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EV_Ares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 07:51 PM
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Slate Predicts McCain's Next 10 Hail Mary Stunts
1. Returns to Vietnam and jails himself.
2. Offers the post of "vice vice president" to Warren Buffett.
3. Challenges Obama to suspend campaign so they both can go and personally drill for oil offshore.
4. Learns to use computer.
5. Does bombing run over Taliban-controlled tribal areas of Pakistan.
6. Offers to forgo salary, sell one house.
7. Sex-change operation.
8. Suspends campaign until Nov. 4, offers to start being president right now.
9. Sells Alaska to Russia for $700 billion.
10. Pledges to serve only one term. OK, half a term.

Link: http://www.slate.com/id/2200927/
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 07:52 PM
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1. 11. requests that the Presidency be decided by "rock-scissor-paper"
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 07:54 PM
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4. 12. National television special -- Opens Al Capone's vault live in front of national audience.
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JBear Donating Member (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:10 PM
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6. 13. Announces Sarah Palin is pregnant again...
and he is the father!

:popcorn: :bounce:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 09:42 PM
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12. 14. Vows to stop addressing crowds as "My Friends" ...
Embraces colorful colloquial expression "My Homies..." instead.
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 07:53 PM
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2. Do they have a graphic of him clinging to the mast of a sinking ship yet?
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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 07:53 PM
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3. Russia's not that stupid.
Edited on Thu Sep-25-08 07:54 PM by jazzjunkysue
For $700big ones, they'd expect a few palm trees.
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ncgrits Donating Member (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 07:55 PM
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5. #2: Surely they mean "Assistant TO THE Vice President" . . .
I'm getting ready to do The Office premiere thing.
(That's what she said.)
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:11 PM
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7. doah! where's that "Must Read" button when we need it! lol NT
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Domitan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:14 PM
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8. 14. Hold his breath till people vote for him.
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crazy_vanilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:17 PM
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9. snort
:spray: :spray: :spray:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:17 PM
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10. 9A. Threatens war when informed that Palin is now governor of Alaska Oblast
and thus ineligible to run for VP!
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 11:25 PM
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15. Alaska is pretty close to Russia you know
too close to be trusted. It used to be a Russkie colony -- did they ever really leave?
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 08:19 PM
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11. this is great!
best laugh today.
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TheDonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 09:44 PM
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13. 15. Finds Osama hiding under his car
or maybe his freezer a la big foot?
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 09:56 PM
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14. 16. Takes cue from David Blaine and hangs upside down in Capitol Rotunda for 60 hours.
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shugah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-25-08 11:42 PM
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16. falls into a well in the babysitters back yard
breaks the lace of his ice skate

admits he killed jon-benet

runs away on the straight talk express, says he was kidnapped by Obama supporters, but in the end just didn't want to run with palin

uploads video on youtube crying "leave sarah alone!"

releases his medical records

cindy poses for playboy
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Tigress DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-08 12:18 AM
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17. #2 almost makes sense...
The rest are a hoot!
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-08 12:35 AM
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18. 17. Replaces Palin with an actual moose.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-08 12:38 AM
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19. 18. Publicly proclaims his undying, hot Man-Love for Joe Lieberman
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