Video: “Blue Balled”; Update: The 60-second edit
posted at 12:46 pm on June 12, 2008 by Allahpundit
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The boss has background. I’m gratified to see the liberals responsible for this being so blatant about selling their politics on hipness and style; the left usually likes to pretend its appeal is based purely on substance even while they obsess about the power of “branding” in Republicans’ electoral successes. Now that we’ve got people doing velvet paintings of Obama, I guess they figure they might as well let the mask drop.
Both sides wrestle with variations of this sentiment (although I suspect men wrestle with it less than women), but on the right it’s usually formulated as, “I don’t date liberals.” I think that’s silly, but it’s defensible insofar as sharp political differences might make the relationship unworkable. The sentiment here, do note, is “I don’t sleep with Republicans,” almost as if there’s some physical taint, like VD, that one might contract by touching them. I don’t want to overstate the point since this dopey ad is designed to be cheeky and lighthearted, but once you’ve demonized a group to the extent of regarding them as unclean, you’re on a whole other plane of demagoguery.
Exit question: How long would this snoozer have been in the hands of a skilled editor? 45 seconds? 30?
Update: Our web guru, Mark Jaquith, took me up on my challenge and put together this vastly improved 60-second cut. 75 seconds would have been a bit better to help flesh out the end, but consider the point proved.
Link: sevenload.com
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The slogan is fine by me. I only sleep with my wife.
Limerick on June 12, 2008 at 12:47 PM
As a single conservative in Seattle, I can attest to the basic truth of that video : (
gmoonster on June 12, 2008 at 12:48 PM
“Tramps for Obama!”
drjohn on June 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Matlin and Carville?
right2bright on June 12, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Ok I lived in Seattle for a while a few yrs ago.. and I can agree with what you say. They are few and far between!
upinak on June 12, 2008 at 12:56 PM
He’s lucky. If that’s her normal behavior, he probably saved himself a couple trips to the doctor.
RBMN on June 12, 2008 at 12:58 PM
You ain’t kidding. Its as if they aren’t even aware of the concept of editing. That or they think that every uninspired second of their unfunny, dark footage is actually worth viewing.
Dr. Manhattan on June 12, 2008 at 12:59 PM
so basically they are saying that democrats have the morals of dogs in heat. Hmmm So if you want a piece of ass wear an Obama button when you go to a club. and when you you have aids or whatever std you can pray to saint obama and worship a the alter of socialized medicine for a cure.
elBarto on June 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM
so democrat girls are whores who will sleep with anyone they meet with in minutes of meeting them and have to have sex with someone every night? even men they meet on the street? I’ll take a bottle of red label over a whore any day.
Kaptain Amerika on June 12, 2008 at 1:03 PM
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+1
Think_b4_speaking on June 12, 2008 at 1:03 PM
So… basically she sells her body for votes?
Merovign on June 12, 2008 at 1:05 PM
gmoonster-
HA! My husband and I live in Bellevue. Always glad to know a few more Republicans are around.
I think I know one single GOP chick… wish I knew more. =( If you ever go to the GOP parties on election day, email me at my website. It would be good to meet another Hot Air person in RL!
Do you live in McDermott’s district? Keep hoping Steve Beren will pull out a magic trick and win.
linlithgow on June 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Wow, that was spectacularly bad.
In answer to AP’s exit question, first off editing could not save this, but it should have been 30 seconds. Then it might have had a chance of being funny.
John on June 12, 2008 at 1:08 PM
You need to venture to South King County. There are more conservatives out here in the burbs. My wife and I will be moving into West Seattle soon, and I have a sense of dread that Baghdad Jim McDermott will soon be my representative.
Mallard T. Drake on June 12, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Sluts for the DNC!
Jaibones on June 12, 2008 at 1:08 PM
http://truththroughaction.org/
have a look at the website… radical lesbians and I only sleep with democrats shirts… that’s the type of people I want choosing my POTUSA
this has got to be false flag… doesn’t it? this election is going to be easier than I thought.
