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Barack Obama - Superhero
« on: October 11, 2009, 11:57:11 AM »
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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2009, 12:02:23 PM »
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Like countless others out there, we've been inspired by the meteoric rise of Barack Obama and his campaign. In a time when America so desperately needed a hero, along came a man to show us a brand new vision of what America and the world could be in the 21st century. In many ways, Obama is the closest thing we've ever seen to a superhero... someone who has literally inspired millions of people simultaneously to step past fear, to be brave enough to hope and to go past cynicism and imagine what we could be if we were at our best. That's the stuff of legend! And Jailbreak Toys wanted to pitch in. So in that spirit, they created the Obama Action Figure, because every superhero should have one. 6 inches tall, 8 points of articulation, window boxed and made from phthalate-free PVC. An action figure you can believe in!


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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2009, 12:08:09 PM »
In fairness, it looks like they just copied the manufacturer's description onto their website. However, I tried a few searches for conservative items they might sell and didn't get anything so "glowing".

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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2009, 01:08:09 PM »
And what were barack's poll numbers again?
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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2009, 01:10:34 PM »
I'm wondering how many they'll sell, versus how many will be shoplifted by "fans" entitled to own one.

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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2009, 01:58:41 PM »
I just might buy one to use as a voodoo doll.

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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2009, 02:11:39 PM »
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someone who has literally inspired millions of people

Literally?  He has physically breathed into millions of people?  I knew he was windy, but...
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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2009, 02:44:45 PM »
Literally?  He has physically breathed into millions of people?  I knew he was windy, but...
Well, he IS full of hot air...
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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2009, 06:02:35 PM »
Literally?  He has physically breathed into millions of people?  I knew he was windy, but...

Shouldn't that be expired?

I thought inspired was sucking the air out of others and into himself.

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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2009, 06:49:00 PM »
Literally?  He has physically breathed into millions of people?  I knew he was windy, but...

No, no, this came from the media. Don't you understand that when they write "literally" they don't literally mean "literally," they only metaphorically mean "literally." All of which only proves that they literally don't know what "literally" means. Literally.
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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2009, 07:39:31 PM »
No, no, this came from the media. Don't you understand that when they write "literally" they don't literally mean "literally," they only metaphorically mean "literally." All of which only proves that they literally don't know what "literally" means. Literally.
And you mean that in literally the strictest sense.  
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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2009, 11:37:48 PM »
That is so funny, I literally laughed my head off. 
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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2009, 11:56:43 PM »
This is literally the worst line of jokes I've ever seen.

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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2009, 12:51:47 AM »
That is so funny, I literally laughed my head off. 

As I doubt you could have typed this response with your head rolling around on the floor, I suspect you actually meant that you metaphorically laughed your head off.

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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2009, 01:06:18 AM »
Why do you think I lose my head so often? 
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Re: Barack Obama - Superhero
« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2009, 06:21:04 AM »
Why do you think I lose my head so often?  

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