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Video: “The Empire Strikes Barack”

posted at 1:08 pm on May 3, 2008 by Allahpundit
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I can stomach Obama as Luke and Hillary as Vader (and especially Bill as Palpatine), but this stammering tool as Han Solo? Richardson wouldn’t have shot Greedo, he would have called for six-party negotiations with him and Jabba.

Note who’s cast as Obi-Wan. Obama’s fans sure are setting the bar high, huh?

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I never thought I would pine for the cutting insights and subtle genius of the prequel trilogy.

Il Padrino on May 3, 2008 at 1:19 PM

I find it ludicrous that the glue-sniffing moonbats who made this think that quoting Kennedy gives them any measure of nobility.

Dark-Star on May 3, 2008 at 1:20 PM

I posted a link on another thread. Here’s relevant comments.

Today, both Democrat candidates act as if they are the present day incarnations of Sith Lords. Their power is more important than doing good for the country. And for those who have read David Brin’s essays on Star Wars on how anti-democratic Star Wars is, it’s especially delicious.

David Brin (a noted liberal/pretty good SF author) writes about the errors of Star Wars:

Just what bill of goods are we being sold, between the frames? Elites have an inherent right to arbitrary rule; common citizens needn’t be consulted. They may only choose which elite to follow.

“Good” elites should act on their subjective whims, without evidence, argument or accountability.
Any amount of sin can be forgiven if you are important enough.
True leaders are born. It’s genetic.
That is just the beginning of a long list of moral lessons relentlessly pushed by Star Wars. (http://www.davidbrin.com/starwars1.html)

Sounds like the Democratic Party.

Robert

NaCly dog on May 3, 2008 at 1:22 PM

That video was as substantive as the entirety of Obama’s campaign.

HawaiiLwyr on May 3, 2008 at 1:23 PM

The Cake video was better.

Tzetzes on May 3, 2008 at 1:26 PM

I’m still not sure though how she can be his father.

Tzetzes on May 3, 2008 at 1:29 PM

dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb-da-dumb, dumb-da-dummmmmb.

see-dubya on May 3, 2008 at 1:38 PM

They didn’t case Yoda because it was Carl Rove.

No wonder Michelle O is mad. . . she’s married to her freeking brother!

- The Cat

P.S>

I’m still not sure though how she can be his father.

Tzetzes on May 3, 2008 at 1:29 PM

Seems pretty obvious to me.

MirCat on May 3, 2008 at 1:40 PM

Hey…. Beavis… you wanna do somthing for your country??? Get off the Obama glue sniffing computer junkey sites and GO JOIN THE MILITARY!

Romeo13 on May 3, 2008 at 1:45 PM

CHARGE 14 – “I understand what it is to be an African American.”

EVIDENCE – Senator Obama is not African American according to U.S. Law. Senator Obama is an Arab-American according to U.S. Law. SOURCE 1, SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3

COUNTER CLAIM – Senator Obama’s father is from Kenya (Black African) and he (Obama) was born in America. How can you say he is not African American?

REBUTTAL – Senator Obama’s racial background consists of the following: 50% white (mother, both sides), 43.25% Arabic (father, both sides), and 6.25% African Negro (father, one side, 1 generation removed). 12.5% is the legal threshold one must prove to claim racial status under the law. In addition, Senator Obama cannot make a sociological claim as an African American either. He was not raised as an African American, was not raised by African Americans, and was not raised in an African American neighborhood.

MirCat on May 3, 2008 at 1:40 PM

Cosmology is pretty simple… Barry is not Black… and besides, since Bill was the “First Black President”…

Romeo13 on May 3, 2008 at 1:47 PM

I lol’ed (for real) at the Hillary / Dean “I find your lack of faith disturbing…” exchange.

HYTEAndy on May 3, 2008 at 1:49 PM

Obama is involved in an incestuous relationship with his sister, Michelle?

lorien1973 on May 3, 2008 at 1:53 PM

I thought Wright was gonna be Obi Wan for a minute.

lorien1973 on May 3, 2008 at 1:54 PM

Note who’s cast as Obi-Wan. Obama’s fans sure are setting the bar high, huh?