Kaptain Amerika on June 12, 2008 at 1:10 PM
That video was too long. I got bored and stopped watching 1/2 way through.
HawaiiLwyr on June 12, 2008 at 1:10 PM
Exactly. The McCain kid came out better for it. The other guy’s going to need to pour a bottle of the high proof stuff over his schwanz.
Jaibones on June 12, 2008 at 1:11 PM
HAhahahaha, revoltingly hilarious
And the Dem can only catch her on the rebound to top it off
Still rather sad that political discourse in the States apparently has, at least in this video, reached a level where people choose their friends (and more) based on their political orientation. But as far as this video goes… ‘lol’.
Reaps on June 12, 2008 at 1:11 PM
OK, I’ll bet she stands while peeing and he sits.
Kini on June 12, 2008 at 1:11 PM
While I am technically not a Republican I must say that sluts refusing to sleep with me is not a bad thing.
NotCoach on June 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Actually, with the right gal, maybe a lifetime of trips to the MD….
dmh0667 on June 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Well see that right there is why Barry’s going to get himself McGovern-quality ass kicking.
Yeah, Barry is way out in front with all the types who make and watch videos like that. Just like McGovern’s supporters were oh-so hip and Nixon was just oh-so 50’s.
As several others have pointed out, just look at the message of that video and then think that the makers of it consider it to be a positive message.
Well, yet again, everyone who thinks that’s a positive message is already rootin’ for Barry.
The M’s–as Frank Luntz calls the, who are going to decide this–yeah, they want to think of their daughters a sluts who will give it up to some guy on the street because he’s wearing a jackass pin on his lapel.
Right.
Typhoon on June 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Reinforces the intolerance of the left.
Lucky guy, she just saved him probable agony.
Wonder how many
babiesshe’s, I mean, fetuses she’s conceived and then aborted?stenwin77 on June 12, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Boy! I am a changed man. I am voting Democratic from now on. Don’t want to miss out on sleeping with those sexy liberal whores.
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carbon_footprint on June 12, 2008 at 1:15 PM
It needs to be worn with another button that says “..Unless the right man turns up”
lexhamfox on June 12, 2008 at 1:19 PM
I would love to see a scientific study that pits std infection rates vs political affiliation.
ninjapirate on June 12, 2008 at 1:20 PM
This makes as much sense as any other Democratic position I’ve heard of.
Perhaps if they continue to only sleep with each other they’ll breed themselves into a sub-race of talking monkeys.
lodestonejames on June 12, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Humpin’ for Change
Buford Gooch on June 12, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Liberals think they are gods and the highest attainment in life is the sex act. This explains why they think this line of attack is important.
indythinker on June 12, 2008 at 1:24 PM
linlithgow, Mallard T. Drake,
Well, I did recently meet a young lady, but way out in Snohomish : )
gmoonster on June 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM
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If ‘he’ refers to the guy on the street: +2
Think_b4_speaking on June 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM
I guess she likes it
doggydonkey style.Guardian on June 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM
If this was reality based she would have been a lesbo look-alike or a 250 pound skank with 5 kids by 4 guys.
mattshu on June 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM
It never ceases to amaze me that to keep the attention of a liberal, whatever you subject is about, you have to make it revolve around at least a penis or a vagina.
I have never seen a group of people proclaim moral freedom as they do and yet be such a sad and miserable people as they are.
RobertInAustin on June 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM
I’m voting Democrat because of my fervent desire to contract deadly STDs from those cheap, slutty, air-headed tramps that support Obama. You know, the ones whose brains have already rotted out from their drug use and venereal disease.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on June 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Exactly. For them sex is spiritual enlightenment and anyone who denies that is an unenlightened Nazi.
