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    Is Obama the real-world Smiler?

    For those of you who havent' read Transmetropolitan, the Smiler, real name Gary Callahan, is the populist presidential candidate who is elected at the end of the first story arc of the comic. He's viewed as a source of change and wears a perpetual grin, but turns out to be more corrupt than the previous, Nixon-like president. And not just corrupt, but a really power-hungry flip-flopper who would profess anything to get into power, and who brutally represses any opposition when he's elected.
    Do you think all Obama wants is to get into the White House so he can rule the most powerful country in the world and do whatever he wants?
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    Yes, yes he is! We'd better stop him before it's too late.
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    No, we're witnessing the second coming of Jesus Christ
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    Obama is simply a large sentient banana. :ana:
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    Among the **** we all are poets
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    It's all meaningless since we know Bush will not leave office! I'm sure there's some comic stuff about that too
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    • #3
      No onodera, he's not. Be observant enough and you can see through the fakest of smiles. Obama is not fake, he actually believes what he says, which is very important.

      Look at Bush, every time he speaks, you wonder if he is even aware of what he is talking about.
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      • #4
        So now people are comparing Obama to characters from obscure comic books. What happened? Comparing him to Hitler got old?
        “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
        "Capitalism ho!"

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        • #5
          Next step will be Darth Vader
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          • #6
            Originally posted by DaShi
            So now people are comparing Obama to characters from obscure comic books. What happened? Comparing him to Hitler got old?
            Obscure? What other comic books do you think are obscure? V for Vendetta? The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Preacher?
            Damn, Sin City is more obscure than Transmetropolitan.
            Graffiti in a public toilet
            Do not require skill or wit
            Among the **** we all are poets
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            • #7
              Never heard of it.
              Contraria sunt Complementa. -- Niels Bohr
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              • #8
                i thought they meant the bloke out of 'last of the summer wine'
                "The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.

                "The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de Botton

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by onodera

                  Obscure? What other comic books do you think are obscure? V for Vendetta? The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Preacher?
                  Damn, Sin City is more obscure than Transmetropolitan.
                  Hmmm,
                  I've heard of V, league and Sin, but never Transmetropolitan. Maybe they need to make a movie.
                  It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                  RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                  • #10
                    How often do you read comics though, rah?
                    I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
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                    • #11
                      What happened? Comparing him to Hitler got old?
                      Best own goal ever.

                      Next step will be Darth Vader
                      This would have been better
                      "The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DaShi
                        So now people are comparing Obama to characters from obscure comic books. What happened? Comparing him to Hitler got old?
                        Well, I was comparing him to Robert Mugabe. The comparison still seems apt.
                        -rmsharpe

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                        • #13
                          No, clearly Obama is the real world Prez Rickard.
                          "In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, Hyperion

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by DinoDoc
                            How often do you read comics though, rah?
                            Not very often. 30 years ago, the answer would have been quite different. I could probably have named every comic published at the time. Now, no.

                            (I still have the first 10 issues of Conan bagged away)
                            They have to be worth something. Mint condition.
                            It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
                            RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by FrostyBoy
                              Obama is not fake, he actually believes what he says, which is very important.
                              Yes, as it makes him all the more scary. The guy is a flake.

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