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The band no longer plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama walks in…

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  1. The (Marine) Band no Longer Plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama Walks in. The musicians find it too difficult to play their instruments while they’re doubled over on the floor in fits of laughter.

  2. The band no longer plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama walks in…

    … because…um… ah…. RACIST

    … because that’s now reserved for when Valerie Jarrett enters the oval office.

    … and no one in the administration has figured out that it has been replaced with “Send in the clowns”

    … because Reggie Love got performance anxiety from such a large audience.

    … because they thought it might be offensive to Elizabeth Warren’s heritage

  3. The band no longer plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama walks in…

    … because it was a part of Bill Clinton’s demands to pimp for Barry in Charlotte

    … because it wasn’t in the band’s SEIU contract rider.

  4. …because hail is cold, and cold is more-or-less synonymous with cool, and cool is a racist term to apply to Obama. Not to mention that hail is white!

    Instead, now they play “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.”

    …although if you look carefully, those aren’t raindrops…

  5. The Marine band no longer plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama walks in out of deference to Obama’s most recent comment: “You didn’t play that.” Administration officials are still unsure as to who actually did most recently play the well known piece of music. Vice Presedent Biden, when interviewed, stated that “Of course they (the Marine band) played the piece. They work for the government, right?” Other officials within the White House are not so sure. A source who wished to remain off the record stated that “… while it is true the Marines are techincally in the employment of the government, the individual musicians put in quite a bit of hard work and practice to achieve the level of skill required to perform in such a high-profile position. They could not have done any of that without the roads and bridges required to get to lessons, much less the time they spent with that plastic recorder thing in music class at public school. It’s a sticky situation that we just haven’t figure out how to present in a way that flows well on the teleprompter.” It appears that until the administration can cooridnate with their campaign and create a suitable narrative on the matter, any official Presedential function will procede without any official musical introduction.

  6. The Band no Longer Plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama Walks in… Since Michelle ordered beans be substituted for meat in the White House kitchen, the Chief of Staff decided it’s more appropriate to play “The Thunderer.”


  7. Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
    so that more can go to the Fed.
    For, for Obama’s right. Aah.

    Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
    so that more can go to the Fed.
    For, for Obama’s right. Aah.

    A wife and a kids, need universal health care.
    ‘More Taxes,’ he says, ‘I’ll need to receive.’
    For, for Obama’s right. Aah.

    credit him a-tear up, the bailout’s all gone.
    I don’t wanna end up in a socialist slide.*
    For, for Obama’s right. Aah.

    It’s getting warm, we have done some harm
    The planet’s outta norm. Gore sounds the alarm.
    For, O bama’s right. Aah.

    (repeat last four)

    For, for Obama’s right. Aah.

    For, for Obama’s right. Aah.

    For, for Obama’s right. Aah.

    (Israelites — Desmond Dekker)

    Alternate lyrics (For, for Obama’s right. Aah. can be replaced with Poor, poor me, Obama’s blight)

  8. The Band no Longer Plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama Walks in… It’s election season, so has them play tunes that make him happy, like “The Washington Post” march. Or “The MSNBC” march. Or “The Countdown with Keith Olberman” march. Or “The Rachel Maddow Show” march…

  9. …because they sold all the instruments to pay for Obamacare. The Marines did not bring their own instruments, because they can’t afford instruments on a GS-9 salary. They sing “Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?” a capella instead.

  10. Correction: The Band no Longer Plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama Walks in… It’s election season, so he has them play tunes that make him happy, like “The Washington Post” march. Or “The MSNBC” march. Or “The Countdown with Keith Olberman” march. Or “The Rachel Maddow Show” march…

  11. they play The Benny Hill theme song while Janet Napolitano and her cronies suggestively chase their employees around in fast motion behind him with Bill taking up the rear of the chain brandishing a handful of cigars and Eric Holder staring longingly at the scene behind prison bars.

  12. because the Algonquin Tribe successfully received an injunction from the Ninth Circuit Court declaring the song racist and offensive to Native Americans. Defense Council’s attempt at mediation offering a bunch of shiny beads and disease-ridden blankets to dismiss the case was narrowly rejected.

  13. @phreshone says:

    The band no longer plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama walks in… because the lyrics are offensive when translated into Michele’s native tongue of Klingon.

    Hey, I thought she was Wookie? RRRGGLLLRRRR!!!!

  14. The Band no Longer Plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama Walks in. With his poll numbers looking more and more grim, the Marine Band Director thought it’d be a better idea for them to keep an eye on the furniture and the mini bar.

  15. The Band no Longer Plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama Walks in… He likes to rub it in that he let gays openly serve in the military, so he has the Marine Band jump up and do the can-can routine from “La Cage Aux Folles.”

  16. Barack Hussein is full of crap
    E I E I O
    There’s 57 States on his map
    E I E I O

    With a smug look here
    and a bad plan there
    Here a look
    there “plan”
    Hey this guy’s a jerk man
    Barack Hussein is full of crap
    E I E I O

    This guy said Romney wasn’t called ‘felon’
    E I E I O
    There’s nothing worthwhile in his melon
    E I E I O

    With some BS here
    and a cop out there
    Here some BS
    there a cop out
    All he does is whine and pout
    Barack Hussein is full of crap
    E I E I O

    He told us all we “didn’t build that”
    E I E I O
    That’s because he an a$$hat
    E I E I O

    He’s insulted us here
    and called us terrorist there
    Insulted here
    Name-called there
    Let’s kick him outta there fair and square

    Barack Hussein is full of crap
    E I E I O!!!!!!!

  17. but because Joe threw a tantrum and insisted on accompanying the band on his shiny new Fisher Price My First Xylophone, that limited their repertoire to the first stanza of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.

  18. @rodney dill: There’s some good ‘uns here, but Vogon poetry is definitely worthy of a win.

    The band no longer plays “Hail to the Chief” when Obama walks in…because Barack thought it would be more international if they played the Internationale.

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