NotCoach on June 12, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Democrat STD
Kini on June 12, 2008 at 1:28 PM
As we used to say in the academy: “those who talk about it the most get it the least”
RobertInAustin on June 12, 2008 at 1:28 PM
at least the McCain kid didn’t get herpes or somethin’. :}
Chakra Hammer on June 12, 2008 at 1:33 PM
As we used to say in the academy: “those who talk about it the most get it the least”
At which point the thread died : )
gmoonster on June 12, 2008 at 1:33 PM
This is actually a good footnote for Bill Clinton’s legacy.
Thanks Bill!
swami on June 12, 2008 at 1:35 PM
What about the fact that you have to be an idiot or incredibly dishonest to be a liberal, so you refuse to date one because you know you’d get annoyed being around someone so incredibly stupid or who lies constantly.
RightWinged on June 12, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Leftist women are, as a rule, crazier than shinola shoelaces. I won’t be weeping overmuch about this.
spmat on June 12, 2008 at 1:43 PM
I’m with the girl on this one. There’s definitely something creepy about a guy who keeps a picture of McCain by his bed.
Spolitics on June 12, 2008 at 1:43 PM
notice the subtle nuances.. the guy in the red shirt is immediately shot down in flames.. then when the chick runs out of the other guy two’s apartment, guy two runs after her wrapped in a red bed sheet.
not really that subtle after all..
I don’t think that re-editing would have done as much good as a new script..
DaveC on June 12, 2008 at 1:44 PM
“My condoms? I keep them in my partisan political paraphenalia drawer.”
I could see why she confused the guy with a Dem. He was a clumsy dork.
Rhinoboy on June 12, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Lesson - liberal women are skanks.
MarkJudge on June 12, 2008 at 1:46 PM
If I am to the point that I am talking politics before I bang some floozy, I’ve already wasted too much time.
kcluva on June 12, 2008 at 1:46 PM
+1
DaveC on June 12, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Sleep? Who wants to sleep?
Dem Bulbs.
mojo on June 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM
It gives a whole new meaning to the term “Donkey Show“
heddly_lamar on June 12, 2008 at 1:54 PM
On Larry David’s show, he chose not to use a “pass” from his wife so he could sleep with a very attractive woman. Just before the act was to take place, he saw that she had a picture of GW Bush on her nightstand. Like with so much good humor, it was funny because it was true.
heddly_lamar on June 12, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Democrat Girls are eeaaaasssyyyy. Ask B. Hussein Obama about Scarlet Johannsen!!
bill30097 on June 12, 2008 at 2:01 PM
You know, I am starting to think that the left wants as much chaos as possible to bring down society so they can rebuild it as they see fit.
For some reason I keep thinking of the movie demolition man and that crazy guy that let out Snipes to rain chaos so he could remake society.
I mean people have to know that when you let people run wild that bad things happen. I am sure examples are in a few history books.. >.>;
jharada on June 12, 2008 at 2:01 PM
I once cooked dinner for a couple and their female friend. Said friend went on and on about how wonderful all the food and drink was, so, of course, I later asked one of my friends about the impressions of the third party. The response? “She said she doesn’t date Republicans.” Ouch. (Ironically, the one time I dated a Republican, she jokingly disparaged me as a “Democrat,” since I wasn’t partisan enough. But at least for her it was just a matter of light teasing, not mate selection.)
calbear on June 12, 2008 at 2:02 PM
I dont know about you, but I only slept with libertarians in college. All the sluttiness, with hygene!
Squid Shark on June 12, 2008 at 2:06 PM
To answer the exit question, about 45 seconds.
Is their new slogan “The Democratic party, we support spreading the Herpes”
Rbastid on June 12, 2008 at 2:06 PM
This could be a public service announcement for STD’s.
Don’t want bugs on your junk? Keep a picture of JohhnieMac next to your bed to fend off the Ho-bamas!
cntrlfrk on June 12, 2008 at 2:09 PM
I guess I like my men to be men, not metrosexuals, men who “moisturize” or 40 year olds with a 16 year old mentality.
