[lbo-talk] Fill-in-the-Blanks Political Rants

mike larkin mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 11 08:04:04 PDT 2003


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Well, this takes the cake. ____________ (Politician’s name) has sunk to the level of ________ (despotic dictator) with the new _________ (current event).

And I thought this was supposed to be America! _________ (20th century president) would never have allowed this to happen. Now that was a real leader—when he spoke, people listened. And that was a much better time for America. People today, particularly in the ________ (the word "right" or the word "left")—biased media have forgotten that.

Also it’s shocking how little coverage this thing is getting. I’ll bet the assholes who own ____________ (Newspaper) want to bury this thing so it doesn’t embarrass their ___________ ("Right Wing corporate goon" or "Chardonnay-sipping limousine liberal") cronies.

This whole thing reminds me of __________ (Movie title). It’s too bad that _________ (movie character) can’t see this. He’d come out and say __________ (famous movie quote). Things would shape up real fast—you bet!

One thing’s for certain: everything is totally changed now.

Knipfel Ebill madlib

Something odd is happening. In fact, a lot of odd things are happening. The ____________ (monster) problem in _____________ (3rd world country) looks to be getting even more severe. You almost expect things like that to happen. But when less than a week later, _____________ (newswire service) reports villages are infested with radioactive ____________ (noun), and all the mutant ___________ (insects, preferably arachnid)? That’s when you start thinking that something peculiar is afoot.

The echoes of ____________ (obscure, out of print b-movie) became too great to ignore. Granted, that movie concerned a giant radioactive __________ (animal) that attacks __________ (city). So at first you might think, "Well, they’re completely unrelated—these monsters here were nowhere near __________ (city)!" Until you read reports of scientists trying to track down _________ (monster) that has been gobbling up _________ (animals) left and right for the past several months.

And it’s not just giant ________ (scary adjective) monsters, either (though there have been an unusual number of those in the news this year). The _________ (News Wire Service) reported that _________ (Government agency) is developing a ____________ (bizarre science fiction super weapon). Of course, they’re not calling it that. Does _________ (Giant-Monster-rampaging-through-city movie) ring a bell?

Anyway, it’s probably better there than in New York, where you can’t even enjoy a _______ (positive adjective) smoke.

J.R. Taylor Ebill Mad lib

It’s always good to see _________ (Left Wing media organization) exposed as a morally-bankrupt spin machine. It seems the scandal over __________ (Right Wing politician currently in news) will rank with the _________ (month-old news story) or ____________ (two-month-old news story)—two other fake scandals in which the _________ (Left Wing media organization) didn’t mind misleading the public.

Already, _________ (mainstream media organization) has suffered a major embarrassment in their coverage. They’ve been shamed into changing the headline _____________ (News headline) But followers of that statement—now famously paraded as "__________" (current Left Wing buzzword)—will be pretty confused by the _________'s (Left Wing organization) weasely new attempt to perpetuate a lie.

That’s why the ________ (Left Wing organization) that Bush "misled the American people," abbreviates ________’s (Right Wing Politician) claim. This raises a big question, all right. Mainly, why aren’t the Democrats comfortable with providing ________’s (Right Wing Politician) full quote?

The answer, of course, is this would mean the ____________ (Left Wing media group) would then have to deal with the full truth. And then what would Barbra Streisand talk to __________ (non-too bright Left Wing celebrity) about?

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