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Our Endorsements: Here's a Clown Answer, BRO!
* Clowning Harry Reid.
* What's next, JFK: Skirt Hunter?
* What happens to NYC when President Obama pays a visit.
* Justin Beiber plays it safe on the fence with David Letterman.
* Mommy skills count when applying for a job, from McSweeney's.
* Winter is coming. Game of Thrones political attack ads from Mother Jones.
* Just when you thought it was safe to wade into the ocean of politics again…the Tea Party.
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HBO Apologizes for Putting George Bush's Head on a Spike
Yesterday — after news surfaced that Game of Thrones featured a scene in which George W. Bush's head was given a cameo and the right-side of the Internet erupted in collective indignation — HBO officials issued a formal apology, adding that they "were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste." So, that should calm everybody down, right?Haha, no seriously. Such apologies seem pretty unlikely to calm the jangled patriot-nerves of conservatives like Brooklyn GOP chair Craig Eaton, who has never seen the show but also is never ever going to watch the show now. So, take that, HBO…
"I think that it's despicable. As a country, Democrats, Republicans, we have to have respect for the office and the individuals," Mr. Eaton said to the Mail Online. "Once we lose that respect, the United States looks weak."…
"Whether you like him or dislike him, whether you're of the same political persuasion or not, we still have to respect the office of the presidency and all of those who hold that presidency," Mr. Eaton said. He said that even he would never condone President Barack Obama's head being impaled for a television show.
"Americans of all political persuasions should stand up and demand that things like this should not continue," Mr. Eaton said.
Right on! Rally the troops, Craig!
"They should boycott watching this particular show."
Hmmmm… yes, a boycott. That's certainly one way to go about it. But, I don't know… Here's the thing with that. At the end of this last season, we finally got a good look at some White Walkers and they had this entire army of the undead that they were bringing to… Well, that's not important. Let's just suffice to say that right now is not a good time for a Game of Thrones boycott. Maybe after next season.
Although, jeeze. I'm really kinda dying to find out who Jon Snow's mother is. Oh, and what's going to happen with Dany's dragons. Is she ever coming back to Westeros?
I'll tell you what. I'll boycott the show right after we find out who's going to sit upon the Iron Throne permanently. Is that a good compromise?
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Do You Recognize This Severed Head?
According to the audio commentary for the season 1 finale to Game of Thrones, a certain well-known figure in American politics somehow ended up making a cameo as a decapitated head on a poll in Westeros' capital city Kings Landing.
Can you figure out who it is?
Answer after the jump…
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GOP of Thrones: What Is Incumbent May Never Die
And who are you, the proud congressman said, that I must bow so low? Only an elephant of a different coat, that's all the truth I know.
Here's one last collection of Game of Thrones/D.C. mash-ups from climactic final two episodes of season two…
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See the full gallery here!
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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News/Getty Images
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GOP of Thrones: A Town Without Honor
Here's some more Game of Thrones/D.C. mash-ups from last night's episode "A Man Without Honor" that we found hiding out in the old mill…
Tags: Game of Thrones, Television
