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(Some Guy)   Yesterday: Huffington Post was mad because Obama doesn't watch TV. Today: AP asks GOP candidates what they'd take to a desert island. Tomorrow: The media complains that no one cares about real issues   (news.aol.com) divider line
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Diggin
2007-05-04 2:25:37 PM  
hmmm... is it "desert" or deserted"? I'm having a grammatical breakdown after reading Smitty's headline.
 
dogdaze
2007-05-04 2:29:21 PM  
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ShillinTheVillain
2007-05-04 3:37:12 PM  
FTFA: "New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson: "Blackberry and a Davidoff cigar.""

Awesome idea, dumbass. Bring a Blackberry that won't get service and will be dead in 3 days, and a cigar but no matches.
 
whconner4
2007-05-04 3:37:29 PM  
Yes, by all means, lets go on the official network of the administration to provide them with oodles of comments to take out of context.

I mean, Fox News is fair and balanced and....oh, I can't even go on.

Fox News sucks, it sucks, it sucks, it sucks.

Meh.
 
Doctor Funkenstein
2007-05-04 3:37:33 PM  
Tom Tancredo, U.S. Representative, Colorado (R)

Desert Island Necessity: Boat

Well, one of them got it right. Well, Kuccinich did too - I'd take his wife as well.
 
Mr. Anon
2007-05-04 3:37:57 PM  
dogdaze

Would republicans go to a primary debate sponsored by the DNC?

There is little difference between the RNC and Fox News.
 
stevecody
2007-05-04 3:39:47 PM  
THESE are the folks who want to lead the war on terror:

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organizized
2007-05-04 3:41:10 PM  
The Huffington Post isn't "the media". It's a loose collection of ego-driven bloggers, whose influence extends nowhere beyond themselves. Their relationship with real news and commentary is parasitic--they merely glom onto whatever flotsam du jour that floats their way, and offer up thin analyses, which are then promptly forgotten.

Hmm, sounds familiar...
 
RabidCanary
2007-05-04 3:42:33 PM  
It was informative. I had no idea those guys really don't believe in evolution. I'm afraid.... very afraid.
 
ShillinTheVillain
2007-05-04 3:44:01 PM  
Why didn't anybody say any of the following:

A satellite phone
A fully staffed yacht
Kate Beckinsale

Man, our politicians are boooooooring.
 
zerkalo
2007-05-04 3:44:25 PM  
Gotta fill in those 18 months with something
 
Arnold T Pants
2007-05-04 3:45:47 PM  
What is your desert island necessity?

Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards: "A very large vagina."

/He's a giant douche.
 
oddmanout
2007-05-04 3:47:59 PM  
thats it, i'm voting for Tom Tancredo... he's the only non-idiot there who knows how to get out of a bad situation.
 
Great Janitor
2007-05-04 3:49:05 PM  
If I were stuck on a deserted island, I'd want Dr. Phill, Rosie O'Donnald and a boat. The plan is simple, leave those two behind never to be heard from again and I'll return on the boat to a hero's welcome.
 
L.B. Jeffries
2007-05-04 3:49:13 PM  
I liked the desert island question too. I kept hoping someone would say a .44 and a bottle of bourbon.

I'd vote for that person in a heartbeat.

/would take enough bourbon to not need the .44
 
69Liters
2007-05-04 3:49:46 PM  
The three guys that raised their hand when asked who did not believe in evolution (Huckabee, Tancredo,adn Brownback) were the three with the smartest answers (subjectively) to what they would take to the desert island... funny...
 
NICU8697
2007-05-04 3:53:52 PM  
69Liters
The three guys that raised their hand when asked who did not believe in evolution (Huckabee, Tancredo,adn Brownback) were the three with the smartest answers (subjectively) to what they would take to the desert island... funny...

Not all men are smart in all things.
 
IXI Jim IXI
2007-05-04 3:56:13 PM  
Today: AP asks GOP candidates what they'd take to a desert island.

(May 1) - John McCain 's answer was both practical and deeply personal when he was asked in the 2000 presidential campaign what item he'd most like to have if he were stranded on a desert island: "SPF 45 sunblock."

Tomorrow...submitter buys a frickin' calendar, or just realizes that this was posted yesterday, also.
 
trippdogg
2007-05-04 3:58:29 PM  
"Tarp."

A tarp? So a tent would be a little too upscale for you, and heaven help those city slickers with their "mobile homes"...
 
infantry
2007-05-04 3:58:36 PM  
IXI Jim IXI

Tomorrow...submitter buys a frickin' calendar, or just realizes that this was posted yesterday, also.

i just dont understand where all your hostility comes from. maybe you should look at pornography rather than fark.com
 
ShillinTheVillain
2007-05-04 4:00:07 PM  
trippdogg: A tarp? So a tent would be a little too upscale for you, and heaven help those city slickers with their "mobile homes"...

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ludditemike
2007-05-04 4:00:28 PM  
Submitter, I don't have any idea what it is that you just said.
 
tweekster
2007-05-04 4:00:45 PM  
oddmanout:

Why would a desert island be a bad situation? sounds like paradise
 
L.B. Jeffries
2007-05-04 4:01:53 PM  
infantry

You kidding? 4:00 p.m. on Friday is the PERFECT time to fark with people. It's the full moon of the work week. Everyone has been happy all day and now they just want to get the fark out of the office. People get stabbed. Or trolled on Fark.
 
Rapmaster2000
2007-05-04 4:01:55 PM  
I saw some old douche on C-SPAN a few weeks ago tell Obama that he wouldn't vote for him unless he quits smoking.

