Is it Stupor Tuesday again already?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lvc-azCXY[/youtube]
yeah, the joke drags on a bit long — but that’s appropriate, given that Hillary could as easily be compared to Jason Vorhees as Darth Vader. The only thing missing from this video is Jar Jar Binks with the head of Rush Limbaugh encouraging Republicans to vote for Clinton as part of “Operation Chaos.” (“Monsters out there, leaking in here! Weesa all sinking and no power.! Whena yousa thinking we are in trouble!? Yoosa should follow me now, okeeday?”) But I’d better stop editorializing before somebody figures out which candidate I support.
34 Responses for "The Empire Strikes Barack"
Ha, this is great.
funny yes….I don’t share the sentiment about hills though….I think an Obama in the white house will either result in him kowtowing to the republicans or vetoing everything that comes across his desk….a result in – no change whatsoever…Hills at least will fight….I can’t believe I am actually about to his post this comment…..eeek!
Not to turn this into a political thread, but filmboymichael, what makes you think that Obama won’t fight should he make it to the White House? The guy’s never been someone who simply coasts on by; he’s fought to be where he is now, and I’m sure he’ll fight for the people if he becomes the President.
umm obama is going to kowtow to republicans and veto all bills with a democratic majority in congress? yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
and yes, the dems will hold both houses of congress (just take a look at the most vulnerable seats in both houses, 90% of them are republican).
oh and i like this obama video better:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=–xSJU7Ew7U
excellent point, “uh,” and thanks for the Obamazon video.
Testament to Obama’s charisma that his sincerity stands up to any degree of parody or crazy association (for me anyway).
Interesting to see the Gallop Poll graphic on CNN yesterday that shows although 15% of voters are less likely to vote for Obama because of the Reverend Wright nonsense — 9% said the Rev Wright issue made them more likely to vote Obama! (The vast majority of those polled were able to distingish Obama and Wright as two separare individuals.)
Meanwhile, is it true that Hillary has taken up smoking to appeal to North Carolina tobacco growers?
k, you’ve got a lot of nerve, trying to politicize this topic.
Politics – especially this primary campaigh – is such a contentious and monumental bore.
Awards Daily has just made it slightly more so. Thanks, Awards Daily!
I just think its funny that Democratic party members willingly want to vote for Hillary, which if thats the case….we’ll get a Republican President either way in November.
I just hope the best candidate wins. Or at least the one who will finally declare Oscar Sunday a National Holiday.
On that note…
Is anyone interested in getting in my Oscar pool next year?
I usually have between 40-50 people in it the last 11 years. Was thinking about expanding.
I REALLY dislike this mostly because the candidates are so close on politics that the entire debate has come down to personality and that makes absolutely everything fair game. This is divisive and not politically constructive to… well anything. This vid is an echo chamber for Obama fans and only pisses off people who legitimately like Hillary Clinton and assosciates such petty, childish snark with the candidate on whose behalf it serves. In other words, this video makes Obama look like an arrogant, self-aggrandizing, douche.
I’d like to make a video for people who are caught up in this Obama v. Clinton bullshit. I’d use The Phantom Menace (what else is it good for) and put McCain’s head on Senator Palpatine as he watches a devided senate squabble aimlessly and stupidly cede the country over to him.
Yeah Hillary is kind of corrupt and plays dirty, but she’s got moxy and experience with the system (8 years in the whitehouse, 4 more years in the senate than Obama) as well as a very attainable plan for the country.
Yeah Obama is wet behind the ears and could be a collossal failure as an executive, but he’s also a brilliant man who could be a legendary leader.
Stop the fucking in-fighting or else McCain will BREAK OUR COUNTRY with tax cuts and doubled military spending.
Oscar Sunday a national holiday????
That’s a horrible idea!
Why make a national holiday if you’re not going to get a day off from work? Move the Oscars to Monday, then make it a national holiday.
WHATEVER! Obama = Vapidity. All show. Nothing substantive. Change. Change. No Details on the Change, but Change.
Don’t we already get an Oscar Holiday in February, when we celebrate the birthdays of Washington, Lincoln, and Academy Prez Sid Gannis on President’s Day? Though it would be nice to expand that 3-day weekend and get a full week off. Like Spring Break, with fewer girls gone wild. (Not counting Helen Mirren. She lifts her top at the drop of a hat.)