Beyond absurd.

Spirit of 1776 on May 3, 2008 at 1:55 PM

It’s amazing how Obamamania has gone from phenomenon to parody so quickly. Actually, not so amazing though. Since that’s the nature of “manias”. I mean, even the biggest of them all — Beatlemania — crested and peaked within six months of the Fab Four appearing on Ed Sullivan Show (Feb., 1964). And in that case they kept feeding the frenzy with new material, releasing three albums — Meet the Beatles, The Second Album & Hard Day’s Night — between February and June. Then Hard Day’s Night the movie became a June released early summer hit. But by the fall Beatlemania had pretty much run its course.

But the Obama campaign doesn’t have the kind of backlogged material to feed their mania. And unlike the Sixties we live in an age where fads are devoured at internet speed. So now all they have are hackneyed socialist cliches to sell, which is nothing new. But now people have removed the rose colored glasses and are really starting to listen.

miles on May 3, 2008 at 1:58 PM

I’m literally nauseous.

Was that supposed to make me like Obama more … or was that a pro-Hillary spot?

Professor Blather on May 3, 2008 at 2:02 PM

So Obama can plagiarize more Speeches.

Deval Patrick v2.0

Chakra Hammer on May 3, 2008 at 2:03 PM

Obama is involved in an incestuous relationship with his sister, Michelle?

lorien1973 on May 3, 2008 at 1:53 PM

Ha!

Weight of Glory on May 3, 2008 at 2:05 PM

I’ve got a bad feeling about this video.

James on May 3, 2008 at 2:05 PM

Obama grew up with no money?

He went to the best schools in Hawaii and then was able to go to Indonesia(And pray to Allah) for several years..

yea.. he was just dirt poor growing up..

Chakra Hammer on May 3, 2008 at 2:05 PM

Obama threw his pastor and spiritual mentor who baptized his kids under the bus.. THATS POLITICS BEING PLAYED!

Chakra Hammer on May 3, 2008 at 2:07 PM

BTW the video is a total FAIL.

Chakra Hammer on May 3, 2008 at 2:11 PM

Obamawan Barakobi

MB4 on May 3, 2008 at 2:18 PM

That’s so hopey and changey.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Dope

pedestrian on May 3, 2008 at 2:28 PM

Lighten up guys. Even I, A Right Wing Jesus Freak, found it entertaining. We could use a little humor on our side. More importantly, never in my entire life have I seen Democrats attack Democrats. Previous to this race you would never find any Dem attacking anything another Dem said or did (in public). This whole primary fight between O and H is more than delicious. I’ll be sad when it ends.

Ob1stogie on May 3, 2008 at 2:30 PM

McCain is Yoda. Though Yoda was not that old.

Aristotle on May 3, 2008 at 3:13 PM

Seems fitting… Luke is a whiney little b*tch, and Palpatine does kill Vader.

rw on May 3, 2008 at 3:15 PM

I saw this over at Theo Spark’s but it’s too damn long. Couldn’t finish.

ronsfi on May 3, 2008 at 3:56 PM

Lincoln as Obi-Wan?!

Obama is no Friend of Abe.

MikeZero on May 3, 2008 at 4:00 PM

I don’t look on the two as Sith or Jedi. They’re more like Romulans. They are full of themselves yet can’t beat the weak ass Federation, or Klingon Empire. And the Klingons are the kind of idiots who bring knives to a gun, I mean phaser, fight.

thekingtut on May 3, 2008 at 4:02 PM

So…. does this video mean that Hillary is Obama’s father???

I am going to vomit now.

p.s. Who is Jar Jar Binks?

Weebork on May 3, 2008 at 4:06 PM

Oh come on weebork, it can Jar Jar Can only be played by Mr K. Olberman.

thekingtut on May 3, 2008 at 4:11 PM

Damn! I should have checked that over before submitting it.

thekingtut on May 3, 2008 at 4:13 PM

This ruined the Star Wars franchise for me worse Jar Jar Binks did.