Seriously. That's an important issue for some old guy from Vermont.
 
IXI Jim IXI
2007-05-04 4:02:18 PM  
infantry: i just dont understand where all your hostility comes from. maybe you should look at pornography rather than fark.com

I waste enough time at work just HERE... :D
 
infantry
2007-05-04 4:03:49 PM  
L.B. Jeffries

You kidding? 4:00 p.m. on Friday is the PERFECT time to fark with people. It's the full moon of the work week. Everyone has been happy all day and now they just want to get the fark out of the office. People get stabbed. Or trolled on Far

i guess. although i have been looking at porn for most of the day.
 
Rapmaster2000
2007-05-04 4:04:37 PM  
Did anyone notice the other day that Mitt Romney said his favorite book (after the Bible of course) was Battlefield Earth? As if being Mormon wasn't weird enough, now he has to dabble in Scientology too.
 
infantry
2007-05-04 4:04:44 PM  
IXI Jim IXI

waste enough time at work just HERE... :D

carry on, sir! by no means let me interfere with your wasting of work time :)
 
RabidCanary
2007-05-04 4:09:24 PM  
If I was on a desert island, I would bring a barrel of oil. It would only be a matter of time before American troops liberate me from my own persecution.
 
HotWingConspiracy
2007-05-04 4:11:26 PM  
I would bring a Les Stroud.
 
boogie_down
2007-05-04 4:13:24 PM  
Condoms.
Ruffies.
Jessica Alba.
 
IrishJMA
2007-05-04 4:14:10 PM  
I swear, between the bi-partisan bullshiate and all the superficial nonsense we hear about candidates that has nothing to do with political stances, I think we can safely conclude why hardly anyone votes anymore.

/starting a party for voters sick of the BS
//calling it the Common Sense Party
///party motto "Vote for us and we'll personally come and slap some sense into you."
 
KRSESQ
2007-05-04 4:17:47 PM  
Correct answers:
1. A boat (preferably sail - don't have to worry about fuel)
2. Lots of paper and lots of pencils (to write that best selling novel based on your experience)
3. A cigarette lighter (even after the fuel is gone you can use the igniter to start fires.)

Incorrect (unimaginative/stupid) answers:
1. A book (how many times can you read the same book over and over before you kill yourself out of boredom?)
2. Wife/beautiful woman/women (even on a desert island they'll manage to nag you to death)

Best answer I ever heard:
A Wal-Mart and a credit card.
 
revskippy
2007-05-04 4:19:51 PM  
WHen are they going to get to the hard hitting questions we have to have answered to vote in an intelligent manner?

Like what kind of tree they would be.
 
flaEsq
2007-05-04 4:28:09 PM  
Drunk again, admin?
 
denmeister
2007-05-04 4:33:19 PM  
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Happy May 4th!!!!
 
give me doughnuts [OhFark]
2007-05-04 4:45:57 PM  
The proper answer is,"What does this have to do with deciding who you think is fit to lead this country? What kind of an idiot would ask this question?"
 
medicalfools
2007-05-04 4:50:11 PM  
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo: "Boat."

win.
 
PenguinTheRed
2007-05-04 5:05:09 PM  
Not a single Democrat thought to bring anything practical. It speaks volumes.

Tom Tancredo for president!
 
selloco
2007-05-04 5:12:33 PM  
How exactly does a newspaper become mad?
 
osmosis
2007-05-04 5:40:49 PM  
Wow its getting really easy to see whos sponsoring/running Fark now.
 
McManus_brothers
2007-05-04 6:22:56 PM  
My faves from each side:

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd: "Coffee with cream and sugar."

Yeah, sure, dumbass. I hope the coffee gives you the shiats. That's a pussy answer.

Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback: "Tarp."

I dunno, I laugh when I hear the word "tarp". Especially when I think of Brownback saying it. I'm surprised he didn't say, "The Holy Bible."
 
Newbaca
2007-05-04 6:39:08 PM  
Good job subtard, equating a contributor to a blog to the entire media establishment. With that kind of spin you're definitely going places in the GOP!
 
Korovyov
2007-05-04 6:39:28 PM  
"A large, unpaid debt to the IRS" and "Bill Gates's kidnapped daughter" might both generate large SAR efforts.
 
worldbeater
2007-05-04 7:29:48 PM  
"What would you need on a desert island?"

"A workable exit strategy."
 
deevo
2007-05-04 7:57:30 PM  
I love it when stuff from the politics tab ends up repeated on the main page 3 days late.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-05-04 8:31:40 PM  
Newbaca: Good job subtard, equating a contributor to a blog to the entire media establishment.

subtard: Yesterday: Huffington Post was mad because Obama doesn't watch TV. Today: AP asks GOP candidates what they'd take to a desert island. Tomorrow: The media complains that no one cares about real issues

Well, first off the subtard DID specify Huffington Post. However, the other part of the headline is from an AP story. AP is hardly a blog, in case you haven't noticed.

And if the last crack at the media in general is what you mean, may I point out that in the last 25 years they have degenerated from asking serious questions to asking presidential candidates what's on their iPods, what kind of underwear they prefer, what TV shows they like and the aforementioned nonsense.

Can you imagine a reporter asking FDR or Lincoln or JFK questions like that? The irrelevancy and shallowness boggles the mind.
 
PenguinTheRed
2007-05-04 8:55:18 PM  
This would be a great way to hold the election: everybody gets put on a desert island with the item of their choice and whoever lives gets to be president!
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2007-05-04 10:08:56 PM  
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama : "Other than my wife and my kids,

You would condemn your family to a life on a desert island? What a dick.
 
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