Last year, a plaque was placed at the Chicago location where Barack and Michelle Obama supposedly shared their “first kiss.” National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru tweeted a photo to remind everyone that even though it’s been well over a year, the plaque is still ripe for mockery:
https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/403914836360577024
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/status/403914814168104961
@RameshPonnuru Looks like something North Korea would do.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) November 22, 2013
The people who placed the plaque are probably kicking themselves for not thinking of this:
@sunnyright Though North Korea would have noted how Kim had personally invented Ice Cream. @RameshPonnuru
— Michael Blum (@MichaelBlum3) November 22, 2013
The mega mockery and general creeped-out feelings continue:
@RameshPonnuru Cult of Personality… Reminds me of the plaques I used to see when living in Russia.
— RecessionCone (@RecessionCone) November 22, 2013
@RameshPonnuru Good Lord
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) November 22, 2013
It's so religious. When will we have to start making pilgrimages to these important sacred sites? RT @RameshPonnuru pic.twitter.com/Xd7O2W7Kur
— Jeff Young (@JeffersonYoung) November 22, 2013
Ruined a perfectly good rock RT @oddlysaid: That's the creepiest thing I've seen in a long time. RT @RameshPonnuru: pic.twitter.com/d22wXDSZ26
— Hanque (@not2lateshow) November 22, 2013
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https://twitter.com/KevinKozlowski/status/403923368581541888
@RameshPonnuru This is just bizarre. Maybe that Little Rock motel can set up a similar Clinton-themed plaque.
— Brian Stewart (@BrianStewartOH) November 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/OhioCoastie/status/403916566330236928
@RameshPonnuru Have any miracles been observed at this site? Have people started making pilgrimages here?
— Jason (@jasonhsv) November 22, 2013
If there’s a miracle involved, it’s that the plaque has survived in that same Chicago location over a year without ending up on Oprah’s mantel.
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