BREAKING: State of the Union Address Leaked

[proud2BlibKansan]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - In his first State of the Union Address Wednesday night, President Barack Obama will attempt to reach out to middle class voters by stating his opposition to pants on the ground.

In an advance copy of the President's speech obtained by The Borowitz Report, Mr. Obama uses the phrase "pants on the ground" no fewer than sixteen times.

"My fellow Americans, let's be clear: if you wear your pants on the ground, and your hat to the side, you run the risk of looking like a fool," Mr. Obama says.

"Let us all work together, as Americans, to lift those pants off the ground," the President continues in one of the speech's rhetorical flourishes.

In a similar vein, at one point the President indicates that he will veto any healthcare bill that pays for "gold in your mouth."

more . . . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/breaking-state-of-the-uni_b_437772.html

[BP2]

1. "pants on the ground" - huh?

[DumbBassRepublicans]

29. I NEVER heard of Pants on the Ground, either....

until I watched the news for about 45 seconds, the other day...
How could you miss it..??
But, in a more serious note....
Do you think Pelosi has instructed the sergeant-at-arms, to remove any
hecklers of the president when he gives his State of the Union address tonight..??
Yeah.
Right.
THAT would be nice, but I don't think we'll see ANY democrat with balls in our lifetime....
Well, except for Alan Grayson...!!!
:mad:

[Dinger]

38. Is He Talking About brett favre?

I know that's not the case, but after watching the NFC Championship, I had to wonder.

[Jennicut]

40. Favre sang it, when the Vikings won a game to get to the NFC championship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNMzWKn3OCE

Vikings and their fumbles...well good luck to New Orleans.

[LaydeeBug]

43. This is an American Idol Reference...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl_HvEHSlxQ

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

44. Pants On The Ground was a song performed by a 62 year old man on American Idol. Clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl_HvEHSlxQ

[Kalyke]

51. I didn't know what it meant until just now, either.

I kept seeing people say it on Facebook, but I thought it was one of those chain status updates.

:shrug:

[Touchdown]

2. I don't get it.

It's also good that I don't care to get it either.

[scheming daemons]

5. You're not alone.... looks like a veiled racist piece of crap

[TCJ70]

10. It's an American Idol reference...

...there was a 62-year old tryout who came in and sang a song he wrote called "Pants on the ground". It's ok that you don't get it, but I wouldn't assume a racist intent without at least looking it up.

[paulsby]

18. this is DU. when in doubt, assume racism nt

[TCJ70]

48. Ah yes...I forgot. n/t

[Jennicut]

11. Its American Idol people! A black man sung it. I am serious.

[Touchdown]

12. Oh' American Idol! Well that's different. Should I care now?

:shrug:

[Jennicut]

15. No, but it was funny when it happened.

I love that he just showed up and didn't care about the age requirement. He had a catchy tune.

[eShirl]

32. and Obama has previously expressed his disapproval for low pants

[Cirque du So-What]

21. Knee

Jerk

[Touchdown]

25. Another Idol watcher.

The wisdom must be oozing out of the poors.:rofl:

[paulsby]

50. ah, the irony

you could at least spell "pores" correctly.

congrats, my first spelling flame

[Subdivisions]

26. What the fuck kind of American are you anyways?

Why, of course it's an American Idol reference. What the hell is wrong with you? It's almost as if you don't observe your allegiance to...gasp!...shall I say it? You don't watch AMERICAN IDOL?

Treachery!

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. Oh good grief

:eyes:

[dem629]

45. LMAO. Racism! Racism!

The way some people toss that word around in such a knee-jerk reaction has almost made the word itself mean nothing.

Oh wait. I'm probably guilty of RACISM for saying that, right?

:rofl:

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I don't get it, either...

At first, I wondered if this was The Onion... :shrug:

[JTFrog]

34. Borowitz, same thing.

:shrug:

[Bolo Boffin]

3. Oh, bruddah. n/t

[dysfunctional press]

4. wow...andy's updated the minstrel show....

