 #18

The only joke in this thread is daring to compare Obama to FDR. Edweird Dec 2011 #19

You're right. FDR had vast majorities in Congress. Obama has had to fight much harder for everything MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #32

Obama had significant majorities as well until he pissed them away. Edweird Dec 2011 #38

The was never an actual functioning majority in the Senate, and that made all the difference. MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #41

Didn't seem to stop Bush from pursuing his actual agenda with vigor... JackRiddler Dec 2011 #47

Excuses. Edweird Dec 2011 #49

Fact. You want FDR, you need FDR's circumstances. MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #51

You mean the one that planned a coup? Edweird Jan 2012 #55

You're wrong. FDR had his way with Congress. There were no Filibusters. MjolnirTime Jan 2012 #56

Yep. "I welcome their hatred" vs 'bipartisan'. Edweird Jan 2012 #58

Can you give one example of a Filibuster FDR had to overcome? MjolnirTime Jan 2012 #59

Can you provide an example of a corporate/military coup Obama overcame? Edweird Jan 2012 #60

1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066. Luminous Animal Dec 2011 #22

Woah, their celebrating Japanese Internment Camps on Kos now? napoleon_in_rags Dec 2011 #24

It's the funniest piece of satire since "An American Carol". dawg Dec 2011 #26

It's ProSense Dec 2011 #27

Okay okay okay - have it your way. dawg Dec 2011 #28

But seriously, for me this isn't about Obama. dawg Dec 2011 #30

Well, ProSense Dec 2011 #35

I get the point that Obama shouldn't be singled-out on this issue ... dawg Dec 2011 #36

Obama is not the first president to enact health care reform. JackRiddler Dec 2011 #45

Actually ProSense Dec 2011 #50

Brilliant stuff! JNelson6563 Dec 2011 #25

That's funny. JoePhilly Dec 2011 #29

He did dump that left wing Henry Wallace in '44 for that moderate Harry Truman!! WI_DEM Dec 2011 #31

so if Obama put all Muslims in concentration camps Enrique Dec 2011 #44

Logic isn't going to get you anywhere with someone who'd use this "argument." JackRiddler Dec 2011 #46

Has ProSense Dec 2011 #48

K&R. Awesome post...nt SidDithers Dec 2011 #52

I love good satire also hootinholler Dec 2011 #54

I love good satire too. Where is some? nt Union Scribe Jan 2012 #57

Quite disjointed in thought and not funny in these difficult times. mmonk Jan 2012 #61

He's probably trying to make a comparison between the Japanese interment Ken Burch Jan 2012 #64

Still, it's silly to compare Obama after one term to all that FDR had done after three. Ken Burch Jan 2012 #63