# Kerry camp beats Bushco to the enhancing "I approve this message" punch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265 "2004-07-22T00:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/21 "2004-07-22T06:04:44Z")
I think part of the reason is to prevent: [Homer Simpson doing his Mr. Burns imitation] “Hello, I’m George W. Bush and I’m a big smelly monkey. Please vote for me so I can eat your children and drop a nookular bomb on San Francisco [sub]paidforbyjohnkerry[/sub]” “I approve this message and so will everyone who doesn’t hate America. You don’t…_ **Hate America** _…do you?” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/22 "2004-07-22T06:12:52Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Homer Simpson _I am Rudy Giuliani…_ DO WHAT I SAY… _I am Rudy Giuliani…_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/23 "2004-07-22T06:31:47Z")
“I approve of this message so much,… I bought the country” ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/24 "2004-07-22T06:34:27Z")
My name is George dub-ya Bush and I approve this message. \ My name is George double-u Bush and ice approve this message. \ My name is George double-u Bush and I approve this massage. Wait a minute, guys… \ My name is…now wait… \ I am President George double-u Bush and I approve. Cut! Announcer: Reelect George W. Bush. He means well. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/25 "2004-07-22T06:41:29Z")
“I’m a George Dubya and if I don’t prove of this here message I’ll eat a bug” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/26 "2004-07-22T07:35:40Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > Color me ignorant, but… \ _why_ do they have to say that? It’s a new law this election that’s supposed to raise the tone of the mudslinging. The idea being that a politician won’t accuse his opponent of being a child-raping pig-kissing Scientologist if they have to attach their name and face at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/27 "2004-07-22T13:15:12Z")
“I’m Dragwyr, and I approve this posting.” “I’m Dragwyr, and I approve this purchase of Preparation H.” “I’m Dragwyr, and I approve this order of one Big Mac and an order of Fries.” ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/28 "2004-07-22T14:37:12Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > Kerry’s way behind. I’ve used it as my sig line ever since Bush started using it. Um, I think the OP is saying that Kerry is the first person to morph the “I approve this message” portion to an actual substantive part of the commercial, as in “I approve this message \”. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/29 "2004-07-22T14:43:45Z")
Hello…I’m…WilliamShatner…and…I…approvethismessage. _ **KHAN!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/30 "2004-07-22T23:49:20Z")
“I approve this message as a healthy part of a nutritious breakfast!” ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Cooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Agent\_Cooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Cooper)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/31 "2004-07-22T23:55:34Z")
I’m George W. Bush, and Almighty Gawd approves this message. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/32 "2004-07-23T00:08:15Z")
I’m George Bush, and I approved this message. I just didn’t understand it. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/33 "2004-07-23T00:09:53Z")
I’m John Kerry and my wife approves this message in five languages, but not all that fluently. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/34 "2004-07-23T01:08:23Z")
“I’m George Bush, and Dick Cheney approves this message.” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/35 "2004-07-23T06:32:51Z")
I’m George W. Bush and I approve of this message. If you don’t, then you support terrorists. I’m John Kerry and I approve of this message with extra ketchup. [sub]Buy Heinz[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/36 "2004-07-23T10:49:21Z")
. . . and I approved this message because my media consultants told me you’re stupid enough to believe it. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/37 "2004-07-23T10:57:28Z")
“I’m George W. Bush, John Kerry is a stupid dickface, and I approve this message.” “I’m John Kerry, that’s right, John Kerry - NOT George W. Bush - and I approve this message.” ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/38 "2004-07-23T16:33:30Z")
“I’m George W. Bush, and I approve this message because ketchup is a vegetable.” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/39 "2004-07-23T16:38:26Z")
“I’m Ralph Nader, and I don’t approve of anything.” ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265/40 "2004-07-23T18:58:38Z")
I’m **Liberal** , and I approve this message in the context in which it was originally intended, before the two-party system co-opted it for their own nefarious purposes. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerry-camp-beats-bushco-to-the-enhancing-i-approve-this-message-punch/256265.md?page=3)