New MoveOn.org Election Ad: 'I'm going to track down Mitt Romney and give him the world's biggest cock punch.'
Here's what MoveOn.org and producer Michael Moore are up to this election cycle:
MoveOn.org began in the wake of the Clinton impeachment and eventually became rallying point for anti-war activists dissatisfied with the Democratic party during the Bush years. But it's had trouble flying the anti-war flag as high since President Obama took office, and so has resorted to attention-grabbing jabs like this.
One way to measure the group's decline is that you used to hear Republicans talk about how they'd like to create their own, GOP-friendly version of MoveOn.org. You don't hear that much anymore. Instead, for the last few years you've been more likely to hear about how liberals might want their own Tea Party.
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I bet Michael Moore contributes more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than all of human industry in all of its history. Wouldn't he be willing to jump off the Burj Dhubai and spare Holy Terra the agony? In the name of what's right for the children?
But wouldn't the impact decimate half of the UAE? Or is that worth it for the sake of the planet?
It's worth it. Humans aren't as valuable as trees and flowers.
Do you think Romney will deploy the Secret Service to handle blatant threats like this as much as Obama has?
I can't WTFV. Is this stupidity for real?
Okay, that was pretty embarrassing, even for that crew. Apparently they got a bunch of vulgar old farts to tell us that the presidency is Obama's unless it's stolen from him.
Well, that's true, right? Obviously there's no way Obama could lose otherwise.
I'm not really sure I understand why they're having this election in the first place.
Exactly. Why take the risk of having it stolen? Better to just anoint Obama president-for-life like they know the people actually want and be done with it.
Sort of ironic coming from you, eh?
Uh...no?
He might mean Alanis ironic.
Sarcastic =/= ironic
Yup, that narrative has already been adopted by a bunch of people. The polls (i.e. the serious polls that look at EVs... i.e. Nate Silver exclusively) show that Obama has this in the bag, so if Romney wins, that means voter fraud. Just the kind of tactic Republicans would use.
Not Democrats, though. Especially not a Democrat from Chicago.
lol
No video. No watchie.
Maybe somebody higher up at Moveon found out, and they decided they didn't want to make asses of themselves this time after all.
Too late
Here's the link from up yonder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f17fWth3YgA
It's pretty funny!
Not as funny as Moore losing all his Benjamins at a Las Vegas casino and having his mansion foreclosed on.
That would be funny.
And since Moore think it's okay to make jokes about junk punching Romney, it might be funny if Romney made a video about Michael Moore choking on a chicken bone, too!
No, that would be seen as a rich guy picking on a working-class dandelion.
PROLETARIANS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
Double standards, eh?
I can't deny, I think so too. The lady who delivered the "cock punch" line was quite good.
That was just stupid.
Here's what MoveOn.org and producer Michael Moore-
Stop right there.
http://theuklibertarian.com/wp.....ocrite.jpg
Not only that, but people who used to work for him say he's an abusive and exploitative boss.
MoveOn always annoyed me, because their stated purpose was to "move on" from the Clinton impeachment, and yet their first organized action was working to defeat the Republicans who led the impeachment. We all know how the first step in moving on is getting revenge, right?
Yes, it's called "getting closure." Then you are "empowered" to "move on."
Right after they heed the "wake up call" and "think outside of the box".
If you're a progressive, logic is rarely something to concern yourself with.
What do you mean rarely?
They don't even know that the concept exists.
The only thing they wanted to "move on" from was the Democrats losing elections.
Well Michael Moore is one of the world's biggest cocks...
Where are Jay and Silent Bob when you need them?
Keepin' it classy, I see. The Rs seem to be significantly less good at this kind of thing.
What is the point of this video? Is it supposed to inspire old fucks to go vote? Is it supposed to intimidate young whippersnappers into not voting? I don't get it.
I think it's supposed to be edgy. Or something.
Well, in part it's because a lot of elderly voters were born at home and might not have the proper documentation to get their voter IDs...so probably to inspire old fucks to vote and enlist whippersnappers on their behalf.
My grandfather didn't have a birth certificate. They used census records to get him a social security card.
Unless these people born at home have been homeless and destitute for the entirety of their lives, they have had ample opportunities to get ID.
The point of the video is...uh...
The POINT is obviously to vote for Obama, so we get death panels. Then we can have these Greatest Elderly humanely euthanized to save them the agony of saying more dumb shit like this.
As Fist of Etiquette stated upthread, they're laying the groundwork to claim vote fraud. You know, because Nate Silver and Democratic-leaning polls can't possibly have error bars.
Ads like this remind me why I support ending Social Security and Medicare.
... to a post and one knife (ONE) on the ground...
My favorite Frederick Brown scenario!
Move On should support Romney, that way they can be against wars, bombing, spying and torture again.
They never were against it. They were only against the guy who was in charge of it.
And when there is a new guy in charge of it, they'll pretend to be against it again.
Rinse, lather, repeat.... barf
Would cock-punching Romney be micro-aggression?
Depends if there was a war on.
I think the standard is erect size, so yeah.
I hope Steven Crowder and/or Julie Borowski do a parody of that clip as well.
And we have to remember then Michael Moore's luxury lifestyle.
http://fullcomment.nationalpos.....ite-house/
Here a clip from the former show "Mad-TV" showing a skit titled "Bowling for Christmas" who mock Michael Moore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIYqaYykRQ8 And to give to Michael Moore a taste of his own medecine.
A knee to the groin is probably safer for the aggressor, and just as painful for the aggressee (I can't bring myself to refer to Moore as a victim).
Stupid, but as libertarians, isn't it usually a good thing when someone wants to punch a politician in the junk?
No, it's a good thing when someone wants to punch all (or almost all) politicians in the junk.
Absent consent, granny's right to swing her fist ends where Romney's junk begins.
It's outrageous that MoveOn takes advantage of feeble-minded old people.
If this video was intended to increase my urge to run over elderly, slow-moving, wrinkled old fucks as they creep across an intersection, it has succeeded.
*revs engine*
Well I thought it was funny.