Video Showdown
Obama:
Someone is lucky elections don’t work like American Idol.
Consider this an open thread.
by John Cole| 51 Comments
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Video Showdown
Obama:
Someone is lucky elections don’t work like American Idol.
Consider this an open thread.
Comments are closed.
cleek
Hillary the Cleaning Lady… not the metaphor i would’ve chosen, if i was a Hillary supporter.
guess that’s why i’m not a Hillary supporter.
Ninerdave
That first video makes me ashamed to be of the same species as them.
Ninerdave
oh and…
insert joke about white guys having no rhythm here…
NickM
That Hillary video crosses the vomit threshold . . .
b. hussein canuckistani
I have often wondered if a bunch of white Texans could be as cool as will.i.am.
Now I have my answer.
BFR
Sorta off-topic but what the hell is wrong with Andrew Sullivan?
Dude needs to get out more er something…
drunken hausfrau
elections don’t work like American Idol?? since when?
cynique71
Do they recognize that they just called Hillary a cleaning lady?? With supporters like these…
The Other Steve
If will.i.am was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.
Buck
If Barack Obama cannot reverse his downward spiral with a big win in Pennsylvania, he cannot possibly be competitive against John McCain in November.
Jake
Did you hear Chrysler changed its name?
Crisisler.
The Other Steve
Nobody could ever have anticipated people would stop buying shitty oversized automobiles that use a lot of gas.
Tim (the Other One)
“Nobody could ever have anticipated people would stop buying shitty oversized automobiles that use a lot of gas.”
Here’s an even better idea: let’s style EVERY model so it now looks like it only belongs in Gotham City !
Media Glutton
What do they mean by “we don’t need no bling”?
BFR
I guess they could have gone with “We need to iron the metaphorical White House shirt.”
Take your victories where you can…
The Other Steve
BTW, interesting side note. The $10,000 amount at which point banks have to register your financial transaction with the government was set in 1970.
In 1970 the typical American earned $4,000/yr.
My girlfriend mentioned when she worked at the bank they’d have dozens of these transactions a day they’d have to file paperwork on.
Ninerdave
Or take the blue dress to the dry cleaners?
Svensker
Me too.
Jen
D’ya suppose that’s P-Luk?
Cris
The “Hillary in the House” video has (to paraphrase chefelf) forced me to deal with embarassment over acts I was not responsible for. Watching that guy wearing a stocking cap do his dance and hand movements makes me blush. I’m vicariously mortified.
Dennis - SGMM
I heard some comic riffing on Detroit. He said that their problem stemmed from building ugly cars that nobody wants.
Remember all those Congresscritters, including some Michigan Democrats, who steadfastly resisted any meaningful change in the CAFE standards? You got your way boys, I just heard on NPR that Chrysler is shutting down for the Summer.
D-Chance.
The dude in the white T-shirt… oh, my.
JWeidner
Buck, why should we care that the Clinton campaign released that memo. The stats can be spun any way either side wants them. Or, as a better man than most once said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
Jen
I’m surprised General Motors hasn’t announced a shutdown yet. Chrysler’s at least put some effort into design, the design is usually interesting if not particularly enticing to me. But Buicks and Caddies — who’s buying those?
BTW, the recent local (to me) tragic murder of Eve Carson, UNC student body president, is officially Big Time. Westboro Baptist Church is coming. *sigh*
Justin
Bwahahahah!
Obama can’t win Pennsylvania, and doesn’t need to. Remember that the writer of the memo is Mark Penn, who’s lost a campaign that was a lock in for Hillary at the start.
cleek
when? where? can i bring a camera?
Dennis - SGMM
Because although her campaign is behind in pledged delegates, the popular vote, and the number of contests won, Clinton is still trying to convince the supers that stealing the nomination for her would be a Good Thing?
Justin
Also, winning or not winning a primary state is NOTHING like winning or not winning it in the general.
Dennis - SGMM
Westboro Baptist Church strongly objects to the use of the word “coming” in any sentence containing the name of the Westboro Baptist Church.
