# This has gotta be an April Fool's Joke...right?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-gotta-be-an-april-fools-joke-right/534666>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 1, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-gotta-be-an-april-fools-joke-right/534666 "2010-04-01T23:57:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-gotta-be-an-april-fools-joke-right/534666/1 "2010-04-01T23:57:53Z")

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[Hannity calls a crowd of Tea Partiers “Tim McVeigh wannabes.” They cheer.](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/1/853253/-F-U,-Sean-Hannity.-Timothy-Mcveigh-was-a-killer-bathed-in-American-blood.-HAVE-YOU-NO-SHAME-)

I could have put this disgusting shit in any number of threads, but it doesn’t deserve to be buried on the umpteenth page of “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” or “Teabagger classlessness.”

I’m just hoping it’s fake, but there’s video, so if it is, it’s a damned elaborate April Fool’s joke. These people are utterly abhorrent, and the Republican party is not only endorsing them, they’re _embracing and provoking_ them.

Hannity, Palin, Bachman…they’re the mouthpieces of the New Republicans, and it’s growing increasingly likely that they _want_ sedition and terrorism.

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-gotta-be-an-april-fools-joke-right/534666/2 "2010-04-01T23:59:55Z")

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[Relevent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558135)…which I’m not sure how you missed.

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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-gotta-be-an-april-fools-joke-right/534666/3 "2010-04-02T00:04:53Z")

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Not sure how I missed it either. Probably was still seeing red when I looked at the front page. Reporting this to get it closed.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-gotta-be-an-april-fools-joke-right/534666/4 "2010-04-02T00:08:10Z")

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Closed.