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The Anti-Obama 'Metrosexual Black Abe Lincoln’ Ad Campaign Would've Been The Funniest Shit Ever

Mobutu Sese Seko · 05/18/12 12:32PM

Yesterday morning, the New York Times reported on a super-PAC plan submitted to Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade and owner of the Chicago Cubs. Entitled, "The Defeat of Barack Hussein Obama: The Ricketts Plan to End His Spending for Good," it proposed a $10 million series of ads tying Obama to Reverend Jeremiah Wright. By early afternoon, Ricketts had abandoned the plan outright.