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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 12:19 AM Apr 2012

BREAKING: Romney names running mate

SAT MAR 31, 2012 AT 01:37 PM PDT
BREAKING: Romney names running mate

by misterajc

The Romney campaign today announced a surprise pick for Vice President – Exxon Mobil Corporation. “This is a game changing decision, that will really energize the true Republican base: Koch Industries, Haliburton, Walmart, Bechtel, Fox and Shell BP,” said a Romney spokesman. “It's also a breakthrough for minority rights, as it's the first time a Corporate American had appeared on the ballot. With subsidiaries in fifty eight countries and puppet regimes in six, Exxon Mobil brings to the ticket foreign policy experience focused on the only countries that matter – the ones with oil.”

When questioned by reporters about the vetting process, the spokesman said that it had been completed in a record forty eight hours by Exxon Mobil staff. Asked about the possible conflict of interest, the spokesman revealed that Exxon had been vetted by the same Exxon public servants who wrote the Cheney administration's energy policy, so they were ideally qualified for vetting a Vice Presidential candidate.

Exxon Mobil is expected to self finance the campaign. “We would have paid for it anyway,” said their CEO, “But now we get a place on the ticket, too. I know there are some racists out there who don't think that Corporate Americans are real Americans, or even real people, but this election will prove them wrong.”

A spokesman for the Obama campaign said they were not commenting on the constitutionality of this announcement until they had seen Exxon Mobil's birth certificate.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/31/1079533/-BREAKING-Romney-names-running-mate

In a similar vein (from the comments), this future newspaper clipping:

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golfguru

(4,987 posts)
9. I may vote for Romney simply because he is not a Christian
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 02:46 AM
Apr 2012

I think we have had enough Christian presidents. And that includes president Obama.
Time to break the religious bigotry. Religious ceiling needs to be smashed because my
daughter dreams about running for president in 25 years. She may run as a Hindu.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
14. Not the reason you may vote for Romney, but if that's the one you'll use,
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 02:53 PM
Apr 2012

go for it.

"I may vote for Romney".

There's a surprise.


 

golfguru

(4,987 posts)
18. The bigotry against Mormons by Christian Evangelists is palpable
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 11:57 PM
Apr 2012

Romney is the first non-Christian running for president since I immigrated here 50 years ago.
If there is so much hate against Mormons whose religion originated in USA, what happens
when my kids run for president as Hindu's? Religious bigotry must end and end soon. My
feelings against these bigots is so strong, I may just end up voting for the 1st non-Christian.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
16. Romney should select Bank Of America as his running mate
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 03:00 PM
Apr 2012

It could launch the start of a wonderful theocracy in America since Republicans worship money.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
12. To paraphrase Bill Maher, corporations are real people compared to Romney the Robot
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 02:41 PM
Apr 2012

An android and a legal construct running for highest office. Of course.

Brother Buzz

(36,416 posts)
15. Exxon Mobil Corporation is only thirteen year old and isn't qualified to be on the ticket
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 02:57 PM
Apr 2012

Exxon Mobil Corporation was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil.


I know, "Picky, picky, picky".

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