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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Yang, AthD\h.c" |
| Date: |
31 Mar 2004 09:06:54 PM |
| Object: |
In the Name of Democracy, GaWolB pulls the Plug on the Sloganator |
http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/04/28/a-coker.php
DUBYA YOUR PLEASURE The Bush-Cheney presidential campaign disables a tool on
its website (GeorgeWBush.com) on March 11 that allows users to make
full-size campaign posters customized with short slogans of their choice.
After Ana Marie Cox, editor of the Washington political gossip blog
Wonkette.com, reveals she made a poster with the official "Bush-Cheney '04"
logo and the message "But not if you're gay!" about 200 Wonkettizens flood
what Cox calls the Sloganator. Among the snarky slogans her readers render
are "Run for your lives," "They sure smell like old people" and "A boot
stomping on a human face forever." The president's webmaster at first tries
to fight back by changing the program to outlaw certain words, but that just
makes the whole thing more comical. For instance, while the updated
Sloganator rejects "Not Hitler!" "The *****-Fucking Stops Now!" and "910 Days
Since Last Terrorist Attack," it allows "Fry 'em," "Fewer dead American
soldiers than LBJ" and "Baby Jesus cries unless you vote Bush/Cheney '04."
So the Bushies make their Sloganator automatically change offending
messages-to even more offensive messages! Type in "Lookout Syria," and "It's
ugly but so are you" is spit out. "Pole smokers for" becomes "WE HATE
ASIANS, TOO!" Even something as innocent as "Birmingham, Alabama"
automatically turns into "These candidates received NO BLOWJOBS." The
Sloganator now only dispenses predetermined slogans.
--
Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Socerey Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 1.2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: -3 million jobs and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -598 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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