Alert the Media, and a new Obama “ad” for Kentucky
posted at 8:37 pm on May 15, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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After taking most of the day off after getting three fillings replaced and a cracked tooth repaired, I’ll crawl out of my shell for a few minutes tonight to speak with CHQR’s Rob Breakenridge on The World Tonight at 8:05 CT. CHQR has an Internet feed if you’re not in Calgary, and they also podcast their shows. Rob and I will be talking about the endorsement of John Edwards for Barack Obama and its effect on the Democratic primaries, as well as other election news.
In the meantime, and since I plan on using this tongue-in-cheek video on tomorrow’s Ed Morrissey Show with Duane Patterson, here’s a quick, satirical “ad” for Barack Obama’s efforts in Kentucky. If he’s going to produce campaign material with electric crosses in the background, why not go the full Messiah? Enjoy!
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AAArrrgggg….
Chakra Hammer on May 15, 2008 at 8:45 PM
What IS it about blogging? Is is so bad that you sit around all day grinding your teeth?
RushBaby on May 15, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Aw dang. They left out a still of his Airplane Prance.
RushBaby on May 15, 2008 at 8:49 PM
I do it so I don’t grind my teeth ….
These are replacement fillings. The previous fillings were silver amalgam, but after twenty-five years (more in my case) they start separating from the tooth. They use resin now, which lasts much longer and are the same color as the tooth.
I still have one more to go, next Thursday, but it will be much less of a problem for me.
Ed Morrissey on May 15, 2008 at 8:50 PM
I can’t bear to hear that wonderful, awesome music used like that, sorry.
stenwin77 on May 15, 2008 at 9:17 PM
More empty words from the Obama camp? Hope for what? Explain what it is you are going to change and how that is to be accomplished. Faith in what Obama? Do you still think the Muslim call to prayer is the most beautiful sound in the world? We are not picking on you, we know where McCain stands. I do not like some of his issues, but I think I do not like all of yours.
Zelsdorf Ragshaft on May 15, 2008 at 9:19 PM
Apparently blogging for HotAir places a man in oral jeopardy. You and AP remind me of the poor drummers on Spinal Tap.
mikeyboss on May 15, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Let the blacks have their black God.
AZCON on May 15, 2008 at 9:39 PM
*Tin foil hat on*
Barack (6) Hussei (6) nObama (6)
ArGH. The mark of the Beast!!!!
*Tin foil hat off*
Can we now start referring to the left as backwards, science-hating, bible thumping bigots, what with their newfound love of religious iconography and all?
VolMagic on May 15, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Volmagic, you forgot how they cling to their government redistributionism …
Ed Morrissey on May 15, 2008 at 9:48 PM
I know what you mean I have been going thru the 20 to 35 year trip myself. Atleast most dentists use novacain now.
allrsn on May 15, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Well he still has problems convincing people that he is not a Muslim so perhaps the illuminated cross will help.
lexhamfox on May 15, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Ed,
Ah the beauty of equality by bringing everyone down to the LCD.
Hope your mouth is doing fine. Lots of lemonade and salt & vinegar potato chips is just the ticket!
VolMagic on May 15, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Funny. That’s what my ex bro-in-law prescribes for morning sickness.
mikeyboss on May 15, 2008 at 10:10 PM
mikeyboss on May 15, 2008 at 10:10 PM
He sounds like a wise man :)
VolMagic on May 15, 2008 at 10:19 PM
I’m afraid I don’t find this funny. It’s way too close to what’s going on with the Obambi worshippers.
It’s arguable that he’s unelectable, but I don’t think we’ve seen this kind of phenomenon before. It’s a new, and scary, ballgame.
Would you be surprised to hear him saying, “Have faith”?
MrLynn on May 15, 2008 at 10:42 PM
@46 All that needs it for him to wear some robes, but up some clouds and you’ve got a regular ascension going on there.
