• February 13, 2012

comparisons

LATECOMERS

Barack Obama Would Also Like to Talk About Hobbits Now

by Blair Burke

9:51 pm August 24, 2011

Speaking of hobbits, Wannabe Nerd President Barack Obama would like to be a belated guest to this “Let’s Talk About Tolkien!” party that is happening in Washington, for some reason. President Obama is a fan of at least one comic book superhero, and Lord of the Rings devotees should be comforted to know they have [...]

IT'S HER DAY TOO

Sarah Palin, Martin Luther King Pretty Much the Same Person

by Jack Stuef

12:45 pm January 17, 2011

What’s that moving rhetoric and stunning cadence we hear? It couldn’t be Martin Luther King, Jr., because he’s — oh! It’s Sarah Palin! Sometimes we confuse the two, seeing as they are basically the same person.

LINGUISTICS FOR PATRIOTS

Candidate Word Counter Reveals Obama And McCain’s Secret Hatred Of Truck Nutz

by Sara K. Smith

9:43 am September 22, 2008

We have seen this service before, this thingy that counts how many times a person said this word or that word, and it is interesting how John McCain says “love” more than Barack Obama, and Obama says “war” more than McCain. But the real story, as tipster Whitney notes, is that neither of them have [...]