Jan 17 2008
Ridiculously Crass Caption of the Day
Rumsfeld only realized at the last second that he had left his blue-and-red suit at home. Even Captain America was sympathetic.
The picture was used in a 2005 Washington Post article on Defense-Marvel cooperation. On the Superhero Nation Scale of Cluelessness, I give its author a 7 out of 10.
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“It’s clobberin’ time!” is the first sentence. Ouch. Even if the article mentioned The Thing, that would be inexcusable.
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“…Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (normal human strength, no known superpowers)…” Heh.
- Use of the phrase “G-man”: solid. Use of the phrase “G-man” to describe a government bureaucrat: questionable.
- “Either Marvel Comics is really hard up for readers and needs an ultra-dynamic, Pentagon-heavy publicity gimmick to boost its sales, or Rumsfeld is finally ready to admit that only a superhero can extricate us from Iraq.” Translation: I don’t write for the editorial page, but I want to.
