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The Onion: 'Tell Me About It, Stud,' Says Pleather-Clad Liz Warren On Debate Stage (Original Post) ehrnst Feb 2020 OP
Hilarious! But you KNOW someone will alert this oldsoftie Feb 2020 #1
I'm not sure why cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #3
Man, if she was here to be a part of all THIS....... oldsoftie Feb 2020 #4
She would've loved Warren. blm Feb 2020 #7
Olivia Newton-John's character from Grease. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #11
Looks like Sandy from Grease to me. OliverQ Feb 2020 #12
This is the Ann I remember cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #15
I have no idea why... I think we all know that The Onion is satire. ehrnst Feb 2020 #9
FWIW The Onion never makes fun of Sanders dalton99a Feb 2020 #10
I have noticed that. It's pretty obvious. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #13
Yep. ehrnst Feb 2020 #20
Lol that's fucking hilarious Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #2
If Liz Warren were raised by alcoholic bar-owning parents... Sloumeau Feb 2020 #5
Lolol - all that AND the smartest, most lethal to Trump. blm Feb 2020 #6
I loved Grease and ONJ. squirecam Feb 2020 #8
Love it. Love Warren too. Croney Feb 2020 #14
I will say one of the bonuses of a President Warren... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2020 #16
And the Warren campaign was actually putting some SNL videos featuring bullwinkle428 Feb 2020 #17
I hope SNL does a send up of that debate. CTyankee Feb 2020 #18
I saw that online somewhere. geardaddy Feb 2020 #19
 

oldsoftie

(12,558 posts)
1. Hilarious! But you KNOW someone will alert this
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:08 AM
Feb 2020

Too many touchy folks here that cant take a joke.
At least its posted by a Warren supporter!!

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cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
3. I'm not sure why
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:12 AM
Feb 2020

It looks like she's dressed up like Texas Governor Ann Richards, may she RIP. Loved that woman.

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oldsoftie

(12,558 posts)
4. Man, if she was here to be a part of all THIS.......
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:13 AM
Feb 2020
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blm

(113,071 posts)
7. She would've loved Warren.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:16 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
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TwilightZone

(25,472 posts)
11. Olivia Newton-John's character from Grease.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:00 PM
Feb 2020

The "stud" line is a quote from the movie.

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OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
12. Looks like Sandy from Grease to me.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:01 PM
Feb 2020
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cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
15. This is the Ann I remember
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:15 PM
Feb 2020


She's in black leather, has big hair and she's on a motorcycle.
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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
9. I have no idea why... I think we all know that The Onion is satire.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:26 AM
Feb 2020
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dalton99a

(81,531 posts)
10. FWIW The Onion never makes fun of Sanders
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:43 AM
Feb 2020
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/magazine/2020/02/23/the-onion-bernie-sanders-2020-satire-politics-democrats-116620
How ‘The Onion’ Went Full-On Bernie Bro
The beloved satire site still has its knives out … for everyone but one 78-year-old senator from Vermont.
By DEREK ROBERTSON
02/23/2020 07:00 AM EST

Since it first went online in 1996, the Onion has served up equal-opportunity political satire—hammering Republican and Democratic absurdities, finding public figures’ most sensitive pain points and lancing them relentlessly. George W. Bush complained about Iraq War activist Cindy Sheehan ruining his vacation. Hillary Clinton urged voters to “not fuck this up for me.” Barack Obama, whose liberal politics often presumably lined up with those of the site’s urbane (and Chicago-based) editorial staff, wasn’t let off the hook either; the Onion skewered his meticulously managed image, his support from the culturally liberal elite, his lack of experience and his use of drones as president.

This is still true. Mostly. The Onion loves going after Donald Trump and his followers, to great effect; 2020 contenders like Mike Bloomberg and Amy Klobuchar are tweaked for their off-putting personality quirks, both seriously problematic and less so, and the Democratic Party’s general fecklessness is fodder for a cyberpunk dystopia.

And then there’s one notable exception. Over the latest presidential cycle, anyone reading closely might notice the site’s treatment of Bernie Sanders looks less like a skewering than an affectionate back rub.

“MSNBC Poll Finds Support For Bernie Sanders Has Plummeted 2 Points Up,” the Onion proclaimed in November, not so much poking the Sanders camp as echoing its complaints about the media. Another read “Bernie Sanders Holds Secret Campaign Meeting With 15,000 Working-Class Democratic Donors,” seemingly boasting on the candidate’s behalf of his immense grassroots support. Just before the Iowa caucuses, it popped the barely satirical news brief: “DNC Mulls Asking Donald Trump To Run As Democrat In Effort To Stop Sanders.”
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TwilightZone

(25,472 posts)
13. I have noticed that. It's pretty obvious.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:03 PM
Feb 2020

They write Sanders stories, but they're almost always digs at criticisms of him and not satirizing him personally.

That being said, this one is pretty funny:

https://politics.theonion.com/sanders-supporters-viciously-attack-bernie-sanders-afte-1834305915

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Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)
2. Lol that's fucking hilarious
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:10 AM
Feb 2020

And for the record, I am a huge fan of Warren. She is such a great debater.

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Sloumeau

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5. If Liz Warren were raised by alcoholic bar-owning parents...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:15 AM
Feb 2020

this might have been how she ended up looking.

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blm

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6. Lolol - all that AND the smartest, most lethal to Trump.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:15 AM
Feb 2020

I appreciate Warren morphing into an assassin when confronting corruption.

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squirecam

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8. I loved Grease and ONJ.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 11:16 AM
Feb 2020

This pic....not so much.

Thanks to the Onion for ruining my childhood.

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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,185 posts)
16. I will say one of the bonuses of a President Warren...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:18 PM
Feb 2020

...is more Kate McKinnon impersonations on SNL, and we know she absolutely kills that.

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bullwinkle428

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17. And the Warren campaign was actually putting some SNL videos featuring
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:22 PM
Feb 2020

Kate McKinnon on their website, which is absolutely amazing!

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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
18. I hope SNL does a send up of that debate.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:31 PM
Feb 2020

bloomberg looked again like he was hit with a wet flounder...

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geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
19. I saw that online somewhere.
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:35 PM
Feb 2020

Hilarious!

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