National Lampoon should be lampooned for this one: it is announcing today that it has acquired the website BarackObamaJokes.com, for an undisclosed sum. Which of course is a timely move, but considering that people are predicting he may turn out to be one of the most boring and centrist Presidents ever, may not provide as much fodder…Biden on the other hand, may compensate for it. So here’s how it is trying to broaden the mandate, so to speak: BarackObamaJokes.com is an online blog, aggregating political jokes and videos, focusing on our next United States President along with the overall political climate.” Meanwhile, JohnMcCainJokes.com and SarahPalinJokes.com are still, well, independent…
The company will add the site to its humor sites network. More info in the release.
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