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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 11:48 PM
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Bwwwwwa ha ha ha ha ha. Check out this gem! ROFLMAO
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/mccain_speechwriter_trying

McCain Speechwriter Trying To Write Lines That Don't Lead To Creepy Smile
September 2, 2008 | Issue 44•36

May 5, 2008

PHOENIX, AZ—According to campaign sources, Joseph Chappel, a 38-year-old speechwriter for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), has spent the last two weeks attempting to combine words and phrases in such a way as to not provoke a tight-jawed, dead-eyed smile from the presidential hopeful. Dreading a repeat of last month's speech to a group of businesswomen in Ohio, during which McCain followed a mention of his wife with an awkward and eerie smirk, Chappel has avoided personal anecdotes for the new speech, omitted any mention of "God" or "this great nation," and cut several phrases that had the potential to draw the 72-year-old candidate's mouth open in a horrifying display of teeth and gums.

"I've managed to make two out of every three sentences a question, but I'm not sure that will help," Chappel said shortly after deleting an introductory paragraph in which McCain welcomes the crowd. "Jesus, that makes me feel cold inside."

Chappel told reporters that if he is not able to write an appropriate, smile-free speech in time for the Republican National Convention, he will resign his position and return to his previous job, taking photographs of abused children for police reports.

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eshfemme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 11:49 PM
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1. If only the Onion were true, it would save us all a great deal of horror.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 11:52 PM
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3. Actually in the bizarro world we now inhabit
the Onion is true a lot of the time. Only the names have been changed to protect bush rove cheney and mcPOW.
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eshfemme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 11:53 PM
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4. Real life is putting comedy out of work
Probably why Jon Stewart is, to his own personal horror, one of the most reliable newsmen in the industry.
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KathieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-12-08 11:52 PM
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2. LOL...I love The Onion
:rofl:
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 12:20 AM
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5. *lol* That's freakin' hilarious. And all too true! That "smile" is ghastly.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-13-08 12:36 AM
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6. Yellowcornkernal Lumpy McSame jackolantern look alike saves on Halloween costumes even with all
that money!
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