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59. Or Reagan could have said "Oops, I just pressed the button!"

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 06:21 PM

Mar 2015

when talking with Gorbachev, and then say a few minutes later "Oh... I was just joking! Ha, Ha!" after Gorbachev had really pressed his own button in response, and we would be in the ozone instead of living through the internet age, etc. that we have now.

Idiot Republicans! You DON'T joke when talking to the outside world on issues like this! And they want to claim that they are better at foreign policy issues?

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Pic Of The Moment: Government By Trolls: Republicans Now Say Letter To Iran Was Just A Joke [View all] EarlG Mar 2015 OP

i have to admit Enrique Mar 2015 #1

You and me both. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2015 #72

Hahahahahaha! Y'got us! AlbertCat Mar 2015 #2

Omigod. They really did come out of a clown car. Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #3

^^^ This. The_Counsel Mar 2015 #29

^^^ same...so funny Roy Rolling Mar 2015 #37

47 clowns in one clown car? Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2015 #64

chuckles the clowns father founding Mar 2015 #4

Frat Boy Senators with the maturity level of 11 year olds. Nothing new. appalachiablue Mar 2015 #5

ass monkeys would be too kind. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #6

Once again proving... The_Commonist Mar 2015 #7

Whenever conservatives get called out for offensive and inappropriate behavior... stillwaiting Mar 2015 #13

you guys! Enrique Mar 2015 #8

He's outta the picture these days, but that's a funny photo! MADem Mar 2015 #47

Sick,Twisted ,Evil,Demented ,Bastards.. ProudProg2u Mar 2015 #9

bad save. oldandhappy Mar 2015 #10

Oh, this is perfect attack-ad fodder. DetlefK Mar 2015 #11

+1,000,000 lark Mar 2015 #39

47 Republicans committed TREASON, and then tried to pass it off as a childish prank... nt MADem Mar 2015 #48

Just wild and crazy guys. We shoulda known. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #12

Kind of a Westboro Baptist Church theme? douggg Mar 2015 #18

Yep...and the joke is on them. Contrary1 Mar 2015 #14

the FUNNY part is they didn't think they'd get hit by the shit they threw & now UH OH. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #15

Oh, you Democrats and Liberals, you have no sense of humor packman Mar 2015 #16

Whose stupid effing idea was it Gman Mar 2015 #17

and yet, they win political races AC_Mem Mar 2015 #56

Really turbinetree Mar 2015 #19

Republicans and humor are two words that don't go together YoungDemCA Mar 2015 #20

... Jamaal510 Mar 2015 #21

Stupid Republican chicken hawks. EEO Mar 2015 #22

Tehran Tom on TV, did not sound like he was joking. SoapBox Mar 2015 #23

Prank Level: SAE d_legendary1 Mar 2015 #24

Welcome to DU, d_legendary1! calimary Mar 2015 #25

The fun and lies never stop with the GOP. THEY are the joke. How anyone, who is not C Moon Mar 2015 #26

"The Administration Has no Sense of Humor..." The_Counsel Mar 2015 #27

Were Jindal and Perry in on the joke, too? No Vested Interest Mar 2015 #28

And don't forget Scott Walker and Jeb RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #33

You make a wonderful point--the 47 Traitors, in saving their own asses, SCREWED their front runners! MADem Mar 2015 #45

No one ever went broke underestimating the attention span of the public n/t RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #46

This is true, but video is the gift that keeps on giving. One can only hope...! nt MADem Mar 2015 #51

Their standard reply when they get called on their bullshit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2015 #30

Niiice! From the same mind set that called Abu Ghraib photos "a fraternity prank." RufusTFirefly Mar 2015 #31

Cheeky? blackspade Mar 2015 #32

Right! bvf Mar 2015 #40

I really believe that their shoe size spartan61 Mar 2015 #34

155,600 now have signed the joke petition at the White House. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2015 #35

Because nuclear anything is soooo funny! Ilsa Mar 2015 #36

Yes, they believe in personal responsiblity. RiverNoord Mar 2015 #62

Other possibilities for republican 'humor' lovemydog Mar 2015 #38

Or Reagan could have said "Oops, I just pressed the button!" cascadiance Mar 2015 #59

Funny, all these mishaps from the GOP seem to transform into jokes only after they start souring. nt Snotcicles Mar 2015 #41

Yep, it is pretty funny to send a letter to Iran Curmudgeoness Mar 2015 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #43

Har Har Har!!!!! 'Cuz, ya know, TREASON is so Gosh-Durn FUNNY!!!!!! nt MADem Mar 2015 #44

They lie, now. blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #49

"Lighthearted"? Lifelong Protester Mar 2015 #50

Aww, don't be SQUEEZIN--they had a REASON for the TREASON!!! MADem Mar 2015 #52

That was a joke? Initech Mar 2015 #53

This is as funny as that joke I heard about prostrate cancer... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #54

It's a joke because we did it and we're a joke. Get it? Think of the civics club of your junior Monk06 Mar 2015 #55

"Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!..." kentuck Mar 2015 #57

A 'RUZY'* huh? chknltl Mar 2015 #58

It's a clown car.. whadda ya want. Cha Mar 2015 #60

PA Joe Johns Mar 2015 #61

Yeah Caretha Mar 2015 #63

Aren't Republicans simply hilarious! KansDem Mar 2015 #65

We will get the last laugh . . when these jerks run for re-election!! Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #66

While this letter may have been written by and signed by... 3catwoman3 Mar 2015 #67

It was written by a foreign government lobby with an interest in keeping Iran in their box... MADem Mar 2015 #71

That's so funny!!! bearssoapbox Mar 2015 #68

I'm reminded of Jon Lovitz. JohnnyRingo Mar 2015 #69

They got that one right. malthaussen Mar 2015 #70