Day 1 at the RNC: Underwhelming

September 1st, 2008 at 2:08 pm

As we await commencement of day one of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, truncated by the now diminishing threat of Hurricane Gustav on the Gulf Coast, we here at the Observer thought we would bide our time with a little fun. The GOP handed out a media goodie bag to reporters that — along with letter openers, custom Republican notepads, and samples of newfangled sugar substitutes — contained this:

OK, dear readers, let’s have a contest. Whoever can come up with the funniest or cleverest remark/comment/joke/story about GOP-brand mac and cheese will become the proud owner of this rare bit of political paraphernalia. I’ll happily mail it to you. (Enter your suggestions in the comment section below.) Ready, set, go!

And while we’re on the topic of humor, check out these billboards that have gone up around town recently. This one will greet a number of visitors as they leave the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport:

This billboard, advertising a popular restaurant, is up on a heavily traveled street in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood:

So, it’s not without a healthy sense of humor that we Minnesotans are greeting this temporary takeover of our state.

by Jessica Chapman

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7 Responses to “Day 1 at the RNC: Underwhelming”

joejoejoe says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:41 am
All my cronies love Cheese and Macaroni!
Helga Lange says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
If you elect MAC, you’ll get more of the same stinky cheese!
Jacob Torres says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
After injesting GOP Mac&Cheese, I discovered too late that it was way too cheeeezy…..on my way to the store to purchase Prunne,prunge,OH HECK!!!!that purge stuff juice…..Jacob
McDonald Hartley says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Krafty Republican Mac & Cheese: full of carefully processed, but unnatural flavors and fillers; check expiration date (Jan 2009).

Product sold by weight not volume, and hype not substance; some settling of contents may have occurred during handling.
tom delay says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
cheese you,
you cheesin’
cheese!
Ronny Risinger says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Kraft “McCainarooni & Wheezy”. The “Maverick” noodle you’re used to covered in hot, Alaskan sauce.

Hey, it’s the best I could do when the Jeffersons popped into my head. Wasn’t George Jefferson’s wife named Wheezy? The GOP is indeed “movin’ on up!”

Thanks for the pics of the TX delegation/convention. That is what brought me to your site.
Annie says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Introducing the Republican ticket: Grandaddy Mac and the Alaskan Cheesy-Poof.

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