If a guy I know wants to actually go see “Sex in the City” movie he goes right straight to the curb. He just ain’t right on the inside.
I guess that means I won’t date a liberal. Oh well…
Nahanni on June 12, 2008 at 2:11 PM
You don’t actually have to vote Democratic, you know. Just wear blue, sport a donkey pin, and hide your John McCain pictures better than this guy did. Liberal women are apparently too stupid to look beyond superficialities when choosing their sexual partners. At least, that’s the message I got from this. (That, and liberal women are slutty.)
aero on June 12, 2008 at 2:13 PM
My dating experience has shown that Republican women are no less crazy than Democrats. Then again, perhaps you can’t survive as a Republican woman on the left coast without being a little crazy. Also, the Republicans were generally more hip and hot than the Democrats, contrary to the viewpoint of the film.
calbear on June 12, 2008 at 2:13 PM
She didn’t steal his whiskey, +2.
Alden Pyle on June 12, 2008 at 2:15 PM
I know a guy who went to see it. Full disclosure: He’s gay.
aengus on June 12, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Do the dems have ANY respect for women at all?
ArmyAunt on June 12, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Darn. And here I was hoping for a handful of STDs and some emotional trauma.
TheUnrepentantGeek on June 12, 2008 at 2:38 PM
I don’t know any politically-inclined liberal gals that really have their lives together. They are all divorced from reality to some extant. Tried dating some…didn’t work.
All women are sort of crazy though.
WisCon on June 12, 2008 at 2:40 PM
Sure, that guy in the video will respect her when she chooses to abort their child thus freeing him from any responsibility.
RobertInAustin on June 12, 2008 at 2:41 PM
This may have been said but the button should read, “I sleep with ALL Democrats”.
The Opinionator on June 12, 2008 at 2:44 PM
After watching this you can see why Democrats could identify with an Iman claiming a woman was an “uncovered piece of meat”
Except in real life the liberal whores look more like the code pinkos. I am far too kind to provide a link to some of them topless, unlike some bloggers I know.
Buford on June 12, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Could be done in :30, I think. Heck — someone want to give that a go? More than anything I was annoyed that it took half my day to get to the punch line.
Mark Jaquith on June 12, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Remixers: download the video in high resolution.
Mark Jaquith on June 12, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Couple, more like a life-time appointment to the doctor….
Tim Burton on June 12, 2008 at 3:01 PM
http://www.cafepress.com/GOPBABY
this gave me an idea for a T-Shirt…
hope you like it…
Kaptain Amerika on June 12, 2008 at 3:07 PM
LOL, nice!
WisCon on June 12, 2008 at 3:23 PM
COFFEE AND MORE
Come to Sixbucks often?
Three times a day. And I bring my lapper so I can check MoveOn and HuffPo.
Beautiful and smart.
(Tee hee) Hi. I’m Muffy. Diversity consultant. Hillary supporter.
I’m Skip. Personal injury attorney. Obama fan. Nice to meet you.
Guess what I heard on NPR today, Skip? Karl Rove may be a descendant of Hitler.
Not surprised. Twisted fascist.
Agreed. And NPR also says materialism is rampant in America.
Yes. We so-o need change, Muffy.
I know. Last week, I was sitting here on the sidewalk patio, watching all the self-absorbed people walking by, and I got so pissed off I almost spilled my ‘twenti’ triple peppermint soy latte with fresh ground cinnamon.
I hear you, Muffy. I’m sending my stimulus check back to Washington.
Screw Bush and the haters. I mean ‘Hello!’ working families are starving. And that damned war…Well, Skip, are you coming up for a nightcap? (wink, wink)
Love to, Muffy. I should warn you, though…I’ve got a big one.
Shame on you! Size matters to progressive women like myself…and the smaller the better.
