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Proof that the news cycle has gone haywire

Posted By Mike Orren in Square Pegs on October 16, 2008

Joe the plumber has gone from sensation to cliche to annoyance in less than twelve hours.

See Google ads already in play:

That said, I would kinda like to see a Weird Al song parody to the tune of "John the Fisherman."

The chorus should somehow mention that he's not registered to vote.



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Alex Bentley, says:

Now they say that was just confusion, Mike -- he is registered to vote. Phew -- at least that nightmare is over.

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preagle, says:

He was mentioned so often last night I thought HE was running for President.

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Mike Orren, says:

Debate totally made up my mind. I'm voting for FW native <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/blogs/pegasusnewsblog/2008/sep/01/schieffer/">Bob Schieffer</a>.

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Mike Orren, says:

And then, the inevitable fall:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/20...

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Mike Orren, says:

NSFW: If the debate had been on HBO

<embed allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=http://www.theonion.com/content/xml/88450/video&amp;autostart=false&amp;image=http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/HBO_DEBATE_article.jpg&amp;bufferlength=3&amp;embedded=true&amp;title=Was%20There%20Too%20Much%20Sex%20And%20Profanity%20In%20The%20HBO%20Presidential%20Debate%3F" height="355" src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" wmode="transparent"><br><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/was_there_too_much_sex_and?utm_source=embedded_video">Was There Too Much Sex And Profanity In The HBO Presidential Debate?</a>

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ch0, says:

Nice intro graphic! LOL @ the non-watchers who will receive this link in innocence! Some cussing and glass-breaking would have been fun. History in the making!

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Travis Bush, says:

hahahah!! I can see Sara Palin in a Skinemax production...

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