Obama volunteer #1: Are you registered to vote? Register to vote, November 2nd!
Obama volunteer #2: November 4th!
–Union Square
Overheard by: RM
Archive for the ‘Democrats’ Category
Nobody Voted For Lex, Though
In Superman Returns, Lex Luthor is explaining his plans for attaining huge amounts of land, power, and wealth at the expense of billions of people’s lives.
Man, shouting: George Bush!
–Magic Johnson/AMC Theater, 124th St.
Overheard by: S
For a Pre-Marital Look at a Pussy
Woman: Her parents are Republicans! They must be! I knew that I would eventually become a target of the Republican conspiracy.
Man: Why do you say that?
Woman: Don’t you see? They’re obviously trying to turn our son against us by taking him out of the country.
Man: If they’re Republicans, why would they be bringing him to France?
–Cobble Hill
That Makes Judah Benjamin the First Neocon
Girl: Independence Day? I don’t believe people are celebrating it this year, what with the war and everything!
Guy: Yeah…
Girl: I mean people want to celebrate like everything is fine, while we have the worst President ever in office fucking everything up!
Guy: I wouldn’t say that…
Girl: What? How can you say that? Name another President who has done more to fuck up this country?
Guy: Well, we will always have Jefferson Davis.
–Park Slope
Putting the DNC Back in Dancing
Guy: Are you more of a Democrat or a Republican?
Girl: Hmm. That’s a tough one. It’s like being in West Side Story.
–Tennessee Mountain, SoHo
Readers: Answer This Overheard Question
Man: What do you give a 16 year old Republican besides a kick in the teeth?
–Barnes & Nobles, Park Slope
Now That’s Audacity
Man giving out Obama condoms: Here, have some condoms!
18-year-old girl: No thanks, I get them for free.
Man giving out Obama condoms: But these ones are flavored with hope!
–Times Square
Overheard by: kms1234567890
Wednesday One-Liners for Tammany Hall
Girl with Obama pin: Oh my god, I can’t believe I spent this whole night hanging out with a Republican!
–104th St & Manhattan Ave
Overheard by: Emily
Guy to friends: There’s only one thing I want him to shove down my throat, and it’s not his Republican ideals.
–43rd & 8th
Gov’t. Teacher: Sometimes you wanna smack a moderate.
–Curtis High School, Staten Island
Overheard by: jules
Woman: I blame McCain for the snow.
–St. Mark’s & 3rd Ave
Overheard by: Philip & Richard
Wednesday One-Liners for Change
Black lady to family in obama t‑shirts: You know how all those irish people have pictures of kennedy hanging up in their living rooms? Now we can do that too!
–Whole Foods, Columbus Circle
Overheard by: Definitely has a JFK picture in her apartment
Guy selling obama-themed condoms: Remember the election with every erection!
–Times Square
Overheard by: Mary Button
Black woman with a child in her stroller braiding her hair: There’s gona be a lot of braidin in the white house.
–1 Train
Overheard by: Subway surfer
Woman on cell phone: Girl, if I can get to the front of the line at the vma’s I can get to the front of the line at the damn inauguration. Shiiiit it’s barack obama, girl!
–manhattan dental waiting room
Overheard by: Catherine
Stoned kid to a group of his friends discussing politics: You know what’s scary bro? If obama gets assassinated, george bush is gonna be president again.
–1 Train @ 2AM going Downtown
Black man handing out metro: “get your obama metro! Get your obama metro! See, anyone can be president… I’m next!”
–59th Street, Lexington Ave
Overheard by: Yes we can!
Let’s Chip in and Get Wednesday One-Liners a GPS for Christmas
Confused American: I used to think Atlantic City was in Atlantic State.
–Downtown A Train
Overheard by: MBS
Drunk guy: I don’t understand why people are giving Sarah Palin so much grief over that Russia thing. It really *is* pretty close to Alaska.
–W 66th St
Overheard by: Emily B.
Anti-McCain dude to another: Man, Sarah Palin is crazy. Yo, she’s just crazy. Why did John McCain even pick her? She’s not even an American citizen, she’s Alaskan!
–The Bronx
Nervous white lady: Um, is the Broadway/Lafayette stop coming up soon?
–Uptown 1 Train
UPS guy to lost tourists: I’m not a GPS! I’m the UPS!
–Prince & Lafayette
Overheard by: dee
