MAD debuts Obama 'Drone Ranger'

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How is President Barack Obama like the Lone Ranger? MAD Magazine is having its say on the matter, featuring the president — in spoof form— as the masked, Old West ranger on the cover of its latest issue. (The Lone Ranger was a 1930s radio show that became a television program and comic series. Most recently, it was made into a movie, coming outin July.)

His Tonto, of course, is Vice President Joe Biden.

The subject? Drones. The headline? The Drone Ranger. The subhead? “Now Bombing Everywhere.”

“President Obama is scaling back the use of drones to kill terrorists and foreign enemies,” MAD writes. “Which is really a shame. Drones are destructive, extremely violent, and one of the laziest ways to destroy something. They’re just so American! Besides, the way Obama was mysteriously meting out a swift brand justice — it reminded us of someone else. …”

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