# Snappy Comeback to "Hopey Changey" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508 "2011-10-13T07:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/1 "2011-10-13T07:11:02Z")
I came across a person on a lesser part of the Internet who hit me with that wonderful Palin line, “So, how’s that hopey-changey thing working out for ya’?” (You have to admire a great line, it can obscure thought so well.) I half-remember a snappy comeback that mimics the original. It was something along the lines of “Fine, how’s that something, something going for you?” It was a great lines, a wonderful comeback, a classic. And, I have forgotten it. Anyone got one for me? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/2 "2011-10-13T07:17:44Z")
There is [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558053), which may offer some good comebacks. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/3 "2011-10-13T07:23:35Z")
Post #59 is pretty good. EDIT: God damned five minute edit window. I HOPE that some day we can CHANGE it to 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/4 "2011-10-13T07:29:38Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > “Fine, how’s that _something, something_ going for you?” Actually seems like quite a good comeback all of itself. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/5 "2011-10-13T07:36:36Z")
Well, imagine how I feel asking on the Dope about a thread on the Dope. But, nope that thread was into attacks on Sarah Palin. I am pretty sure I read a comeback that had the rhythm of the original. I need something I can toss back at the other fellow. Of course he also asked, “What has the EPA ever done for you?” so you can see he is a bit delusional. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/6 "2011-10-13T07:46:18Z")
"How’s that mavericky, quitty thing going for _you_? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/7 "2011-10-13T08:39:45Z")
Again, handy if I should meet Sarah Palin, elsewise not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/8 "2011-10-13T09:42:30Z")
“How’s that hopeless stagnancy workin’ out for you?” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/9 "2011-10-13T13:01:35Z")
“Quite well, thank you.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/10 "2011-10-13T13:15:43Z")
I think, as a response to Palin herself, a nice comeback would be: “Oh grow up, you fucking idiot. You’re supposed to be a serious politician. Try acting like one for a change.” ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/11 "2011-10-13T13:36:56Z")
“Fine. How’s that Bat-Shit Crazy thing working out for you…?” or “Why do you hate America…???” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/12 "2011-10-13T15:07:58Z")
On the fence about whether I should post this. Warning, offensive to some. Heard a comic tell this one on the radio the other day: What’s the difference between Sarah Palin’s mouth and her vagina? Only _one_ retarded thing has come out of her vagina. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/13 "2011-10-13T15:20:22Z")
Hopeless changeless. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/14 "2011-10-13T15:22:34Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > "How’s that mavericky, quitty thing going for _you_? I think “dopey, quitty” works better because of the partial rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/15 "2011-10-13T15:48:20Z")
Down with hope. Down with change. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/16 "2011-10-13T16:37:25Z")
Might have been this not Palin-specific bit of brilliance: > [@elucidator](#): > > Hows that dopey-derangey thing working out for you? ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/17 "2011-10-13T16:40:04Z")
“You’ve got something against hope and change?” ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/18 "2011-10-13T17:22:23Z")
The Straight Hope… Fighting ignorant MILFs born before 1973…It’s taking longer than we thought…Hopey Changey and all… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/19 "2011-10-13T18:44:34Z")
“How’s that Downsy-Wownsy kid working out for you?” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508/20 "2011-10-13T19:55:25Z")
Hows’ that MICHELLE FUCKING BACHMANN thing working out for ya! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snappy-comeback-to-hopey-changey/599508.md?page=2)