Shock!! Obama's 19-Year-Old Son Makes Rare Appearance At DNC

[nmbluesky]

CHARLOTTE, NC—The first family has turned more than a few heads at this week’s Democratic National Convention, where the president, as he greets delegates and waves to crowds of supporters, is often accompanied not only by his wife and two daughters, but also his rarely seen 19-year-old son, Luther.

The shy, slightly overweight teenager, who has lived his entire life with his mother in central Illinois, seldom appears in public with the president, with whom he has reportedly shared a somewhat distant and occasionally strained relationship.

“When I saw that kid with President Obama, I had no clue who he was,” said Georgia delegate Kathy Tyson, stating that the teen appeared to have difficulty sustaining eye contact with others and stood uncomfortably alongside his father when he shook hands with voters Thursday. “I guess he does kind of look like the president, though a bit shorter and stockier.”
http://www.theonion.com/articles/obamas-19yearold-son-makes-rare-appearance-at-dnc,29458/

[Tx4obama]

1. The ONION.

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. I realize this is from the Onion . . .

but it's not even remotely funny. I'm not trying to be a sanctimonious prude . . . I love a good joke, but this is just stupid. Not you, bluesky, the article. Please, no nasty responses.

[Luminous Animal]

5. I was thinking the same thing. Nothing witty about it. No irony, no tongue in cheek, nothing.

It reads like a straight forward tabloid article.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. The Onion is generally funny, and maybe the humor went over my head, but this was eh...

Not funny at all...I don't know exactly what they were trying to accomplish with this one.

[roger of arabia]

27. Remember Andy Kaufman

I think that The Onion is making the same kind of joke Andy Kaufman often made: The real joke is the reaction of people who fall for the gag. Kaufman would plant someone in the audience to heckle him and shake him up, and the uncomfortable feeling that the audience felt was the joke.

Remember when Howard Stern's house band Pig Vomit did a cover of the Rolling Stone's version of Harlem Shuffle before the Stones' version was released and told his audience that he had the exclusive right to play it before it was released? The joke was the insane reaction of other DJs who thought that they had been scooped.

I love these insider jokes myself.

[RagAss]

4. If it was true...his speech would still be better than Romney's.

[catbyte]

6. Let's see how many right wing rags fall for it

[Blaukraut]

7. This is the second Onion article today that is not even close to funny

What is up with them lately?

[Panasonic]

10. What's the other one?

Point it to me.

That raised my eyebrow when I saw the OP..

Knew it was an Onion article.

[slampoet]

12. I know what you mean. They seem to be following their formula instead of finding humor.

[a la izquierda]

8. Oh my god, this is not funny, Onion!

[hay rick]

9. Sometimes dumb is funny.

And sometimes it's just dumb.

[anneboleyn]

17. MTE. The problem is that some people are so stupid they will believe this is a "true" story

[gkhouston]

11. Strange. The Onion is usually hilarious.

This is more like a Saturday Night Live skit that drags on and on, while you wonder what's supposed to funny.

[cthulu2016]

13. This may be a meta prank. The Onion may be having fun seeing who picks up the story

[anneboleyn]

15. That is what I was wondering -- if any "news" agencies like the Post pick it up and run it as a real

story, then the joke is on them. But sort of odd, even for The Onion.

[Jackpine Radical]

22. I disagree. The joke is on the Onion if it gets picked up. Here's why:

The RW will pick it up & run with it regardless of whether the source is unmasked as the Onion. By sheer repetition they can Swiftboat it into the mainstream & convince a majority of the public that it's true.

Look at the Lyin' Ryan non-scandal, the way they continue with their lies despite repeated exposure and condemnation. A lot larger portion of the population besides just their base seems to be capable of falling for the BS.

We are now engaged in a great battle to see which will prevail--the forces of civilized democracy or those of rapacious robber-baronism gone rabid, backed by unprecedented capability to drive their messages repetitively and hypnotically into our minds.

[Laurajr]

14. Not funny at all

This reminds me of the birther thing just another made up story that some people will be stupid enough to believe.

[Jackpine Radical]

24. Yes, exactly.

This is all the seed that is needed to create another Birther/Madrassa/whatever story, and perhaps one with equal persistence despite repeated exposure as a "joke." The RW would just say the story was planted in the Onion to de-fuze it. You know--like the Bush Mafia did when they planted the Bush cocaine story with Jim Hatfield (Fortunate Son) just before discrediting him & then "suiciding" him.

[kentuck]

16. I don't get it??

????

[CTyankee]

18. This is out and out sabotage...on the eve of President Obama's address...

just another stab in the back and a totally destructive distraction...

I am outraged...

[Raine]

19. This is NOT funny & it shouldn't have even been posted

I can only imagine what RW nutjobs who scan DU think when they see this shit.

[Lizzie Poppet]

20. The Onion's quality has been plummeting.

And I'd say the same thing if the article were about Romney...

[zbdent]

21. Noone was more shocked than Michelle ...

"He's your son."

"You'd think I'd remember giving birth ..."

[sakabatou]

23. Trashing thread...

[Tikki]

25. Just sayin', there is something in romney's tax returns he DEFINITELY doesn't want us to know about.

Tikki

[MADem]

26. This is unfunny GARBAGE and I hope you will SELF DELETE it.

Otherwise, people will start to form a bad impression of you, based on your choice of material.