- The Cat
MirCat on May 15, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Loved this comment from pajamasmedia.com:
I don’t think this ad is going to help him much with the bitter folks of Kentucky, who do still believe in quaint concepts like choosing your friends wisely and attending nice churches.
funky chicken on May 15, 2008 at 10:48 PM
You are right, it’s not funny if you think about it. It’s extremely creepy, and I can only hope and pray that the majority of voters will come to their senses by November.
funky chicken on May 15, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Ed, get one of those small mouthpieces that your dentist custom molds to keep you from grinding your teeth. It’s well worth the $450. I use one when I sleep.
fossten on May 15, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I have a bite splint too, but since I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea and have to use a Darth Vader sound effect machine (CPAP) to get my first real sleep in years, I haven’t become comfortable enough with the idea of attaching stuff to both my mouth and my nose at the same time to attempt to sleep with that arrangement.
Besides, I think I was grinding my teeth more during the day than at night…it’s hard to clench your jaw if you’re snoring.
James on May 16, 2008 at 8:31 AM
Obama’s Faith…The Social[ist] Gospel
Red Pill on May 16, 2008 at 8:48 AM
Did Chrissie Matthews produce that ad?
drjohn on May 16, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Obama should have been a minister, not a Senator. After having read the article in the Quote of the Day, it becomes painfully apparent that Obama is manipulating all the tools of the clergy- the words, the guilt- to enrapture the flock.
drjohn on May 16, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Barack means “lightening” in Arabic.
Entelechy on May 16, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Can someone please PhotoShop Reverend Wright behind him flashing the Omega sign from the press club.
Butters on May 16, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Obama’s campaign staff has not done their homework on Kentuckians. In particular, Kentucky’s distinct, cultural regionalism. Also, their assumption that a religious culture is easily duped by cheap imitations.
That silly, tacky flier is a good example of what results from acting on stereotypes instead of making an effort to get to know a group of people.
Prediction: This insult will backfire; big time
Ragnell on May 16, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Explaination re: Kentucky’s regionalism:
Northern Kentucky is a cultural and social suburb of Cincinnati.
Eastern Kentucky is Appalachian culture, Western Kentucky is part of the Nashville culture.
Louisville, Lexington (and the extended metropolitan areas including their satellite cities) are a distinct mix of southern Atlanta/Charlestown,SC/Richmond,Va-style cultures(very -British colonials)
Ragnell on May 16, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Ed,
I forgot to share my poem with you during the media’s coverage of West Virginia. Thinking about the media’s crass treatment of yet another group of Applachian savages; this poem seems appropriate.
With apologies to Rudyard Kipling the poet; here is my reworded version of his poem “the White Man’s Burden* which praised the “benefits” of colonialism. The new “Sahib” or “Bwanna” is our left-wing media and their cronies out to correct(deconstruct)those vulgar Appalachian savages from their “unenlightened” worldview:
The Left Wing’s Burden
Take up the Left wing’s burden
Send forth the same old breed –
Go bind your journalists to brief exile
To serve your hillbillies’ need;
To wait away from starbucks
On fluttered folk and wild –
Your captive, sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child.
Take up the Left-Wing’s burden –
In condescension to abide,
To veil the threat of exposure
And hide evidence of pride;
By duplicitous speech and lies,
An hundred times mad plain.
To take another’s profit,
And steal another’s gain.
Take up the Left-wing’s burden –
Our savage campaigns for “peace”
Shut down those coarse distractions
And bid “bitter” ignorance cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The presidency for others sought,
Watch guns and Small-town Folly
Bring all your hope to nought.
Take up the Left wing’s burden –
And reap an entitled reward:
The blame of those ye enlighten,
The hate of those you deconstruct
The vulgar cry of the working class ye condescend
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light: –
“Why brought ye us from bondage,
“Our loved Appalachian night?”
Take up the Left-wings burden –
Ye distort what Obama meant –
Nor call too loud on freedom
To cloak your true intent;
By all ye preach or publish,
By all ye leave or do,
The silent, sullen peoples
Shall weigh your party and you.
Ragnell
All Hail the “Bwanna” Media
*The White Man’s Burden http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/kipling/kipling_ind.html
Ragnell on May 16, 2008 at 7:30 PM