April Fools Day is an appropriate time to tell the story behind the satirical report that sent the anti-Obama crowd into a frenzy. I wrote about it briefly in my article Military Oath Change Farce Fools Orly. The Jumping In Pools blog, where this originated, is lot of fun to read. I’m pleased to present the story behind the farce heard ’round the world.
I’m a history student right now, and politics really interest me. I have no love lost for the current President, but I’m not one to believe the crazy thoughts being thrown around the web. However, knowing a little about history and the feelings that some on the right wing of the Republican and Libertarian parties, it behooved me to jump in the fray.
So I started to write work that was tailored to my audience. Being a Republican, my work wasn’t going to break out with the left-wing crowd. I’d written satire before, but nothing that really hit it big. I had written about how MIT declared Obama to be genetically superior to the average man, but nothing really exploded.
So I remembered my history of the Third Reich and the fact that Hitler had the troops swear allegiance directly to him, and not the Weimar Constitution. So I threw some official names on it, gave some juicy details, and tagged it ‘satire.’ But I didn’t spread it. I went to bed that night, and noticed by 2:30 the next afternoon, my site had had over 1,000 views, which was a nice accomplishment. By the end of the day, lots of blogs and forums had spread it (not to mention email) and it had ballooned into over 17,000 hits. By today, that article must have gotten a lot of attention. (more…)
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