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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJared Kushner Calls Kim Jong-un Totally Unqualified Person Who Got Job Only Through Nepotism
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Offering a stunningly blunt appraisal of the North Korean leader, Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that Kim Jong-un was a totally unqualified person who attained his position of power only through nepotism.
Here you have a guy who has no government experience, and hes in charge of the whole thing, Kushner said, in an interview with Fox News. Its the craziest thing Ive ever heard of.
Kushner noted that, instead of working his way up and acquiring the skills necessary to do his job, the North Korean leader had been given huge responsibilities and power only because of family connections.
Theres only one word for that, he said. Nepotism.
http://www.newyorker.com/?p=3339783&mbid=nl_041817 Borowitz Newsletter (1)&CNDID=25394153&spMailingID=10847686&spUserID=MTMzMTgyNjg0NzM5S0&spJobID=1141439975&spReportId=MTE0MTQzOTk3NQS2
malaise
(269,200 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)malaise
(269,200 posts)unblock
(52,352 posts)malaise
(269,200 posts)Should have read the link
spanone
(135,891 posts)malaise
(269,200 posts)Enoki33
(1,588 posts)to hear from corrupt people.
malaise
(269,200 posts)Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)does that say about the state of our political situation when we can no longer tell what is satire and what is not? I have had the experience reading posts about Trump antics that are NOT satire and thinking they were; having to go read the link to the article to see if it was or not.
malaise
(269,200 posts)chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)When satire not only parallels the truth but does so within arm's reach, it is a thing of beauty. The story is false but amazingly believable. Kind of like this one... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-slansky-/president-trump-was-just_b_9294918.html
volstork
(5,403 posts)malaise
(269,200 posts)No that's his father-in-law
volstork
(5,403 posts)it's a sexual position.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Although in Trump's family, it's probably the same thing.
JDC
(10,135 posts)Girard442
(6,086 posts)Worrying that if Kushner actually said the same damn thing but seriously, it would tank the column.
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)isn't.
Doodley
(9,142 posts)spanone
(135,891 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,823 posts)Doodley
(9,142 posts)jmowreader
(50,566 posts)ananda
(28,879 posts)How much of this bizarre projection are we to take?
Sheesh
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)The jokes write themselves.
Love Andy Borowitz.
babylonsister
(171,099 posts)Borowitz rules. This could be so true if Kushner ever talked.
bucolic_frolic
(43,342 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,538 posts)This is the Looking Glass administration.
"Unbelievable! Hillary stole the popular vote illegally (which I actually won no contest Bigtime!) and now she is running up a tab at the taxpayer's expense flying to Florida to golf every weekend! And making money off of it I suspect! I mean, seriously! What would she be doing if she'd actually WON the election? There ought to be some kind of process where we can remove her. Sad!"
"Mr. President, that's the remote control for the TV, you can't access Twitter on that."
tsuukiyomi
(20 posts)but you may have gathered that already.
It is rather sad, though, that satire these days has a 50+% of being true
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)dhill926
(16,370 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)They give it to us for free.
jmowreader
(50,566 posts)April 1, 2018: Borowitz takes a 24-hour sabbatical from satire and reports real news about the Trump Administration. No one can tell the difference.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)no longer tell satire from reality.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)iluvtennis
(19,880 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Seriously, they have to be trolling with this. Saying the most completely absurd bullshit to serve as a further distraction from their Russian help with the election. Anything to take that out of the news cycle, no matter how stupid it makes them llok.
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)jeanmarc
(1,685 posts)And it fools a fourth of my followers. God damn, people. Recognize satire when it smacks you in the face. This one, I said it was fake on purpose for funny, and dumbass cousin took exception. Fuck.
Paladin
(28,276 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Say what!?¿
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)We're at the stage where sarcasm is a dying art.
It's just too close to reality
calimary
(81,523 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)Kettle meet pot!
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)BadGimp
(4,019 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Specially cuz it's totally plausible that little sonny would say that 😆
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
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