Why So Serious?
May 5, 2009 12:15 PM Subscribe
Republican National Committee Clown College. That is all.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh? It's nice photoshoppery but not exactly stunning stuff, and it's kind of hard to ignore the "so take THAT, Republicans" implications in the work even if that's not what you were personally going for, william_boot. -- cortex
I couldn't tell if they had doctored Katherine Harris' picture or not.
posted by Xoebe at 12:19 PM on May 5, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by Xoebe at 12:19 PM on May 5, 2009 [4 favorites]
It's like the scary version of It.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:20 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:20 PM on May 5, 2009
it's funny because Republicans are not literally clowns
posted by found missing at 12:23 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by found missing at 12:23 PM on May 5, 2009
Thankfully devoid of Faygo.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 12:23 PM on May 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 12:23 PM on May 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Awesome! They look like the a clan of Gacys.
posted by Flex1970 at 12:24 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Flex1970 at 12:24 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
Jon Kyl reminds me of a little of The Great Omi. One difference is that I'd probably vote for The Great Omi.
posted by box at 12:26 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by box at 12:26 PM on May 5, 2009
Well, I can tell you this: it won't be long before they can all fit in one car.
posted by ColdChef at 12:28 PM on May 5, 2009 [6 favorites]
posted by ColdChef at 12:28 PM on May 5, 2009 [6 favorites]
Marisa, you may be onto something. I think we could form a band. We could call it ... Irrelevant Conservative Party.
posted by adipocere at 12:28 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by adipocere at 12:28 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
This is insulting to clowns.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 12:31 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 12:31 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
I'm a hard-core democrat and I found this to be depressingly childish and pointless. Certainly not the best of the web, and perhaps in the running for worst of the web.
posted by nightwood at 12:32 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by nightwood at 12:32 PM on May 5, 2009
Finally, someone found a way to make the Republican party white.
posted by rokusan at 12:34 PM on May 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by rokusan at 12:34 PM on May 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
This is definitely without point. Completely puerile us-versus-them bullshit that I would hope we could be above, rather than sinking to a lower level. Democrats won the White House, and are on the verge of a supermajority in the Senate. Surely have better things to do than poke fun at Republicans, right? If anything, be vigilant. Just 8 years ago, they under-estimated Democrats and thought of them as clowns...
posted by explosion at 12:37 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by explosion at 12:37 PM on May 5, 2009
This would be more powerful if they were referred to as Repukelicans.
posted by diogenes at 12:43 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by diogenes at 12:43 PM on May 5, 2009
kosfilter.
posted by the aloha at 12:45 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by the aloha at 12:45 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
I'm a hard-core democrat and I found this to be depressingly childish and pointless. Certainly not the best of the web, and perhaps in the running for worst of the web.
Worstest exagerachun in history of the blue??!!
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:45 PM on May 5, 2009
Worstest exagerachun in history of the blue??!!
posted by Foci for Analysis at 12:45 PM on May 5, 2009
On the other hand, that's some well-executed clownification.
posted by verb at 12:47 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by verb at 12:47 PM on May 5, 2009
Seeriuz Democrats iz seeriuz.
posted by Halloween Jack at 12:50 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by Halloween Jack at 12:50 PM on May 5, 2009
Another Hebiclens / WMxdesign photo set: 'Demon Seed - A Season in Hell .'
posted by ericb at 12:52 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by ericb at 12:52 PM on May 5, 2009
Please bear in mind that Obama was a superb candidate, and Obama/Biden was a great ticket, and McCain was a bad candidate, and McCain/Palin was an abysmal ticket, and yet Obama still only got 52.9% of the popular vote. So do not be fooled by the Republicans' clownish demeanour and insane antics: they are still a serious threat.
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 12:53 PM on May 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 12:53 PM on May 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
Which one was the black candidate?
posted by found missing at 12:56 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by found missing at 12:56 PM on May 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
On the other hand, that's some well-executed clownification
while this better than i can do, let's be real. the link would not have been picked up and posted here if it were not for the political charge. the link is average of the web because all that it is is lowest common denominator political humor done with photoshop hosted on some random flickr account which will then be sent to your work email because your co-worker thought that it was funny because they are easily amused.
posted by the aloha at 12:57 PM on May 5, 2009
while this better than i can do, let's be real. the link would not have been picked up and posted here if it were not for the political charge. the link is average of the web because all that it is is lowest common denominator political humor done with photoshop hosted on some random flickr account which will then be sent to your work email because your co-worker thought that it was funny because they are easily amused.
posted by the aloha at 12:57 PM on May 5, 2009
Worst of the web, maybe, but this "Flickr" site its hosted on has some real interesting photos...
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 12:59 PM on May 5, 2009
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 12:59 PM on May 5, 2009
while this better than i can do, let's be real. the link would not have been picked up and posted here if it were not for the political charge.
It could have clownified any group of public figures. Say, clownified hair metal singers, or clownified athletes. It would have been just as funny, to me anyway.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 1:02 PM on May 5, 2009
It could have clownified any group of public figures. Say, clownified hair metal singers, or clownified athletes. It would have been just as funny, to me anyway.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 1:02 PM on May 5, 2009
while this better than i can do, let's be real. the link would not have been picked up and posted here if it were not for the political charge. the link is average of the web because all that it is is lowest common denominator political humor done with photoshop hosted on some random flickr account which will then be sent to your work email because your co-worker thought that it was funny because they are easily amused.I don't know. I mean, I would have been just as amused by a random selection of celebrity clownification. Is this the best of the web? No. I will not say, "WOW!" about this the way I did, say, century-old wooden submarines or something.
Come to think of it, I'm disappointed that it DOESN'T include a wider assortment of celebrities.
Hmmmmmmm.
posted by verb at 1:03 PM on May 5, 2009
Former Bush administration officials are launching a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to urge Justice Department leaders to soften an ethics report criticizing lawyers who blessed harsh detainee interrogation tactics. - Washington Post
He who laughs last...
posted by Joe Beese at 1:07 PM on May 5, 2009
He who laughs last...
posted by Joe Beese at 1:07 PM on May 5, 2009
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