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Congressman thinks Onion article is real
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Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 7, 2012 at 10:25 am
Congressman believes Onion planned parenthood article

Quote:Republican House Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana has made himself the target of online ridicule after confusing a spoof article about Planned Parenthood as a factual news report, according to Politico.

An article posted to the Onion's website on May 18, 2011 is headlined, "Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex." Of course, as millions of readers already know, the Onion is a satirical news organization, which makes up fake parody stories about real people, places and things.
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RE: Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 7, 2012 at 11:23 am
Lol. I read an article on the Onion a few days ago saying that scientists had decided that we need to kill 2 billion people for the human race to survive. Pity this asshat didn't take that one seriously.
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RE: Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 7, 2012 at 11:39 am
Quote:Republican House Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana


Tells one everything one needs to know.
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RE: Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 7, 2012 at 11:50 am (This post was last modified: February 7, 2012 at 11:50 am by Doubting Thomas.)
I think he's not the only one, because I remember reading about some other fundies going apeshit over Planned Parenthood's supposed new facility. Seems like abortion is such a hot button issue with them that they just have instant knee-jerk reactions without checking to see if the story has any actual basis in fact.
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RE: Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 7, 2012 at 11:57 am
I would expect more from a congressman....although I am not sure why and I should certainly know better about republican fuckwits from the deep south.
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RE: Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 7, 2012 at 12:07 pm
(February 7, 2012 at 11:23 am)SleepingDemon Wrote: Lol. I read an article on the Onion a few days ago saying that scientists had decided that we need to kill 2 billion people for the human race to survive. Pity this asshat didn't take that one seriously.

Already the "Jesse Ventura is my teacher" crowd on facebook has cited that article as a genuine NWO plan. Thing they keep forgetting is that the NWO was these guys.

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RE: Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 7, 2012 at 12:49 pm
TheOnion needs to do a story about idiot congressmen who are fooled by Onion stories.
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RE: Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 7, 2012 at 12:57 pm (This post was last modified: February 7, 2012 at 1:04 pm by RW_9.)
(February 7, 2012 at 11:39 am)Minimalist Wrote:
Quote:Republican House Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana


Tells one everything one needs to know.

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I was going to say the exact same thing.
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RE: Congressman thinks Onion article is real
February 8, 2012 at 7:06 pm
This just shows how out of touch so many members of Congress are. There should be a constitutional amendment that says that anyone holding public office that confuses an Onion article as being real will be fired on the spot.
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