One question: Times New Roman or Palatino?

Awesome. Rove is a genius.

I prefer Bourbon. Does that make me an Old-Timey Conservative?

I'm sorry, I just cannot stop laughing long enough to lock down a visual for "itchy-faced crackheads scampering through middle-class neighborhoods"

The creative geniuses for the "Simpsons" would have a field day with this one I suspect...

Ok, that freaked me out.

The RNC has it all wrong. We should be encouraged by the DNC offering Crack cocaine for registrations. I'd bet crackheads are less likely to vote if they have the rock!

Give them the rock! Rock the vote!

Heh, good times.

How long before CBS picks up this memo and runs it on the air?

satire?

i'm so confused! this really happened right? i just can't tell anymore!

satire?

Uh ... the memo.

Thanks Bill! I needed that at 3pm on what has been a long day.

Love the RNC official's reply..."are you on crack?"

Classic.

As a science fiction writer, I love your "They say truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense ..." -- I'd love to adopt it, preferably with attribution; are you the author?

My SF is a lot more plausible than most politicos, if I do say so myself.

The colon and link above the italicized sentence indicate that the linked site made the statement.

Your disclaimer at the end of this piece, *** The RNC memo is satire ***
is a waste of bandwidth.

Those who recognize the satire do not need the disclaimer.

Those who will not recognize the satire will also not recognize the disclaimer.

INDC has greater responsibility now, and a disclaimer absolves me of liability for daft folks' failure to think the piece through - so no, it is not a waste of bandwith.

Thanks for your input, though.

Now they're reporting crackhouses in both Ohio & New Mexico with links to the NAACP and Democrats. Can anyone spell R-I-C-O? Several thousand fraudulent voter registrations identified so far in NM, and a bonanza of vote fraud paraphanailia at a crackhouse bust over the weekend in Bernadillo County.

In what would seem to be a related story I heard that Michael Moore was subjected to a strip search at the LAX after his University of CA rant.

When he pulled down his pants they found 50 pounds of crack.

Back when the CBS memo was still "fresh" (like a WB TV show), I posted this memo on my own blog. Remember, whenever you have a chance to grab a famous signature digitally, go ahead and have some fun with it.

teehee. cute, Bill.

Come on, anyone can see that was satire from the tab spacing, the kerned characters, even the Times New Roman font...oh, wait. Maybe they can't. Keep the disclaimer in Bill

Ann -
Bill linked to my post on the subject. I'm not the original author of the statement and can't remember where I heard it (hence the nebulous quasi-attribution "They say..."). Googling would probably get you a more authoritative attribution.

Ann -

Off the top of my head, I believe it was Samuel Clements. (Insufficient time to Google right now and double-check.)

As an SF junky (mostly the "hard" stuff), best wishes re your writing!

Cheers,
Fatwa Arbuckle

Regarding the disclaimer;
I think it needs to be there in the event that someone reading the post is indeed on crack.

In true Internet fashion, I feel compelled to point out that complaining about a waste of bandwidth is a waste of bandwidth.

-BF

(P.S. ::This is not satire. It's irony.::)

Mark Twain wrote:
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't."
- Following the Equator, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar