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Zorro

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Sun Mar 17, 2013, 06:45 PM Mar 2013

Portman Inspires Other Republicans to Stop Speaking to Their Children

The decision of Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to support same-sex marriage after learning that his son was gay has inspired hundreds of other Republican lawmakers to stop speaking to their children immediately, G.O.P. leaders confirmed today.

“I have gathered my caucus and told them, if your kids are going to tell you something that’s going to cost you the next election, it’s better to nip that situation in the bud,” said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). “Just stop talking to them altogether, for heaven’s sakes.”

Speaker Boehner said he was advising his fellow Republicans who were “hell bent on speaking to their children” to keep things superficial: “You can talk about sports. You can talk about the weather. But anything beyond that, your policy should be, ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell.’”

But even as Mr. Boehner laid down the new guidelines for not speaking to one’s children, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) said that the policy “doesn’t go far enough.”


Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/03/portman-inspires-other-republicans-to-stop-speaking-to-their-children.html

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Portman Inspires Other Republicans to Stop Speaking to Their Children (Original Post) Zorro Mar 2013 OP
Borowitz does it again! Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2013 #1
What a jerk! Arkansas Granny Mar 2013 #2
See comment #3. n/t Tx4obama Mar 2013 #4
I guess that's what I get for not clicking through to the link. Arkansas Granny Mar 2013 #5
For those that do not know: The Onion, The Currant, and The Borowitz Report are SATIRE Tx4obama Mar 2013 #3
At first glance, I thought this had to be The Onion... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #7
Doesn't sound like satire to me. pangaia Mar 2013 #8
A satire of the REAL article: "GOP to Inturn Children in Pray-Away Camp until Election Night." nt TheBlackAdder Mar 2013 #6
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