This. Is. Amazing.
Last week, The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto posted an op-ed about Bernie Sanders. It included a perfectly unremarkable photo … with a perfectly brilliant caption:
Oh dear. This is a brutal photo caption. pic.twitter.com/BHjhSWL1i9
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 5, 2015
Sorry, Martin O’Malley. Guess it sucks to be you!
But oh, it’s so good to be the rest of us.
AHahahaha RT @MattGertz: Oh dear. This is a brutal photo caption. pic.twitter.com/nIF9ks2qXe
— Amelia (@AmeliaHammy) November 5, 2015
HAHAHAHHA YES!!!!!! https://t.co/KPoWWlF03l
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) November 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/662376602945363969
https://twitter.com/fanaticraven/status/662376956604846080
@MattGertz THE BEST.
— Mariya Strauss (@mariyastrauss) November 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/beardnscars/status/662378520597803011
@SethAMandel lol epic
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) November 5, 2015
Gosh, wonder how that caption got there …
Could it be a joke? Either way, funny. https://t.co/QZtyQANWhA
— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) November 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/662377250864672768
Comes from a James Taranto column, so probably just him being mean? https://t.co/vOkiY8Unpe
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 5, 2015
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Growing consensus that this is a @jamestaranto troll job.
— Alex Parker (@AlexParkerDC) November 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/662379127345963012
And you know what? We’re OK with that.
@AlexParkerDC @jamestaranto if so well done.
— Mark Kawada (@Mark_Kawada) November 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/662379331084279808
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Update:
Paul Gigot, Editor of the Editorial Page: "The caption is a joke about Martin O'Malley's obscurity… Liberals need a better sense of humor."
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) November 5, 2015
Full quote from WSJ editorial page editor Paul Gigot on caption identifying Martin O’Malley as “unidentified man.” pic.twitter.com/YRULP3BCze
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) November 5, 2015
No arguments here!
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