Onion: Sanders Campaign Doubles Down With Ad Warning Americans About a Female President

[lapucelle]

Sanders Campaign Doubles Down With New Ad Warning Americans They’ll Never Be Able To Hear A Female President Over The Sound Of Her Vacuum

Responding to accusations by members of the Elizabeth Warren campaign that he told her in a 2018 conversation that he didn’t believe a woman could win the presidency, the Bernie Sanders campaign doubled down Tuesday with a new television ad warning Americans that they’ll never be able to hear a female president over the sound of her vacuum.

“I do not believe that we as Americans can risk electing a female candidate who won’t address universal healthcare or climate change over the loud racket of her vacuum cleaner coming from the Oval Office 24 hours a day,” said Sanders over an ominous 30-second black-and-white shot of panicked advisors fleeing a national security meeting when the female president, a woman with a beehive hairdo, high heels, and an apron, accidentally filled the room with thick smoke after burning a pan of cookies in the briefing room oven.

“When you make your decision about the Democratic nominee, consider whether you want a president who is divided between making policy decisions and scrubbing the floors, or trying to take care of our veterans when she’s preoccupied with her crying baby. Not to mention the hair dryer whirring all day and night as the lady president does her hair. And how does she expect to keep America safe when she’s constantly distracting our top generals by asking them for help opening difficult jars?

Maybe we as a nation will be ready for a female president in 2024, if technology has improved so that vacuums are quieter, but until then we can’t afford to take the chance.”

Link to tweet

[ehrnst]

1. The Onion wins YET again!

[lapucelle]

4. It's satire.

[NurseJackie]

23. Hysterical! It's funny because it's TOTALLY believable!

Hysterical! It's funny because it's TOTALLY believable! That's what makes good satire!

[Sloumeau]

2. Come on, People! Who wants to listen over the sound of a vacuum? :)

I'm kidding, of course.

[lapucelle]

7. The image of the woman with the beehive hairdo vacuuming in pearls

is such a throwback to the bad old days.

[oldsoftie]

3. Love the Onion. We all need a good laugh every day. And this OP was alerted.

Yep

[lapucelle]

5. It's clearly identified as being humor from The Onion.

[oldsoftie]

9. I know. Its OBVIOUS. But you know how some folks can be.........humorless

[lapucelle]

12. I agree. We're past the bad old days when female candiates were judged flawed and unqualified

by virtue of their gender.

[ehrnst]

22. Yes. And I hear that we are post racial now as well.

We are so very, very lucky to be living in such an enlightened age.

[oldsoftie]

26. Yes; now we can poke fun at them the SAME way we do with the MEN!!

Its a great thing; humor.

[ehrnst]

21. Goodness me... and there are other threads with Onion parodies....

[redqueen]

6. Glad someone posted this!

Someone posted one about Biden and I laughed but everyone in the thread was mad so I said nothing.

Now that this ones been posted I think it's ok to express amusement

[lapucelle]

8. What's good for the goose is good for the gander certainly seems to fit,

especially given the old-fashioned references to a woman's place.

[redqueen]

10. Definitely!

[NurseJackie]

24. I wasn't sure if it was actually the Onion.

It seems so believable in many ways. (Isn't that sad?)

[ehrnst]

27. I know, right?

[oldsoftie]

11. I'd love to see it if possible. I cant find it using "search"

Too many people just cant handle humor unless its vulgar, aggressive humor aimed at someone they dont like.

[redqueen]

13. Here ya go!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287458537


On edit - it looks like someone else posted the whole onion article here in another thread. Seems I miss a lot

[lapucelle]

14. Yes indeed, perhaps you do. But at least most can agree that The Onion Wins Again.

Link to tweet

[redqueen]

15. Why are you reposting the OP?

[lapucelle]

16. What are you talking about? N/T

[redqueen]

17. In your reply,

it's the same tweet in the OP.

[lapucelle]

18. Yes I know. N/T

[redqueen]

19. So, I was just wondering why.

Your first reply to me is ... Weird.

But it's ok. Not everyone likes being direct.

Whatever. It's cool.

[lapucelle]

20. It's an example of The Onion Winning Again. N/T

[lapucelle]

30. There was nothing "Weird" about my question. You asked why I had "reposted the OP",

and I had no idea what you were talking about.

I didn't "re-post the OP". I re-posted the tweet which was only part of the OP.

[Cha]

32. ..

[lapucelle]

33. IKR?

[oldsoftie]

25. Hey, theres 1000 OPs a day! How can you keep up with ALL of it!

[radical noodle]

28. Masterful satire!

They nailed it!

[lapucelle]

29. ...

satire

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

[Cha]

31. "The Onion"?

Mahalo lapucelle!

[lapucelle]

34. It's satire, Cha.

[Cha]

35. Of course it is. lol

[radical noodle]

36. Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference

isn't it?

[Cha]

37. Indeed.

Aloha, rad

[NurseJackie]

38. Good satire is funny. GREAT satire is believable.

This is BELIEVABLE!!!