MarkJ, as long as this isn’t a Ponzi scheme, I’m probably interested. Let us know about details when the date nears (and before you move to the Caymen Islands).
I have this weird fear of Obama actually going up against the racists and the Republicans and it’s a fear I can’t shake. Good luck to him but to me it continues to look like a saintly death walk. I hope that all of the dreams of his followers come true (I can’t quite call myself a follower yet – In all ways I appreciate what he says but words are cheap and I have always felt in my bones that Hillary would be the better leader — a tough old dirty bitch but I still voted for Obama, per my daughter’s urging). I am a pessimist by nature so I naturally am expecting the worst possible outcome – I think it’s a cake walk for McCain at this point. If Obama couldn’t completely trounce Hillary in some of the bigger states, well, he’ll have a hard time beating McCain…But I know next to nothing.
aww, yes, Sasha, but you were tense and stressed over There Will Be Blood, too, no matter what we said to reassure you the Coen brothers would triumph.
(me, no better. I was just as terrified of little Juno. I had nightmares with Ellen Page hovering over my bed, a preggy succubus)
$5/gallon gas and milk, $10 boxes of cereal should help obliterate McCain.
Rob, after 8 years of Bush, you’ve got a lot of nerve calling anybody vapid. Look what damage a braindead president can do.
One of a president’s major roles is cheerleader — perfect job for the cowardly Yalie with the bullhorn. It took this Prozac country 8 years to realize he was cheering the team in the wrong direction, scoring goals for the enemy.
As for change, I don’t give a damn if all Obama does is change his socks. I just want to see as few Republicans in power as possible, and the fact that they seem to want to run against Hillary make me a little scared of her prospects.
You want a plan for change, Rob? How about this? WWGD? Ask What Would George Do? And then do the exact opposite.
Anyway, filmboymichael and limeymcfrog, I like and respect you guys and my intention was not to aggravate anyone. I’ve been exercising a lot of willpower to avoid this showdown but yesterday I slipped.
I walked miles for Obama on Monday, door-to-door politicking, and I had a feeling it was gonna be tight last night.
Hillary needs to face reality, so we can focus on crushing McCain. I’m ready to resort to childish ridicule, because reasonable arguments are meaningless in this primary game. If I helped to hammer one tiny nail in the coffin of Hillary’s hateful little ego trip then it was worth annoying a few people who are bored by the whole ugly circus.
And it looks like today it’s all but over, so you guys can relax.
Ryan,
My plans for change is to vote for McCain. Clear and simple. I voted for Hillary in the CA primary and would have voted for her in the general election.
I vote for what I would consider the best individual for Presidency. I am not and never had been a party voter. A candidate needs to earn my vote. Only the blind vote for or against a candidate based on the letter after his/her name.
I cannot think of one accomplishment Obama has done in all the (2) years that he was in the Senate before having the audacity of running for President. I can for Senators Clinton and McCain.
Obama has not been tested. His only bump in the road was the way he handled Rev. Wright. He totally bumbled it. Rev. Wright was a non-issue for me, until Obama couldn’t deliver a consistent statement denouncing it. This would have been so easy. If he can’t handle a simple thing like this, how can he handle anything thrown at him and the country?
Obama has not had a competitive contest until Hillary. He was handed the US Senate (thank you Seven-of-Nine). His encounters first road bump and his reaction is to be the victim. I want a president to have balls. McCain and Clinton have them in spades.
He says he will cross party lines to work with Republicans. (I guess he wants to be a uniter not a divider.) No history for this. McCain has. Hillary to a lesser extent. How can Obama say with a straight face that he is non-partisan when he stands next to McCain? Obama is a Left Wing zealot in as much as Bush is a Right Wing zealot.
If $5.00 gas will bring down McCain, 40% taxes on anyone who makes over the poverty level will bring down Obama. This 40% number is made up, since he really hasn’t given any details on what he will do. He did say that he will raise taxes. So I will keep using this number until Obama corrects me.
But hey Obama represents change. Change. What a wonderful concept. Change. Wow. Change. No details in the change. I guess that’s a change.
Ryan, I see why you hurl insults at the politicians whose opinions differ from yours. It is a lot of fun. I feel a lot better.
And Ryan, don’t I still owe you a lunch?
“My plans for change is to vote for McCain.”
