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Genesis of a Political Joke: 'Going Rogaine' (How Sarah Palin Came to Use Joke Written by Freeper)
NewsBusters ^ | December 7, 2009 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 12/07/2009 5:14:40 PM PST by PJ-Comix

It is the joke told by Sarah Palin on Saturday at the Gridiron Club that has spread far and wide. It was featured by many websites and news outlets including Politico and U.S. News & World Report. Here is how the Associated Press reported the joke:

Palin targeted her hosts, Democrats and Sen. John McCain's campaign staff, as well as herself.

If the election had turned out differently, she said, "I could be the one overseeing the signing of bailout checks and Vice President Biden could be on the road selling his book, 'Going Rogaine.'" Biden has sparse hair.

For your humble correspondent, the most fascinating thing about this joke was how it came into being. You see, it was born on my DUmmie FUnnies blog and the person who brought it to life was my DUFU "co-conspirator," Charles Henrickson.

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KEYWORDS: charleshenrickson; comedy; dummiefunnies; goingrogaine; goingrogue; gridiron; henrickson; joebiden; palin; rogaine; sarahpalin
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A funny political joke told by Sarah Palin and how a Freeper and the FR were instrumental in the creation of that joke as well as transmitting it to her.

Will "Warmerful Copenhagen" be next to go viral?

1 posted on 12/07/2009 5:14:40 PM PST by PJ-Comix
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To: Paul Heinzman; IMissPresidentReagan; AlexW; Cletus.D.Yokel; ConservativeOrBust; tropical; ...

PING!


2 posted on 12/07/2009 5:16:22 PM PST by PJ-Comix ("They spent a trillion dollars on a guess?" ---Astute DUmmie observation)
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To: Charles Henrickson

FYI


3 posted on 12/07/2009 5:17:43 PM PST by PJ-Comix ("They spent a trillion dollars on a guess?" ---Astute DUmmie observation)
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To: PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson
Way to go, guys...:)

I always KNEW Sarah was a Freeper...:)

4 posted on 12/07/2009 5:22:28 PM PST by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: rlmorel

She visits C4P all the time, she also said that she visits many Conservative sites..so Sarah, if your online right now, HOWDY!!


5 posted on 12/07/2009 5:24:18 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: rlmorel; PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson

When I met Sarah @ Cincinnati she commented on my shirt (which said on the back Sarah Palin - the FReeper’s Choice in 2012), which gave me the opportunity to tell her she was loved on FR and she said she LOVED FR and visits the site several times a day...just as an FYI.


6 posted on 12/07/2009 5:30:59 PM PST by IMissPresidentReagan (ATTENTION RINOS: IT'S NOT THAT I'M TOO FAR RIGHT; IT'S THAT YOU'RE TOO FAR WRONG! fubo funp)
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To: PJ-Comix

Nice punchline, but I do not think the idea of Sarah signing bailout checks is particularly funny.


7 posted on 12/07/2009 5:31:15 PM PST by Ronin
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To: IMissPresidentReagan; Jim Robinson; SolidWood
When I met Sarah @ Cincinnati she commented on my shirt (which said on the back Sarah Palin - the FReeper’s Choice in 2012), which gave me the opportunity to tell her she was loved on FR and she said she LOVED FR and visits the site several times a day...just as an FYI
8 posted on 12/07/2009 5:40:43 PM PST by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: hoosiermama

That’s the best news I’ve heard all day.

Everyone should have someone reading the Free Republic all day. Sean Hannity does, so does Rush. Wouldn’t surprise me if FOX had a dedicated employee for FR. Sarah should too. It’s the best way to stay on top of what’s important.


9 posted on 12/07/2009 5:44:18 PM PST by Apple Blossom (Politicians are like diapers, they both need changed regularly, and for the same reason.)
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To: IMissPresidentReagan
Ah, yes. FReeperland is a breath of fresh air, in a sea of stale MSM propoganda.

Nothing like a FReeper thread to shed light on a tough issue, ferret out truth, or poke fun at what should be ridiculed.

Heck, if not for the land of the FReepers, I'd probably think I was the sole conservative left on the globe...(picture Charlton Heston on the beach at the end of Planet of the Apes...).

Oh, and I'd also think I was the only person who liked Palin!

10 posted on 12/07/2009 5:45:45 PM PST by elk
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To: elk
Oh, and I'd also think I was the only person who liked Palin!

Line forms to the rear pal ;)

11 posted on 12/07/2009 5:49:51 PM PST by AFreeBird (Going Rogue in 2012)
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Note to Sarah.
We bought two copies of your book.

My 9 year old got first dibs.

I had to pin the 12 year old to get the other book. AND that was not easy. She’s taller than me!


12 posted on 12/07/2009 5:52:25 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson

Woot!


13 posted on 12/07/2009 6:04:30 PM PST by Dinah Lord
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To: IMissPresidentReagan

Oh how cool to hear! YIPPEE!:)


14 posted on 12/07/2009 6:05:19 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: PJ-Comix

Henrickson strikes again!


15 posted on 12/07/2009 6:10:36 PM PST by Palladin (Holder and Obama terrorize New Yorkers.)
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To: PJ-Comix
Will "Warmerful Copenhagen" be next to go viral?

I don't know, PJ, but here it is, with the music link to sing along!

WARMERFUL COPENHAGEN
Tune: "Wonderful Copenhagen"

Warmerful, warmerful Copenhagen
Climate gatekeepers in town
We will say it's hot
Even when it's not
We will pass the gas around

In warmerful, warmerful Copenhagen
Putting the foolish in fuel
Now I'm turning green
Getting sick, I mean
Singing Copenhagen
Warmerful, warmerful
Copenhagen is cool!

I flew on my private jet
To pay off my climate debt
Meeting Algore for cocktails today
And there he stands, waiting for me
With a welcome so warm if I pay

Warmerful, warmerful Copenhagen . . .

Warmerful, warmerful Copenhagen
Climate gatekeepers in town
We will say it's hot
Even when it's not
We will pass the gas around

In warmerful, warmerful Copenhagen
Putting the foolish in fuel
Now I'm turning green
Getting sick, I mean
Singing Copenhagen
Warmerful, warmerful
Copenhagen is cool!

16 posted on 12/07/2009 8:48:07 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (DUmmie FUnnies contributor and now, part-time Sarah Palin speechwriter!)
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To: IMissPresidentReagan
"When I met Sarah @ Cincinnati she commented on my shirt (which said on the back Sarah Palin - the FReeper’s Choice in 2012), which gave me the opportunity to tell her she was loved on FR and she said she LOVED FR and visits the site several times a day...just as an FYI.

I don't normally encourage vanity posts but I'm doing so now. Your post on Sarah Palin's comment that she reads Free Republic daily just needs to be brought to the attention of the Freeper Community. So go for it. Give the post a title like "Sarah Palin if a Freeper - Here's Proof" or something like that. A thread like that would get a lot reads. It would be a pat on the back to all of us and a source of pride and inspiration for that community of patriots that we call Free Republic.

17 posted on 12/08/2009 4:20:04 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: PJ-Comix

Proud to be a FReeper BUMP!


18 posted on 12/08/2009 11:18:53 PM PST by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: PJ-Comix

“Drink the Kool Aid” came from FR too.


19 posted on 12/09/2009 3:46:50 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson
the person who brought it to life was my DUFU "co-conspirator," Charles Henrickson.

No surprise there. Henrickson is hilarious.

20 posted on 12/09/2009 8:00:28 AM PST by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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