St. Petersburg ‘Times’: Best Newspaper in America
Hey, St. Petersburg Times — welcome to your media bias scandal!
The entire article is saved for posterity, after the jump. Though as of right now, it’s still live and online.
Questions: Where did this come from? Is this Carl Cameron redux?
Update: It’s from the Borowitz report. No wonder we didn’t recognize it. Also, taken down, alas.
Rove, Satan plot GOP fall campaign strategy
White House adviser, Prince of Darkness resume longtime collaboration.
Compiled from Times wires
Published June 23, 2006
At a joint press conference today in Washington, White House adviser Karl Rove said that he would be plotting the Republican Party’s fall election strategy with his longtime comrade-in-arms, Satan.
The Prince of Darkness, wearing his traditional red horns and cape and carrying a smoldering pitchfork, appeared to beam as Mr. Rove, his protege, talked about how much he was looking forward to working with him on the fall campaign.
“Every time Satan and I get together, good things happen,” Rove said, adding, “Or should I say - bad things happen!”
The two of them then dissolved in laughter, demonstrating an easy collegiality that has made them an unbeatable team in past GOP campaigns.
Satan’s partnership with Rove goes back to 1994, when the two of them teamed up to orchestrate George W. Bush’s first election as governor.
But their work together reached its apogee, perhaps, during the 2004 presidential election, in which Rove and Satan devised the infernal “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” campaign.
While Satan let Rove have most of the spotlight in the hour-long press conference, he did take the microphone to say that he had been “relieved” recently when the White House advisor was cleared of all charges in the CIA leak investigation.
“I can’t imagine running a Republican campaign without my buddy here,” he said, giving Rove a bear hug. “There are plenty of Satans out there, but there’s only one Karl Rove.”
Elsewhere, Dan Rather retired from CBS after 44 years there but said that he would remain active in news and misinformation.
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Andy Borowitz, to me, ranks right up there with the daily show. Certainly deserves a link.
today's column: "Kerry sets firm timetable for making up his mind about war"
"I will make up my mind about Iraq, once and for all, by the end of this year, and not one day later," a resolute Sen. Kerry told his colleagues. "June 2007 at the very latest."
by Ben on 06/23/06 10:41 AM
Hahahahaha, editor of the Times was one of my profs at J school. Don't know if he's still there, but damn that's some fine work they're doing down there.
As an aside, I'm surprised they couldn't get an exclusive interview, seeing as Florida, and St. Pete in particular, is God's waiting room.
by TallyHo on 06/23/06 10:44 AM
But they have an *awesome* senior events blotter. Best in the business. The Bible for Fish Fries at Four on Friday, no doubt.
by Chicago Bureau on 06/23/06 11:34 AM
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