'Kennedy Curse' Claims Life Of 77-Year-Old Tumor-Riddled Binge-Drinker

WriteDown

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:18 PM
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'Kennedy Curse' Claims Life Of 77-Year-Old Tumor-Riddled Binge-Drinker

How The Onion dealt with Ted's Death

http://www.theonion.com/content/from_print/kennedy_curse_claims_life_of?utm_source=a-section

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:19 PM
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1. That's a good one.

Expect the gag to be lost on most.

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joeybee12

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:22 PM
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2. If they just left it at Kennedy Curse it would have been funny...

...because the guy did make it to 77.

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WriteDown

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:23 PM
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3. They attack all sides

so I should have seen this coming.

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Mojambo

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:33 PM
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4. I don't really read that as an attack on anything other than the silly notion of a Kennedy "curse."

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WriteDown

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:33 PM
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5. Yeah, maybe you're right....

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SoCalDem

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:37 PM
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7. Did you see the french cartoon?

I dared not post it before :scared:

although it does make a statement on health too..

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Mojambo

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:41 PM
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8. Whoa. That is some cartoon.

Edgy as fuck!

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chollybocker

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:43 PM
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9. Wow. That is one hideously heartless toon.

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SoCalDem

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:52 PM
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12. can be seen two ways..

The first is crass & tasteless, but

so is the fact that cancer is still as deadly as a bullet..and can attack anyone..rich-famous-poor-anyone

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Mojambo

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:53 PM
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13. I think it's a really terrific bit of cartooning

This is not to say I would want the family to have to see it.

Edgy is the word I keep coming back to.

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avaistheone1

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:56 PM
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15. I find it offensively tacky, and not one bit funny in the least.

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SoCalDem

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:58 PM
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16. political cartoons are rarely "funny"

Edited on Wed Aug-26-09 04:58 PM by SoCalDem

they are wordless op eds..usually NOT funny at all

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avaistheone1

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Wed Aug-26-09 05:09 PM
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17. There is a time and a place for everything. This was not the time for that political cartoon, and

the place for it is in the trash.

Doh! What a bunch of insensitive dummies who put this one out.

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Gold Metal Flake

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:34 PM
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6. Yup.

Almost as stupid as the "they die in threes" nonsense.

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NYC Liberal

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:46 PM
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10. The point of it is that the "Kennedy Curse" killed an elderly man with cancer

It's just a jab at the whole "curse" thing.

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avaistheone1

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:55 PM
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14. Yeah, but it is not funny no matter how you look at it - even from the angle you suggest.

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Monk06

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:50 PM
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11. I never found the Onion to be particularly funny. Most times their satire is fairly obvious and

shouts out, "this is an Onion satire"

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WriteDown

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Thu Aug-27-09 09:05 AM
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18. You sound a tad elitist...

Maybe you need to join Socialites Without Borders

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/socialites_without_borders_teach?utm_source=a-section

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Monk06

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Thu Aug-27-09 04:34 PM
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19. I happen to be a proud member of the Pandering Pedants of Pennsylvania and I resent that remark

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Orsino

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Thu Aug-27-09 05:07 PM
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20. It is far too early for this sort of humor...

...but it's funny, anyway. :thumbsup:

Hiding in that utterly tasteless joke is a lovely reminder that Sen. Kennedy lived a full life.

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