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Groucho Marx Saves America
American Thinker ^ | September 19, 2011 | Stella Paul

Posted on 09/19/2011 8:27:06 AM PDT by Trafalgar123

America is roaring back -- with laughter. A fed-up nation with itchy Twitter fingers is bringing down what's left of an insufferably pompous presidency. How? By unleashing the most American weapon of all: the wisecrack.

A hilarious barrage of catcalls and insults has greeted Obama's latest debacle, a Soviet-style website called Attack Watch. With its terrifying design of red and black cellblocks, and scary photos of Obama's critics looking like Mafia hoodlums, Attack Watch openly solicits Americans to turn in their friends and neighbors for thoughtcrimes against the president.

Before we revel in our countrymen's deliciously rude response, let me show you the section of Attack Watch that truly creeps me out. Do the Stasi wannabes that write Obama's copy really think this invitation will win us over? "Join Attack Wire - and help stop the attacks on the President before they start."

Before they start! Hey, comrades, is your wife muttering Rick Perry's name in her sleep? Does Grandma secretly watch Glenn Beck? Report your loved ones' pre-crimes to federal authorities now! A few friendly adjustments with a fist, and we guarantee we'll stop those deviant, anti-Obama attacks, "before they start." Help us, comrades!

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: attackwatch; disasterobama; groucho

1 posted on 09/19/2011 8:27:11 AM PDT by Trafalgar123
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To: Trafalgar123

Funny stuff!

Check out the FBI files on Groucho. He really was a Communist.


2 posted on 09/19/2011 8:40:51 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

They concluded from their study he was not a member of the Communist Party,” Wiener said. “The party was a very rigid organization; it’s hard to imagine a wisecracking spirit like Groucho’s in it.” http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=9079


3 posted on 09/19/2011 9:05:13 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( getting closer to the truth.................)
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To: PeterPrinciple

http://vault.fbi.gov/Groucho%20Marx

Read the files yourself.


4 posted on 09/19/2011 9:11:10 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Trafalgar123
I was on a long bike ride this weekend with a group of people. I had seen the AAAATTTTTCCCKKK-WWAAAAATTTCCCHHH video spoof on youtube and could not get the way they said the name on the video out of my head. As I was riding along I said "attack watch" like they do on the video. Several people laughed. They had seen the video.

By the time the ride was over the whole group was saying it as we went around corners. And the comments about Obama? I can't repeat some of them.

People are laughing at Obama. A lot. This includes liberals..

5 posted on 09/19/2011 9:33:37 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: Trafalgar123
I was on a long bike ride this weekend with a group of people. I had seen the AAAATTTTTCCCKKK-WWAAAAATTTCCCHHH video spoof on youtube and could not get the way they said the name on the video out of my head. As I was riding along I said "attack watch" like they do on the video. Several people laughed. They had seen the video.

By the time the ride was over the whole group was saying it as we went around corners. And the comments about Obama? I can't repeat some of them.

People are laughing at Obama. A lot. This includes liberals..

6 posted on 09/19/2011 9:33:52 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: TigerClaws

He may have been, but he sure lost a lot of money in the stock market.
“Hey! You big bully! Quit pickin’ on that little bully!”


7 posted on 09/19/2011 10:07:29 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: TigerClaws; PeterPrinciple
to paraphrase Groucho

"I wouldn't want to be a member of a party that would have me as a member..."

I think he was talking about a country club.

8 posted on 09/19/2011 10:09:00 AM PDT by BoneHead
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To: TigerClaws

Chico was a pianist.
Harpo was a harpist.
Groucho had to be some kind of “ist”. Saxophonist? Naw....sounds too dirty.


9 posted on 09/19/2011 10:16:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: BoneHead

“Groucho” was a character he and the writers created.


10 posted on 09/19/2011 10:41:35 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

http://vault.fbi.gov/Groucho%20Marx

Read the files yourself.


There are 4 pages, one is a cover page, the rest pretty much unreadable. Maybe you can help me by pulling some quotes from your source.


11 posted on 09/19/2011 11:05:27 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( getting closer to the truth.................)
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To: TigerClaws
“Groucho” was a character he and the writers created.

*SIGH* I read through as much as I could on the FBI files and if you did too then it is just another example to me of how two people can hear/read the exact same thing and come up with diametrically opposed understandings.

It appeared to me that only one witness made the accusation and many contradicted the accusation.

Back to the article at hand. Seems to me the "Groucho" approach to Obama's Tattler website is a good play...

12 posted on 09/19/2011 1:04:44 PM PDT by BoneHead
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...only one witness made the accusation...

And Groucho would have horsewhipped him, if he had had a horse.

13 posted on 09/19/2011 2:56:50 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: TigerClaws
Have you ever read your own FBI file?

Most of it is BS

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14 posted on 09/19/2011 3:06:09 PM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: Elle Bee

Can you get your own file? I know DH has one, as he was military, but little old me?


15 posted on 09/19/2011 3:22:09 PM PDT by KYGrandma (The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home......)
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