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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:30 PM
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Washington Post duped by fake teabagger 'Rep. Jack Kimble'
Source: Washington Post

Jack Kimble is not a member of Congress.

Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart learned this the hard way. Capehart made the mistake of referring to Kimble in a Monday night post as if he were an elected member of Congress.

Capehart's post Monday night read:

Why have the wars cost so much under Obama?" tweeted @RepJackKimble (R-Calif.) at 7:40am on Sept. 2. "Check the budgets, Bush fought 2 wars w/o costing taxpayers a dime." This stunning bit of fiscal ignorance earned him a tart barnyard expletive from @MWJ1231. But that exchange only highlighted the need to remind folks that the soaring deficits that have freaked them out -- and rightly so -- didn't get started with the inauguration of President Obama.

But Kimble is not a member of Congress; he just plays one on a blog, YouTube and on a Twitter account from which this particular tweet originated.

Read more: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/09/who-is-rep-jack-kimble.html
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:32 PM
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1. At least Capehart did not agree with the imposter...
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:36 PM
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2. See also: Poe's Law
Poe's Law states:<1>
“ Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing. ”

Poe's Law points out that it is hard to tell parodies of fundamentalism (or, more generally, any crackpot theory) from the real thing, since they both seem equally insane. Conversely, real fundamentalism can easily be mistaken for a parody of fundamentalism. For example, some conservatives consider noted homophobe Fred Phelps to be so over-the-top that they argue he's a "deep cover liberal" trying to discredit more mainstream homophobes.

More:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poe%27s_Law

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EXneoCON Donating Member (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:43 PM
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3. RepJackKimble is ...
...brilliant! Not-so-subtle satire that won't(shouldn't) zip over most people's heads. A definate must-read.

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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-07-10 01:52 PM
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4. Huffington got tricked too
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/02/jon-kyl-repeal-14th-amendment-immigrants_n_667098.html


<snip>
UPDATE: An earlier version of this story, echoing previous reports at other sites, listed Rep. Jack Kimble (R-Calif) as a co-sponsor of House legislation. Kimble is a fictional person. His name, obviously, has been removed.


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