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lapucelle

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Fri Jan 31, 2020, 12:57 PM Jan 2020

Onion: Sanders Campaign Doubles Down With Ad Warning Americans About a Female President [View all]

Sanders Campaign Doubles Down With New Ad Warning Americans They’ll Never Be Able To Hear A Female President Over The Sound Of Her Vacuum

Responding to accusations by members of the Elizabeth Warren campaign that he told her in a 2018 conversation that he didn’t believe a woman could win the presidency, the Bernie Sanders campaign doubled down Tuesday with a new television ad warning Americans that they’ll never be able to hear a female president over the sound of her vacuum.

“I do not believe that we as Americans can risk electing a female candidate who won’t address universal healthcare or climate change over the loud racket of her vacuum cleaner coming from the Oval Office 24 hours a day,” said Sanders over an ominous 30-second black-and-white shot of panicked advisors fleeing a national security meeting when the female president, a woman with a beehive hairdo, high heels, and an apron, accidentally filled the room with thick smoke after burning a pan of cookies in the briefing room oven.

“When you make your decision about the Democratic nominee, consider whether you want a president who is divided between making policy decisions and scrubbing the floors, or trying to take care of our veterans when she’s preoccupied with her crying baby. Not to mention the hair dryer whirring all day and night as the lady president does her hair. And how does she expect to keep America safe when she’s constantly distracting our top generals by asking them for help opening difficult jars?

Maybe we as a nation will be ready for a female president in 2024, if technology has improved so that vacuums are quieter, but until then we can’t afford to take the chance.”



If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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The Onion wins YET again! ehrnst Jan 2020 #1
It's satire. lapucelle Jan 2020 #4
Hysterical! It's funny because it's TOTALLY believable! NurseJackie Jan 2020 #23
Come on, People! Who wants to listen over the sound of a vacuum? :) Sloumeau Jan 2020 #2
The image of the woman with the beehive hairdo vacuuming in pearls lapucelle Jan 2020 #7
Love the Onion. We all need a good laugh every day. And this OP was alerted. oldsoftie Jan 2020 #3
It's clearly identified as being humor from The Onion. lapucelle Jan 2020 #5
I know. Its OBVIOUS. But you know how some folks can be.........humorless oldsoftie Jan 2020 #9
I agree. We're past the bad old days when female candiates were judged flawed and unqualified lapucelle Jan 2020 #12
Yes. And I hear that we are post racial now as well. ehrnst Jan 2020 #22
Yes; now we can poke fun at them the SAME way we do with the MEN!! oldsoftie Jan 2020 #26
Goodness me... and there are other threads with Onion parodies.... ehrnst Jan 2020 #21
Glad someone posted this! redqueen Jan 2020 #6
What's good for the goose is good for the gander certainly seems to fit, lapucelle Jan 2020 #8
Definitely! redqueen Jan 2020 #10
I wasn't sure if it was actually the Onion. NurseJackie Jan 2020 #24
I know, right? ehrnst Jan 2020 #27
I'd love to see it if possible. I cant find it using "search" oldsoftie Jan 2020 #11
Here ya go! redqueen Jan 2020 #13
Yes indeed, perhaps you do. But at least most can agree that The Onion Wins Again. lapucelle Jan 2020 #14
Why are you reposting the OP? redqueen Jan 2020 #15
What are you talking about? N/T lapucelle Jan 2020 #16
In your reply, redqueen Jan 2020 #17
Yes I know. N/T lapucelle Jan 2020 #18
So, I was just wondering why. redqueen Jan 2020 #19
It's an example of The Onion Winning Again. N/T lapucelle Jan 2020 #20
There was nothing "Weird" about my question. You asked why I had "reposted the OP", lapucelle Jan 2020 #30
.. Cha Jan 2020 #32
IKR? lapucelle Jan 2020 #33
Hey, theres 1000 OPs a day! How can you keep up with ALL of it! oldsoftie Jan 2020 #25
Masterful satire! radical noodle Jan 2020 #28
... lapucelle Jan 2020 #29
"The Onion"? Cha Jan 2020 #31
It's satire, Cha. lapucelle Jan 2020 #34
Of course it is. lol Cha Jan 2020 #35
Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference radical noodle Jan 2020 #36
Indeed. Cha Jan 2020 #37
Good satire is funny. GREAT satire is believable. NurseJackie Jan 2020 #38
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