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For the love of Crom!

• Humor • Obama Administration

Via Atrios, this is the best Onion story in forever.

President Barack Obama expressed frustration Wednesday after members of his cabinet failed to recognize his allusion to the 24th issue of the comic series Savage Sword Of Conan during their first major meeting together…

“If my inner circle of advisers can’t even communicate about the most basic issues, how are we going to tackle the massive problems our nation faces?” Obama said during a press conference. “When I tell my cabinet that getting bipartisan support is exactly like the time Conan got Taurus to help him steal Yara’s jewel, they need to understand what I mean.”

Seriously, go read the whole thing.

 

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Posted by Auguste on 11:16 PM • (8) Comments

This guy may be almost as good a President as Fitzbunny was a Prime Minister!

Comment #1: Phoenician in a time of Romans  on  01/27  at  11:22 PM

“If my inner circle of advisers can’t even communicate about the most basic issues, how are we going to tackle the massive problems our nation faces?”

I know how the guy feels. And speaking of that, Auguste, unless you’re doing some ultra-geeky *nix-Conan mashup you might want to change the headline (or at least make the “c” in Cron lower case).

Beyond that, I can only hope that Obama is the kind of liberal who knows what is best in life when dealing with the likes of the GOP.

Comment #2: Gracchus.  on  01/27  at  11:53 PM

Cron? It’s Crom!

That’s a good article, although I’m more amused by the attention to accuracy. Yes, that is the actual plot to and picture of Savage Sword Of Conan #24. I think the writer might be trying to impress Obama.

Comment #3: Master Mahan  on  01/28  at  12:55 AM

I still want Google Crom.

Comment #4: StarStorm  on  01/28  at  03:11 AM

i love that last line: “Wonder Woman? that’s not even Marvel”!!!

Comment #5: denelian  on  01/28  at  03:30 AM

Is it sick and sad that I immediately recognize those characters and plot as the Robert E. Howard classic “The Tower of the Elephant?”

Comment #6: Lisa KS  on  01/28  at  10:45 AM

I don’t think so Lisa, I’m sitting here going “Robert Howard wrote ‘The Tower of the Elephant’, Roy Thomas only adapted it you fools!”.

But this:

... Obama asked him what he knew about 1984’s Secret Wars, a 12-issue limited Marvel release. Gates then handed a visibly confused Obama 1,400 classified pages on covert CIA operations in El Salvador.

Now that’s comedy!

Comment #7: Sarcastro  on  01/28  at  11:50 AM

That is fucking hilarious! I can’t tell you how many times a day I exclaim “Crom!” at work.

Comment #8: Mark  on  01/28  at  12:59 PM
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