Because sometimes the Constitution is just one big, inconvenient headache.

June 18, 2008 7:52 PM

I'm Voting Republican. (SLYT)
posted by Wet Spot (36 comments total)

Oh sweet jesus.
posted by nola at 7:56 PM on June 18

flagged for lamosity
posted by tachikaze at 7:57 PM on June 18

That might have been funny if it was one fourth as long.
posted by demiurge at 8:05 PM on June 18

Way over the top, not that clever, but I did want to see it after Olbermann gave it a mention on Countdown.
posted by supercres at 8:05 PM on June 18

Oh sweet jesus.

It's HCFS I bet.
posted by cashman at 8:06 PM on June 18

That's right, High Corn Fructose Syrup, bitches.
posted by cashman at 8:07 PM on June 18

Well you know, attempts at shaming Republicans have worked so well before...
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 8:07 PM on June 18

This video is to biting political satire as Keith Olbermann is to Edward R. Murrow.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 8:07 PM on June 18 [6 favorites]

I'm voting Republican by not voting.
posted by Brocktoon at 8:09 PM on June 18

Wait, I take it back. We need rock stars telling Republicans they suck. That'll work.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 8:11 PM on June 18

And I thought Liberals were funnier than Conservatives. Silly me.
posted by spoobnooble at 8:11 PM on June 18

Pursuant to the BookHouse rule of martial arts when there is lame election-related stuff:

The first 5 minutes of The Book of the 18 Weapons of Kung Fu.
posted by cashman at 8:13 PM on June 18

That would have been funny if there was an actual difference between the two parties.
posted by Zambrano at 8:13 PM on June 18 [2 favorites]

Points for the flag collapsing in the cupcake, but not much else. The choir, she felt preached to.
posted by dhartung at 8:16 PM on June 18

Why, those Republicans and all who support them must be pure evil! This video will surely convince them of the error of their ways and persuade swing voters to vote Democrat as well.

How very clever.
posted by Krrrlson at 8:17 PM on June 18

I'm voting Republican out of spite.
posted by Science! at 8:19 PM on June 18 [1 favorite]

Demiurge, yes too long, and it could have been more inspired. Still, the point holds. As much of a "straight talker" as McCain says he is going to be it still means morons like Mitch McConnell and Boehner having more strength. As "independent" as the "Mav" likes to think he is, he is not running on an independent ticket.
posted by skepticallypleased at 8:23 PM on June 18

Does it say somewhere that the point of this ad is to convert Republicans?
posted by Brocktoon at 8:26 PM on June 18 [1 favorite]

I'm still voting Democtat even after watching that. Seriously with all that has happened over the last 7 years I can't think of why this clip would have to be made. Even Republicans can see something is wrong with their party, do we really have to go and whip up the spite vote by twisting everything they believe in around and shoving it in there face like this? They might as well have had a bunch of people saying; "I'm voting Republican because I'm a dumb shit who just likes to ruin it for everyone"
posted by nola at 8:28 PM on June 18 [2 favorites]

This is the kind of shit that makes me not want to be liberal any more. I hate that self-righteous bullshit.
posted by empath at 8:29 PM on June 18

cashman's got the right idea. There's an election coming up and, bitch as we might, there's gonna be a whole mess of votefilter posts popping up on the blue. I would very much like to see the Bookhouse Rule become a site institution. There's quality political debate to be had here on Metafilter, to be sure, but I'd really hate for the conflict to get out of hand. Therefore, let us post links to whup-ass videos along with our partisan screeds.

We can't stop the coming deluge of election threads. We can, however, make them a lot more fun. Who knows? Perhaps political bickering and over-the-top movie-fu will be the new chocolate and peanut butter, the two great tastes that taste great together.

So, ladies and gentlemen, I give you Tony Jaa.
posted by EatTheWeak at 8:32 PM on June 18

I hate that self-righteous bullshit.

Well, better not vote Republican then...
posted by StrangeTikiGod at 8:32 PM on June 18

Seriously with all that has happened over the last 7 years I can't think of why this clip would have to be made.

Let me expand on that thought. For 7 years we have good hard evidence for why the Republican party should not get another 4 years in power. Putting together that case would not be hard to do, but this is just simply an attack on people's personal beliefs, and thier vision of what they want for the country. 7 years the Bush administration has made the Democrat's case for why we need a change. But then this comes along and highlights all the wedge issues that keep us in this country from working towards any kind of common ground. It just pisses me right off.
posted by nola at 8:35 PM on June 18 [1 favorite]

This will do wonders to counteract the perception of Democrats as smug elitists.
posted by designbot at 8:38 PM on June 18

Wow.

Bashing Republicans. And the Republican Party.

This post certainly breaks new ground here at MetaFilter.

Live dangerously, Wet Spot. Keep on rockin' that wild spirit of innovation.
posted by jason's_planet at 8:38 PM on June 18 [2 favorites]

I'm voting Liberal because I want a government that likes killing babies as much as I do.

Hey, this is a fun game!
posted by chrominance at 8:44 PM on June 18

(er, crap, forgot this isn't Canada we're talking about. replace Liberal with Democrat. and strike several style points from my record.)
posted by chrominance at 8:45 PM on June 18

I like peanut butter and jelly sammiches!

wow. this thread is still here? amazing!
posted by ZachsMind at 8:49 PM on June 18

I'm voting Republican so that we can pass a law against Bobby Carmichael ever having to appear in a YouTube video again.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 8:54 PM on June 18

I'm voting Democtat because I want Mexico to overun our boaders. I'm voting Democrat because I want every honest citizen to have thier guns taken away and given to inner city thugs so they can loot the suburbs and conduct gay marriage ceremonies on top the corpses of aborted children, while singing The Internationale.
posted by nola at 8:54 PM on June 18 [1 favorite]

Here's my bookhouse contribution: the classic duel between Jackie Chan vs. Benny "the Jet" Urquidez from "Wheels on Meals".
posted by PsychoKick at 8:57 PM on June 18

Seriously with all that has happened over the last 7 years I can't think of why this clip would have to be made. Even Republicans can see something is wrong with their party

I agree. And I'm glad this video is getting panned here. That said, I do think there's a certain segment of the "liberal" population that can benefit from being convinced that the Republicans and Democrats are NOT interchangeable. I don't even understand it, personally. But I know a socialist activist who is campaigning for McCain. You wouldn't believe the cognitive dissonance that results from political discussions with this guy.
posted by naju at 9:16 PM on June 18

Even Republicans can see something is wrong with their party

I remember how convinced we all were that America wouldn't really be dumb enough to vote for Bush again.
posted by jsonic at 9:29 PM on June 18 [1 favorite]

Painfully unfunny.

Both the video and the commentary here. Needs more LOLZ.
posted by rokusan at 9:38 PM on June 18

But I know a socialist activist who is campaigning for McCain. You wouldn't believe the cognitive dissonance that results from political discussions with this guy.

Someone tell him that immiseration theory has been discredited for like fifty years already.
posted by Pope Guilty at 9:56 PM on June 18

I'm not voting. And this is silly in a bad way. Waste of effort.
posted by deep_sea_diving_suit at 9:56 PM on June 18