Nearly The News #083

 TEA PARTIERS TO FICTIONAL VICTIM: DROP DEAD

At a recent Tea Party sponsored debate on CNN, people in the crowd started chanting “na na na na, hey, hey, hey, goodbye” when candidate Ron Paul was asked if a fictional uninsured man with a serious illness should be left to die.
Responding to criticism after the event, a spokesperson told NTN that this is still America where people can chant for the demise of the non-existent victim of an illness all they want, and this is just an attempt by the main stream media to not focus on finding Obama’s real birth certificate.

OBAMA TO REPUBLICANS: OH IT’S LIKE THAT, IS IT?

A new tough talking President Obama warns that Republicans better “check themselves, before they wreck themselves.”  Obama is pushing a new set of spending and tax initiatives, and says he won’t be meeting anyone halfway.  “You must be stone cold trippin’” said the President when asked about any potential compromise with the GOP.  Obama says he’s often sounded too nice in the past and is trying out some new talking points.  When asked for comment, speaker Boehnner said he had “no idea what the President was saying… seriously.”
And finally…

NO PANTIES FOR LEO

Leonardo DiCaprio says the lack of cross-dressing in his new film J Edgar is an acting, not marketing choice. J Edgar Hoover, the former head of the FBI, was know as a closeted gay man who sometimes dressed like a woman. But DiCaprio says leaving that out was not designed to boost the box office.  “Who wouldn’t want to see me in a lace corset and panties,’ said the actor.  “I just felt that when you portray an historic figure, sometimes you have to leave out the best stuff… or something.”

This episode written by Collin Friesen.