As for who Jar Jar would be in this bizarre Dems-as-Star-Wars-characters universe, I’m not sure. He’s an annoying, toadying sycophant who attaches himself to the hero in a misguided attempt to “help.” Plus, he talks funny. No-one obvious springs to mind. I would say Wright, but Wright is clearly no toadying sycophant since he responded to getting thrown under the bus by trying to drag Obama under the bus with him.

aero on May 3, 2008 at 4:20 PM

Luke? Seems more like C3PO’Bama to me. Loves talking, even sounds the same: “I really don’t see how that is going to help! Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances! The Empire may be gracious enough to…” as Pantsuit Leia shuts him down.

clghitis on May 3, 2008 at 4:26 PM

he responded to getting thrown under the bus by trying to drag Obama under the bus with him.

aero on May 3, 2008 at 4:20 PM

Jar Jar did something similar in episode I when he kept getting tangled up when the droids attacked them in the field.

Wright=Jar Jar.

pedestrian on May 3, 2008 at 4:47 PM

Cosmology is pretty simple… Barry is not Black… and besides, since Bill was the “First Black President”…

Romeo13 on May 3, 2008 at 1:47 PM

Except that the stuff from that site is total Bullsh*t.

baldilocks on May 3, 2008 at 4:57 PM

My simple, weak mind is persuaded, where do I sign.
OBAMA(chanting-mind trick).
Is the dark side stronger?
NO… easier, more seductive.

christophercube on May 3, 2008 at 5:57 PM

Worse than the corruption of Star Wars by Jar Jar Binks.

madmonkphotog on May 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM

As a Star Wars geek, I found the video entertaining despite the pro-Obama propaganda.

I’m loving this Leftist-attacking-Leftist action. My only regret is I didn’t buy stock in popcorn a few months ago.

Dave Shay on May 4, 2008 at 11:48 AM

I thought that when Barry changed his name he said: ‘I’ll be Barack.’
I’m sorry, that was baaaaad.

Christine on May 4, 2008 at 7:59 PM

I want to see Valeria (Hillary) with Thulsa Doom (Obama).

All the gods, they cannot sever us. If I were dead and you were still fighting for life, I’d come back from the darkness. Back from the pit of hell to fight at your side.

maverick muse on May 4, 2008 at 9:05 PM

Maybe Howard Dean gets cast as Conan the Barbarian. He’s got the screach if not the bulk.

maverick muse on May 4, 2008 at 9:07 PM

From wikipedia about teh emperor:

As a Senator, Palpatine is portrayed as “unassuming yet ambitious”.[28]In Cloak of Deception, James Luceno writes that Palpatine carefully guards his privacy and “others found his reclusiveness intriguing, as if he led a secret life.”[31] Despite this, he has many allies in the government. Luceno writes, “What Palpatine lacked in charisma, he made up for in candor, and it was that directness that had led to his widespread appeal in the senate. … For in his heart he judged the universe on his own terms, with a clear sense of right and wrong.”[31] In Terry Brooks’ novelization of The Phantom Menace, Senator Palpatine claims to embrace democratic principles. He tells Queen Amidala, “I promise, Your Majesty, if I am elected [Supreme Chancellor], I will restore democracy to the Republic. I will put an end to the corruption that has plagued the Senate.”[32] A Visual Dictionary states that he is a self-proclaimed savior.[33]

Except for a few things, sounds like oabam

LordDaMan on May 4, 2008 at 11:20 PM

Barack is more like the jug-eared character “Oboobus Punctilious“, who was mercifully edited out of the original STAR WARS cantina scene, in which he warned Greedo that Han Solo was about to shoot him, first. And that they should really have a dialogue to settle their differences.

In the edited out vignette, Solo then throws a Tattooine equivalent of a waffle at him, after dispatching the bounty hunter pre-emptively.

profitsbeard on May 4, 2008 at 11:44 PM

I find it ludicrous that the glue-sniffing moonbats who made this think that quoting Kennedy gives them any measure of nobility.

Dark-Star on May 3, 2008 at 1:20 PM

You mean that was pro-Obama? I thought it was something put together by a McCain supporter. In that new light it ceases to be clever mockery and sheer stupidity. That would explain why Jerry Wright was not Yoda though.