Isn’t the punch line supposed to come at the end of the joke, Rob?
Lunch? Can’t wait. I’ll be road-tripping cross-country to celebrate Gas Tax Holiday.
Ryan
“Isn’t the punch line supposed to come at the end of the joke, Rob?”
Good response. (No comment on its validity.)
For now, I will leave this witty reparte. I have work to do.
Rob
P.S. Do you know how difficult it is NOT to fire shots back? Seriously.
hey rob,
should obama give you a call or just send you an email?
OR how about you just go to his website and read his policies. he will cut taxes for people making under 75k, repeal the bush tax cuts, and maybe increase the capital gains tax by 10%. no income tax increases. no 40% income tax for anyone over the poverty level.
this is why most people should not even be allowed to vote. they expect every piece of information they want to be force fed to them. how about you just take a few minutes and do your own research instead of retaining these utterly stupid assumptions about candidates you don’t have a good feeling about.
Uh,
I do not expect to be force fed anything. But, force feeding IS what campaigning is all about. Think about it. You want to get your message out, not to passively expect your possible voters to go to your website and by chance read about it. I have been to his website. That is how I formed my easy decision not to support him. Duh.
I do not expect a call or e-mail from Obama. For someone who is known for his eloquence, he is having a horrible time communicating the details of his ideas.
And for not being allowed to vote? WELL! Let’s not get started on that.
And I am really off to work.
Rob and “uh” — you guys actually make a good point-counterpoint and miraculously meet at similar conclusions.
Sad to say, but the average voter gets most of the information he knows about a candidate as he flips through channels between American Idol and American Chopper and momentarily catches the tail-end of a 30-second ad. They do not read the newspapers, much less a political policy website.
That’s why I don’t have a problem with the Obama-mantra “Yes we can.” It’s no worse than Hillary’s lame spin-off “Yes we will!” (good one there), or Bush’s skittish “9-11 !! 9-11 !! 9-11 !!”
A three-syllable rallying cry is about as much as tuned-out voters have capacity to absorb. (clever ones among you will try to point out that 9-11 is 4 syllables, but you’re forgetting Bush pronounces it, “nine ‘leven”)
The average voter is too easily mesmerized by bright shiny objects like a handful of pocket-change called a “Gas Tax Holiday”
Leave the details for the smart people (yeah, even the Neo-cons were smart, in an evil genius kind of way). Presidents and Presidential candidates just need to get the attention of most voters with some inspiring easy-to-grasp message so they’ll be motivated to pull a lever, or punch a button. (And soon Diebold will save us the trouble of even that minimal effort).
Does anyone seriously think a President single-handedly sweeps into office and does the heavy-lifting all by himself? Bush has trouble eating a pretzel for god’s sake.
(Rob asks: “P.S. Do you know how difficult it is NOT to fire shots back?”
…um, you’re asking me? How the heck would I know?)
I’m eager to see how the details of “change” shake out. I don’t need an elaborate manifesto to have high hopes for how that change will manifest itself. (Left-wing zealousness? Bring it on!)
We already know the pathetic details of “McSame” — we’ve been living with the pathetic consequences of “same” for 8 years. 8 years more of “no change”? No thanks.
(GAH!)
…I said this long ago, anyone who would change their vote from Hillary to McCain is either
1)racist
2)a moron
just as anyone who would switch from Obama to McCain is either
1) misogynist
2) a moron
In fact I think anyone who would vote for McCain is either
1) a moron
2) evil
(How’s that for left-wing zealotry?)
Voting based on the size of someone’s mythical testicles is an ill-advised choice to say the least.
In all seriousness, I think the time is coming for Hillary to step aside and for us to pray that Obama can beat McCain.
You forgot one,
Anyone who votes for Obama over McCain is either
1) an ageist
2) moron
So let’s sum up:
Vote against Obama, you are a racist
Vote against Clinton, you are a misogynist
Vote against McCain, you are an ageist
How’s that for options. You are damned each way.
Rob
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NObama in ‘08
NObama in ‘08? Bomb Bomb Iran in ‘09
Bombs in Iran in ‘09?
I think they are there now.
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Do not taunt the Obama.
Be sure to let all your draft-age buddies know about your shared enthusiasm with McCain to “Bomb bomb Iran,” Rob.