[Signed]
Westboro Baptist Church
Jen
Because everyone knows Eve Carson was responsible for homosexuality, and obviously a far worse person than these Christians.
Ugh, it disturbs me to even link to this festering cesspool.
3:15 next Tues. I can’t tell exactly where on campus yet.
The counter-protesters are suggesting angel wings, which were evidently brought to Matthew Shepard’s funeral. The hokeyness is counterbalanced by the fact that you might be able to block those assholes with them.
cleek
why will he be running against a McCain / Clinton ticket in November ? will Hillary’s supporters refuse to vote for the Democratic nominee if it’s anyone but Hillary ? does Penn think we’re idiots ?
Mark Penn’s an oozing scumbag. and for some reason, Hillary’s supporters can’t wait to lick the next sticky drop that slides off him. he’s the Slurm Queen.
zack
The very same thing Mitt Romney meant when he said:
“Who let the dogs out?”
Sasha
Indeed. Stephen Colbert concurs that Size Matters.
cleek
s/why will he be running/why? will he be running/i
Jen
Has any member of that “church” ever died, I wonder, and did they turn out to protest the funeral?
Dennis - SGMM
That Hillary will announce, right after the Pennsylvania primary, that her great-great-grandmother was black.
Rick Taylor
Matt Yglesias:
Ripley
White Men Can’t Pump up the jam.
BFR
I’m gonna have to sorta disagree here. I don’t think that Americans love tacky middlebrow stuff per se, I think that they are easily persuaded by brilliant packaging surrounding tacky middlebrow content.
As such, despite the fact that while Obama and Clinton’s materials (positions, issues, etc) aren’t that different, Obama’s marketing of those ideas is just better packaged, marketed and produced. As a result, Obama is winning by a respectable margin at the moment and Clinton is frantically attacking his image.
Halcyon
Someone’s already beaten me to the point Yglesias made, but, uh, here’s another thing to consider. Have any of you guys ever considered actually trying out for American Idol? I seriously considered it, and I couldn’t do it when I read through the contract you have to sign to do it. Fox literally owns you for a couple years of your life. This actually seems to be a pretty good metaphor for exactly what one has to do to become president in our country these days.
Jake
Just don’t bring your wetsuit or dildo. Those bastards will steal them in a hot second.
demkat620
Aw, don’t laugh at them. They mean well. They just got too excited and uploaded the video before they watched it.
Kathy
It’s been a tough week listening to Gerry Ferraro’s dreck. Thanks for the vids they help put stuff in perspective (although the Hilary vid proves that white people really shouldn’t try to be cool – and yes, I am white.)
Billy K
This make me think of p.luk and his “analysis.”
Hope you all haven’t seen it a million times already.
tBone
This sucks: Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer’s. I guess he announced it in December but somehow I missed it at the time.
First Douglas Adams, now this. What does God have against funny British scifi/fantasy authors?
Jake
Maybe you heard and forgot?
He’s one of my favorite authors but I wouldn’t wish Alzheimer’s on anyone except … Nope. No one.
John S.
Good call.
My grandmother just passed away after having it for eight years.
Most. Horrible. Disease. Ever.
b. hussein canuckistani
But at least you meet new people!
I know, bad taste. It killed my grandma too. But it’s either cry or laugh…
John
But don’t you see? Don’t you see your destiny as a nation? You are not going to nominate Obama. You are going to nominate Hilary, and she’s probably going to lose.
That top video is more America than the bottom I’m afraid. Sure it was like watching something out of South Park, but that’s why it worked. It’s your milieu.
I love you guys, but seriously… it’s hard to watch you guys go through the process of electing a president. It’s like watching Let’s Make a Deal, where you know the hillbilly is doomed to pick the door with the goat behind it.
Sasha
IMHO, that’s why Neil Gaiman moved to America.
terry chay
It’s strange linking the “Clinton Memo” when there are a zillion hits on Google to Obama Campaign’s response to said memo.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Memos.