:wtf:
:yoiks:

[frazzled]

7. You know, I find that somewhat less funny than ...

it is racist.

pants on the ground, hats on the side, gold in your mouth? This would not be a satire a writer would use for a white president.

[paulsby]

19. the singer of pants on the ground has a long history as a civil rights advocate

and was associated with mlk

maybe you should consider an issue before KNEEJERKING "it's racist. it's racist!"

[frazzled]

46. Doesn't change my assessment

It's Borowitz's use of the material that is objectionable. You wouldn't satirize, say, Bush or Clinton's SOTU with this same piece.

[paulsby]

47. would borowitz? quite possibly, yes.

are you claiming that the "pants on the ground" thang is exclusively a "black thang?"

if so, that's absurd. i frequently work in areas where i see tons of pants on the ground people. to state that there are plenty of white and asian people who do this is a gross understatement.

[Codeine]

8. Vile crap.

About what I've come to expect from HuffPo.

[Jennicut]

9. Repubs hate baggy pants, Obama hates baggy pants...bipartisansip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwhl4IrPNc...I love Larry Platt! He has a great spirit.

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

13. U stick up your butts ! it's a pop culture reference

http://topcultured.com/pants-on-the-ground-best-american-idol-song-ever/

[TCJ70]

14. For those who don't get it:

Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8uzqNi4sA

[Jennicut]

17. Plus, Jimmy Fallon's take on the song. As Neil Young.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2WfUzNYPwo

[begin_within]

16. Here's the background...

At the end of a recent episode of "American Idol," 62-year-old "General" Larry Platt did an audition (which didn't count of course, since the cutoff age is 28) of a song he wrote called "Pants on the Ground." Platt is a veteran of the civil rights movement and worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It became an overnight hit in some circles and Jimmy Fallon even did a satire of it on SNL as Neil Young singing it. Here is the clip that started the whole "Pants on the Ground" craze about 2 weeks ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwhl4IrPNc

[eShirl]

30. I thought Fallon did it on his own show, not SNL

not that I watched it except on Youtube

[begin_within]

41. I'm sorry... you're right

[Turborama]

20. Larry Platt was on The View, too....

Larry Platt performs Pants On The Ground and talks about it with the ladies.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPdFN4QFwKg

His facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Pants-on-the-ground-pants-on-the-ground/246045869598?ref=ts

[KonaKane]

22. HAHA!!!

Come on people, have you had your heads in the sand for two decades? It's about the pants-around-the thighs look.

[Kablooie]

23. Kinda like boots on the ground? But with a buttock kind of twist?

[rcrush]

24. I dont get it.

:shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. The Borowitz Report

He's a comedian.

[inna]

27. WTF? Is this from Onion? Sorry but I have no choice but unrec.

:freak:

[Bucky]

35. If it was from The Onion, it would be funny. Instead, it's just Borowitz.

Borowitz is like the opposite of funny.

[saracat]

28. Thats hilarious! I loved Larry Platt!

[eShirl]

31. OBAMA in 2008: "Brothers Should Pull Up Their Pants"

snip

"Here is my attitude," said Obama. "I think people passing a law against people wearing sagging pants is a waste of time. We should be focused on creating jobs, improving our schools, health care, dealing with the war in Iraq, and anybody, any public official, that is worrying about sagging pants probably needs to spend some time focusing on real problems out there."

"Having said that," he added, "brothers should pull up their pants. You are walking by your mother, your grandmother, your underwear is showing. What's wrong with that? Come on. There are some issues that we face, that you don't have to pass a law, but that doesn't mean folks can't have some sense and some respect for other people and, you know, some people might not want to see your underwear -- I'm one of them."

snip

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/obama-to-mtv-br.html

[flyarm]

33. LMAO!! I love pants on the ground guy!! He is so cute!! got me with this one!! lol..n/t

[Zywiec]

39. Some DUers really need to step away from the computer

and see there's something more going on then just politics.

[Fleshdancer]

42. For those who don't get the reference:

Pants On the Ground is a song created by an American Idol contestant and the song has gone viral.

Here's a youtube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMwhl4IrPNc

[grantcart]

49. I don't know what is funnier the OP or the reactions in the thread lol