Obama Delivers Whispered, Untelevised Speech On Gun Control

[madinmaryland]

For those of you who missed it...

WASHINGTON—President Obama delivered a 10-minute-long inaudible and untelevised speech on gun control Thursday, addressing the politically volatile topic from behind the closed doors of the Oval Office, where nobody could see or hear him. "The Second Amendment doesn't…" said Obama, who trailed off and gently whispered a number of strong, definitive statements that were muffled by the hand in front of his face. "While I understand this is an important issue to many Americans, I also believe that in the aftermath of the tragedy in Arizona, certain kinds of guns are , and that we should seriously look at . It's the right thing to do." White House sources confirmed that it was Obama's finest speech since his one-hour silent monologue last Friday, when he outlined the growing threat of climate change and ordered the oil and automobile industries to develop renewable energy sources while cutting carbon emissions completely by 2018.

Read more at: http://www.theonion.com/articles/obama-delivers-whispered-untelevised-speech-on-gun,19068/

[villager]

1. dutifully unrecc'd already by the humorless apologist brigade...

n/t

[madinmaryland]

5. Heh! It's my thread and I can't un-rec it for those whining about the un-reccing!

:hi:

[villager]

6. No you can't. Checkmate.

;-)

[elocs]

9. Wow! The very 1st response used to whine about UnRec. Imagine that happening at DU. n/t

[villager]

10. Actually, the very first response was the phantom unrec, which I noted, thus sparking your own whine

...of offended sensibility!

[derby378]

2. I thought it was funny... (n/t)

[Kaleva]

3. Being an Obama apologist with a sense of humor, I give it a rec!

[slackmaster]

4. Not as funny as the video about Obama's videos becoming more Avant-Garde, but I Rec'ced it

:hi:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/obamas-weekly-video-addresses-becoming-increasingl,17649/

[Kaleva]

8. Thanks for posting the link. Funny!

"the president, seated in the Oval Office with a skull-and-crossbones banner where the American flag would normally be, stares unblinkingly into the camera as the phrase "in God we trust" loops for four minutes and 33 seconds."

:rofl:

[PhillySane]

7. This won't get sent to the gungeon?

Hell, then I'm recin' it!

[slackmaster]

15. It was already posted there a day or two ago

It would be a dupe.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Classic!

Rec'd :thumbsup:

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. It was only a matter of time.

The panic was for real.

[ZombieHorde]

13. Funny. nt

[Paladin]

14. God Bless "The Onion" (n/t)