But…but, I thought…
Wait. We are talking about your carbon footprint, right?
Wha-?!
Just kidding. Tee hee.
Oh. Whew! Ha-ha. You had me going for a minute there.
Hey, Skip. Something just fell out of your pocket.
Oops. My Valtrex.
You too?
whitetop on June 12, 2008 at 3:28 PM
As much as the video seems to be insulting Republicans, it’s actually not a bad idea to date someone whose interests you share, especially if politics are important to you.
I’ve said it before here, but my husband is/would be a Democrat (luckily for the country, he doesn’t vote). While it works for us most of the time, it’s not something I would have chosen if I hadn’t fallen in love with him.
Esthier on June 12, 2008 at 3:34 PM
LMAO
admit it… you went to starbucks and overheard that didn’t you?
Kaptain Amerika on June 12, 2008 at 3:35 PM
well honestly, most women I have ever dated were democrats when we started dating… however no one can resist me or the truth for long…
Kaptain Amerika on June 12, 2008 at 3:37 PM
C’mon, show of hands…who has purposely misrepresented themselves as a liberal douche-bag just to bed the hippie, protest chicks?! Anyone…other than me? It’s easy pickins’…as long as you have a bucket of condoms, let the games begin! It is poetic justice on many, many levels.
Wyznowski on June 12, 2008 at 3:39 PM
AP, where’s the content warning?
jgapinoy on June 12, 2008 at 3:39 PM
From my friend, radio talkshow host Tom Widroe (for those of you in the Santa Barbara area):
“Conservatives invite liberals to their parties, but the opposite is never true.”
John the Libertarian on June 12, 2008 at 3:42 PM
This video is all about if you don’t vote Obama, you’re not cool and chicks won’t sleep with you (being uncool and all).
For anyone over the age of 21, that’s a turn off. A more calculated effort to spur un hip middle aged people to vote for McCain could scarcely be imagined.
whiskey_199 on June 12, 2008 at 3:44 PM
She may look clean but…
The Ugly American on June 12, 2008 at 4:04 PM
They don’t sleep with Republicans?
Fine. I don’t sleep with gigolos. And you can be sure my husband doesn’t sleep with whores, either.
We’re much cleaner than that. So Dems, keep your whores and pimps: at least I don’t have to bother with you.
It’s your funeral, after all.
newton on June 12, 2008 at 4:37 PM
If you live by pandering to the ignorant, you will die by pandering to the ignorant masses.
RobertInAustin on June 12, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Or their presidential candidates either…
in_awe on June 12, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Too much setup for a weak payoff. And I missed the truth in it. If he were liberal, like Mr. Artist at the end, they would have spent the night cuddling. If he were a conservative, he would have drilled her in the kitchen, not offer her a drink. So he must be one of those namby-pamby Independents McCain so dearly panders to, as evidenced in his bumbling at the bar.
John the Libertarian on June 12, 2008 at 4:58 PM
He was drinking heavy because he paid her upfront.
peacenprosperity on June 12, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Studies have shown that Republicans have better sex and better sex lives.
So, that chick is doing herself a major disservice sleeping with only democrats.
James on June 12, 2008 at 6:11 PM
watched the 60 second edit.. and picked up on a few more red state /blue state not-so subtlety motifs..
and if I can pick that up, it’s not subtle or anything..
the first guy at the bar, red shirt.. 2nd guy at home, red bed sheet.. liberal hoe, blue bra and knickers.. Guy in the street at the end.. blue sports coat and light blue shirt underneath..
DaveC on June 12, 2008 at 10:54 PM
She only sleeps with Democrats, so she shouldn’t have a problem with a McCain supporter
Conservative Voice on June 13, 2008 at 12:20 AM
A hilarious re-editing of this video is now on The People’s Cube - and it’s only 2:43. It’s called Barack Balled.
Red Square on June 19, 2008 at 3:53 PM