Head over to BarackObamaIsYourNewBicycle.com for randomly generated, positive sentences (often with a geeky tinge) about Barack Obama that are amusing even if at times non sequitur. A few amusing ones that were just generated for me:

• “Barack Obama wanted you to have some cupcakes.”
• “Barack Obama followed you on Twitter.”
  
• “Barack Obama picked you up at the airport.”
• “Barack Obama carries a picture of you in his wallet.”
  

OK, OK, moderately funny and definitely bizarre, but like so many other web phenomenons, this site’s success has brought along its fair share of copycats, my favorite of which has got to be HillaryIsMomJeans.com. The site’s format is nearly identical to Barack…Bicycle.com, but instead of Pro-Obama phrases, HillaryIsMomJeans contains non-sensical negative Hillary-phrases.

It’s not that I hate Hillary, or even that I think what makes this site funny is about being negative to Hillary, but rather, identifying with the things other people seem hate. Hillary Clinton just happens to be a vehicle for this hillarity. A few choice phrases I’ve come across so far are:

• “Hillary folded the map wrong.”
• “Hillary always says ‘Knock, Knock’ when she enters your office.”
• “Hillary asked you to pick up her drycleaning.”
• “Hillary did not make lemonade out of lemons.”

So, the question is whether these are subliminally effective. I’d say very likely. It might be easy to just laugh at the ridiculousness of such a proposition, but at the same time, it’s so easy to click through the phrases on these sites, that one can’t help chuckling, and ultimately leaves the site with a slightly more positive feeling for Obama, or in the latter case, a negative sentiment toward for Hillary, for things she didn’t even do.

I’m waiting now for JohnMcCainIsYourGreatGreatGreatGreatGreatGreatGrandfather.com.

(via Eliot)

Tags: fansites, funny as hell, geekery, politics, reader submission
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