Not too familiar with McCain’s “details” about this bombing agenda. Will this war be fought simultaneously with the one we’re already fighting, or consecutively? You know, for an additional 100 years on top of the first 100?
This thread tickles me in a way that I haven’t been tickled in a long time…
I support Hillary and I think its unfair for people to ask her to get out of the race when she’s not losing by a large percentage. With that said if and when Obama wins the nomination I am more than willing to throw my support his way. Both Hillary and Obama are smart candidates and I am confident that they will bring the country out of the shithole.
Here’s hoping that either way we see a Clinton/Obama ticket!
Happy summer movie watching!
All we are saying is give peace a chance. . . . We, . . . are saying that. Not them.
I want to feel safer. Obama does not offer that. He says he does, but nothing in his naive background justifies it. The name Neville Chamberlain keeps popping up in my head when I think of Obama’s foreign policy.
I feel safer with either Hillary or John. Far safer than either George or Barrack.
So there it is.
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Sale on Clinton ‘08 T-Shirts here at the Obama-rama
alfredo,
If it’s revealed that Barack is actually a benevolent interplanetary visitor from the Andromeda Galaxy and therefore ineligible to run for President (as a really really really illegal alien), then Hillary will instantly become my brand new BFF and I’ll throw my support behind her with all the rampant assholeosity that I show for any other adamantly Adams-adored candidate or Oscar nominee.
I’ll ask you to consider something I found out only yesterday. Barack and Michelle Obama have two kids, Malia (9 yrs old) and Sasha (7 years old).
So this could be a historic opportunity for the nation to see the first Sasha in the White House. How can you not be excited by that?
One thing I will say is that I like all the spouses.
Rob,
(BUZZ!) WRONG!!!
Thanks for playing!
Switching from Clinton to McCain over Obama CAN show racial bias. It isn’t that simply not liking a candidate makes you guilty of the corresponding bias, it’s choosing someone with a WILDLY different viewpoint for seemingly superficial reasons. Put in movie terms: Let’s say you have a great script and it’s rumored to be between David Fincher and Spike Lee. Suddenly David Fincher is no longer available and then, out of the blue, the studio dumps Spike Lee and goes with Joel Schumacher. Tell me you wouldn’t at least think about racial bias.
It’s okay Rob, I’m almost certain you aren’t racist, but unfortunately that doesn’t leave you with a very good option.
limeymcfrog,
WRONG!
Spike Lee was never even in the running. He doesn’t even have a clue as to how to present my material. He says he does, but nothing in his background would lead me to believe otherwise.
This is a really awkward analogy. I like Spike Lee.
The best thing for this country is a centrist and not a far left Obama. Anyone who thinks he is centric is delusional. After Bush and the Anti-Bush groups ripped the country apart, we need someone who can actually work with both sides and get something done. Hillary initially seemed leftist, but she did a lot in the past 7 years to prove to me that she has a head on her shoulders. Barrack in his 3 years has done nothing except run for president. John McCain has history of reaching across the aisle on a number of occasions.
Rob
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Obama is doubleplusgood.
I’ve done a lot of phone-banking and door-to-door canvassing so I know when there’s no point prolonging a discussion with someone who’s mind is made up. It matters little to me whether you think McCain is the next best thing to Clinton, Rob. (Though that says something worth noting, I’ll let it speak for itself.) But you have as much chance tipping California for McCain as I have tipping Kentucky to Obama. So I’m calling our stalemate a win for Obama, since it’s a certainty your vote for McCain is akin to pissing in the Pacific.
By the way, Rob, if you’re going to attempt to pretend that you cross party lines with such a magnanimous attitude, you should remember that those of us with genuine sympathies and affinities for Democrat values don’t refer to liberals as “leftists.”
Rob, you mean the same McCain who survived 5 years in the jungle getting his ass beaten by the VC and their bamboo sticks….the same McCain that it took only a few months for Bush to pussy-whip him into submission?
I campaigned for McCain in 2000, he was my guy….a Republican conservative, who was willing to work with other ideologues of different paths to accomplish common goals, who wasn’t a Bible-kissing, Jesus Freak.
But his ship has sailed for me. I just see him now as Grandpa, the guy who utters statements that make no sense, who’s on the verge of both the grave and alzheimers, and someone who should have been President 8 years ago.
Who knows if McCain had gotten the GOP nod in 2000, and had become President…..I might just very well have stayed a Republican.
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