International Con Man Barack Obama Leaves U.S. With $85 Million In Campaign Fundraising

[dave29]

CHICAGO—In a devastating blow to millions of unsuspecting Americans, newly elected president and international con man Barack Obama fled the country Wednesday with nearly $85 million in campaign funds.

According to FBI investigators, Obama's sudden disappearance was discovered at 6:15 p.m. when the former Illinois senator failed to arrive at a gala event in Lincoln Square, prompting several aides to rush back to his campaign headquarters. At 6:23 p.m., flight logs at O'Hare International Airport confirmed that two passengers, a male carrying two silver briefcases and dressed in a perfectly tailored Brioni tuxedo, and an African-American female wearing a fur coat and speaking in a thick Russian accent, were seen boarding a private plane.

Obama's campaign office, sources said, was completely vacant aside from a discarded Abraham Lincoln portrait, behind which was an emptied safe that his aides claimed never to have seen before.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/international_con_man_barack_obama

[0955Forrest]

1. lol...

that's great.

[PresidentObama]

2. I know this is satire, but I don't think laughing about a black man "stealing" money is funny.

It just feeds into a horrible stereotype about African Americans, and makes it ok to laugh at the notion that blacks are thiefs as it's truth--which of course it isn't.

[Darth_Ole]

4. I think you're overanalyzing it...

That thought never occurred to me until you brought it up. You know as well as I do that the humor occurs because it's an absurdity to think of a presidential campaign as a ploy to steal millions of dollars.

If we become concerned about pieces and bits like this, comedy is really going to suck over the next few years. Let The Onion do its thing.

[galaxy21]

5. Lighten up- its not racial at all

At least, I didn't read it that way at all.

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Save the drama and lighten up.

[PresidentObama]

15. No drama, just my opinion n/t

[Schema Thing]

13. we need a larger :eyeroll: emoticon to cover your post

[Brooklyns_Finest]

Thou shalt not make fun of Obama!

People need to get used to the fact that as president, comedians will make fun of Obama. That is what Americans do to their public officials.

[PresidentObama]

18. They can make fun of Obama, I would appreciate not putting words in my mouth.

Thanks...

[JuniperLea]

16. Oh jeez!

And what if a black man wanted to eat a piece of fried chicken? Are you going to deny him that for the sake of appearances?

Honestly! This is just too much!

I never once thought that stealing money was an African American stereotype!! Never once! Seems to me all the money thieves around these days are white men working for AIG and other giant thieving companies run by white men!

Get a fucking grip.

[PresidentObama]

20. I come from a racist family, and heard many hurtful stereotypes. So I take it seriously.

And please don't be rude. Thanks.

[JuniperLea]

21. Yeah? Well for years I told people that they followed my grandfather around...

And took notes to create the character "Archie Bunker". I was warned all my childhood not to associate with the N's and the M's and I was barely allowed to hang with the awesome Italian family next door because they all had dark curly hair and my granddad thought they might have a little N blood in them. And don't get me started about the German family down the street that he called Nazis. And you've heard absolutely nothing if you didn't hear his rant about my cousin marrying a black man and having two gorgeous kids. Not a fucking thing. If you're such a delicate flower, you might try posting somewhere where the number one thing people don't discuss in polite company is being discussed almost exclusively!

You don't have the patent for being brought up by a racist family, not by a long shot.

And please, don't be an Internet Nannie. Thanks.

:eyes:

Get a fucking grip.

[PresidentObama]

26. Ok then, you're rude n/t

[JuniperLea]

31. And you have no sense if you think thievery is a black stereotype...

You should be ashamed for promoting such an erroneous thought. You have a lot of nerve to call me rude while you're pushing this bullshit.

[Merlot]

24. My first thought was of all the CEO's who are stealing money

I thought this was a take off on that. Has nothing to do with race.

[Bucky]

27. Thank you for calling out The Onion writers as the vicious, racist, hatemongers they are

I read The Onion regularly I've noticed that well over 10% of the people they make fun of are blackmericans. This outrage must be denounced.

[Occam Bandage]

30. You must be a riot at parties. nt

[MadBadger]

34. You kidding me? She brings along her buddy Johnny Edwards and they get WASTED

[cooolandrew]

33. It made me uncomfortable too, to be honest. It just didn't make me laugh and reinforces a stereotype

not to be a killjoy I enjoy a laugh as much as anyone just this doesn't work for me in the context of all we've seen.

[rvablue]

35. While I agree with you theoretically, we all better get used to a black man

getting made fun of for doing a lot of things. He is President now and is going to be fodder for the late night comics, SNL, the Daily Show, etc.

Buckle up!

[crazylikafox]

3. Very funny, unfortunately we'll see it up on Drudge within the next 60 minutes.

And the internuts will be sending us office emails about it for the next 2 weeks.

[firedupdem]

7. The onion is usually funny but this one rubs me the wrong way...n/t

[PresidentObama]

11. Me too, and I was told to "lighten up"

[elkston]

8. I know its the Onion, but I don't find this funny.

And the topic should be changed to reflect that this is satire.

The problem is, there are too many people with such twisted views of Obama (often because of preconceived notions of race) that they will beleive this headline.

[PresidentObama]

12. Agreed n/t

[Arkana]

9. Loving the one of him in a turban with a mustache.

God, I love the Onion.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. The funniest part about it is that there would be a "gala event in Lincoln Square"

As a Lincoln Square resident, I find that totally hilarious.

:rofl:

[high density]

14. I like the last line of the article...

"I'm devastated," Pennsylvania resident and Obama donor Denise Bell told reporters. "I just hope he comes back soon so he can be our president."

:rofl:

[anonymous171]

17. lol

:spray: :rofl:

[DrToast]

19. LOL...Poor Joe.

I could just picture Joe saying those things.

[PBS Poll-435]

22. Better that than the Hope diamond

:P

[TheKentuckian]

23. Black people stealing is a sterotype????

Shit, when I think thieves and especially con-artist I see a picture of someone that looks like but is not especially Mitt Romney. Well, sometimes I picture Andrew Jackson or fucking Alexander Hamilton.

[Bucky]

25. What did Alexander Hamilton steal?

Ooops, typo: I meant to say "fucking Alexander Hamilton." I get those two guys confused sometimes.

[JuniperLea]

29. I see white people!

Like Hank Greenberg of AIG... GW Bush and his father... DickHead "Go Fuck Yourself" Cheney... you know the type. I call bullshit on this stupid alleged stereotype.

[Hutzpa]

28. This is an attempt to serialize Obama;

I don't see the fun in this and frankly I don't find it funny.

Its in poor taste.

Why would you wanna associate thieving with Obama?

They are testing the water to see how folks will react.

AMAZING!!

[DU GrovelBot]

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