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April Fool! exclaimed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum at a press conference in Washington, where they were joined by fellow merrymakers Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Herman Cain.
Moments after revealing that the GOP primary had been one long practical joke, Mr. Santorum explained the rationale behind staging such a complicated and expensive prank.
A lot of Americans are suffering right now and need a good laugh, he said. I think my colleagues and I can be justifiably proud of the entertainment we provided even if it meant me wearing these ridiculous sweater vests.
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Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)I didn't really think they let stupid people run for office. Well after Bush anyways. Is this like (Candid) Candidate Camera. When you least expected, you're elected, be the star today, Smile you're on Candidate Camera.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Yavapai
(825 posts)Sent this to all my Republican friends.
EmeraldCityGrl
(4,310 posts)Tripod
(854 posts)This is the April fools joke.
deacon
(5,967 posts)PCIntern
(25,550 posts)His premises are OK, just OK, and then he almost always simply restates the lede over and over and over again, using different, but reasonably dull, sentences to do so.
Now OTOH, SPY Magazine used to do the same and it was riotous. One of the funniest things I have ever read was their explication, as it were, of why Fred McMurray was actually a serial killer in My Three Sons. Tears flowed from laughter.
Here's the link:
http://www.panix.com/userdirs/clp/humor/Note/Note6.81.txt