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Mayor Ed Lee Campaign Borrows Chairman Mao's Slogan

Mayor Ed Lee Campaign Borrows Chairman Mao's Slogan

First Ed Lee's winning the endorsement of the local Republican party, now his campaign is plastering Chinatown with slogans that bear a striking resemblance to the words of Mao Zedong. As the Epoch Times explains, the English translation of Ed's Chinese-language posters read: "With him handling things, you can take it easy." Contrast that with the slogan, "With you handling things, I can take it easy" that the Chairman famously scrawled on a note to his successor in 1976. Those words would later help Hua Guofeng take control of the People's Republic after Mao's death. Epoch Times writer Matthew Robertson explains the current significance of the phrase stateside: more ›

The M In M-Car Is For Mao

The M In M-Car Is For Mao

And the current lead for Most Awesomest Costume tonight goes to this guy.

Holy crap, McCain was right about socialists / commies / "they" taking over the country!!!

No, not really.

This guy was simply Awesome. more ›

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