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June 30, 2008 3:45 PM Subscribe
I'm voting Republican. Americans from many career types describe why they're voting Republican. More info about the video.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This went pretty badly last time. -- cortex
well, only a moron or a mefite would vote for the anti-Christ.
posted by quonsar at 3:52 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by quonsar at 3:52 PM on June 30, 2008
I'm posting a strawman.
A funny, thought-provoking one... but still somewhat of a strawman. :-)
posted by bugmuncher at 3:52 PM on June 30, 2008
A funny, thought-provoking one... but still somewhat of a strawman. :-)
posted by bugmuncher at 3:52 PM on June 30, 2008
So this would have been paid for by soft money, I'm assuming?
posted by Effigy2000 at 3:55 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by Effigy2000 at 3:55 PM on June 30, 2008
Also, maybe it's just me, but I can't get the damn thing to play past 2:33. I've tried six times now...
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 3:56 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 3:56 PM on June 30, 2008
The video was already too long and they have to go and make extremely boring explanations of each sarcastic line?
Brevity is the soul of wit.
posted by demiurge at 3:57 PM on June 30, 2008
Brevity is the soul of wit.
posted by demiurge at 3:57 PM on June 30, 2008
I'm voting republican because all those people were freaky-looking. And I suspect some were from Canada. Or Minnesota.
posted by WolfDaddy at 4:01 PM on June 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by WolfDaddy at 4:01 PM on June 30, 2008 [1 favorite]
So now Republicans will make one of these telling similarly huge fat lies about Democrats. This is so exciting.
posted by Faze at 4:02 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by Faze at 4:02 PM on June 30, 2008
This is weird to see on here; a friend of mine was involved in its production and was just as surprised as anyone when it became ubiquious. It's an amazingly nice piece of work for something with almost no budget, and while you can level critiques at it - those aren't really Republicans! - I think it demonstrates how voting (R) this time around goes against your self-interest whether you're a childess black lesbian with a PhD, a Mormon truck dealership owner with four kids, or a Florida-born, Sorbonne-educated colony of blue-green algae.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 4:03 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by Optimus Chyme at 4:03 PM on June 30, 2008
As this one should be.
posted by Monochrome at 4:04 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by Monochrome at 4:04 PM on June 30, 2008
So is a deleted double really a double?
Do these things get any better with age?
posted by Floydd at 4:05 PM on June 30, 2008
Do these things get any better with age?
posted by Floydd at 4:05 PM on June 30, 2008
That was shit.
I mean, I loathe and detest Republicans as much as the next guy, but if you're gonna do this sort of thing, it should at least be funny. Or thought provoking. Or something else other than the usual, glib, self-congratulatory wank that convinces nobody and accomplishes nothing other than letting your existing supporters bask in the warm glow of their own smugness.
When you compare this with the wonder that was Will.I.Am's Obama video, the two things are worlds apart. One attracts you to the cause, whereas this... almost makes you wanna vote Republican in order to distance yourself from the losers who made a crappy video like this.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:08 PM on June 30, 2008 [3 favorites]
I mean, I loathe and detest Republicans as much as the next guy, but if you're gonna do this sort of thing, it should at least be funny. Or thought provoking. Or something else other than the usual, glib, self-congratulatory wank that convinces nobody and accomplishes nothing other than letting your existing supporters bask in the warm glow of their own smugness.
When you compare this with the wonder that was Will.I.Am's Obama video, the two things are worlds apart. One attracts you to the cause, whereas this... almost makes you wanna vote Republican in order to distance yourself from the losers who made a crappy video like this.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 4:08 PM on June 30, 2008 [3 favorites]
Double mint twin. Sucked the first time - this is far too heavy-handed and completely unfunny.
posted by porn in the woods at 4:10 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by porn in the woods at 4:10 PM on June 30, 2008
I thought this was funny, but I was hoping it would be the real thing.
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:10 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by Citizen Premier at 4:10 PM on June 30, 2008
I'm voting Democtat because I want Mexico to overun our borders. 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 10:54 PM on June 18
posted by nola at 4:15 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by nola at 10:54 PM on June 18
posted by nola at 4:15 PM on June 30, 2008
Yeah, would have been funnier if it had actually been a RNC spot. Oddly though, they're apparently savvy enough to not try this sort of thing; maybe they know it would just backfire (and that people who look at political ads on the Internet aren't their target demo anyway).
posted by Kadin2048 at 4:15 PM on June 30, 2008
posted by Kadin2048 at 4:15 PM on June 30, 2008
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