Video: “Put down the bong and vote for Obama”
posted at 4:25 pm on June 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Thus are campaign anthems born, my friends. The Goracle’s going to put down his own bong this evening and play John the Baptist to Democratic Jesus in Detroit. Will you join him by sparking a bowl for Hopenchange?
Exit question: How are these dudes not Ron Paul supporters? Or were they, and now they’ve “transitioned”?
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JeffreyLloyd on June 16, 2008 at 4:27 PM
smoking weed is sooooo cool. All the cool kids do it. Lets go to Bonnaroo and smoke some weed. Thats teh coolest thing ever to do. Really.
Eric Cartman knows what to do with hippies. FDT does too.
VolMagic on June 16, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Huh. Well at least there was a cute chick at :24.
nosliwelyk on June 16, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Ok dude, I did like you said and put down the bong, but when I went to vote the guy at the door said the election was three weeks ago.
Next time can you include a date in the song so I know what day to go? MA! Need more fritos down here!
Bishop on June 16, 2008 at 4:34 PM
They’re not people they’re hippies!
doubleplusundead on June 16, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Oh, and that could be the lamest thing I have ever heard. Even the crowd was like…uhhh….wha?
Bishop on June 16, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Looks like Obama has kept the White Trash demographic all for the democratic party.
The guys down at the meth lab are gonna love this tune.
Rogue Traveler on June 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
It’s not a bong, it’s a water pipe. Oh, and those people are morons. I fear for the future.
Vote Sauron 08 on June 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
I swear this turd is a plant who only posts here to make HotAir look bad.
nosliwelyk on June 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Simian dregs.
LimeyGeek on June 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM
The Decline of Western Civilization.
ronsfi on June 16, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Just had to admire this piece of snarkage.
Is this necessary?
baldilocks on June 16, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Oh great! Baka has the stoner vote. Aren’t they even less dependable than the youth vote? And what about those people who don’t use a bong, but a pipe instead, or those who roll their own?
thekingtut on June 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Listened…
Somebody call the law. My ears have been assaulted.
baldilocks on June 16, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Good thing I can’t see the video. Problem is that I live in what Cali-Hippies call the pristine wilderness so I have to see it live.
Irony I tell you!
upinak on June 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Yeah, it’s right up (down?) there with Neil Young. Southern man, don’t need him around anyhow.
VolMagic on June 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Obama isn’t any better on the drug war than McCain, it just shows how clueless these idiots are.
Maybe but good riddance. And good riddance to the truthers and the neonazi morons.
libertytexan on June 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Terribly sorry for calling educationally and/or culturally bankrupt people educationally and/or culturally bankrupt.
How’s this?
I see Obama has cornered the market on these fine young citizens who happen to be mostly white and who obviously are not swayed by simple tunes or the thought of only doing what they think is viewed as appropriate by MTV.
I hope you’re able to sleep tonight with all the hate in the world baldilocks. Please review everything in this thread and ensure everything is politically correct.
Rogue Traveler on June 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Hopefully all the Obama supporters will be convinced they have this thing wrapped up and just kick back, take another hit and not vote. :)
abinitioadinfinitum on June 16, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Pipes and joints can be held in one hand, so you could technically leave it in your hand while you go vote, assuming no one notices your paraphernalia.
Then again, the objects aren’t illegal if they’re clean.
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 4:47 PM
I’m sure this is sung to a crowd of medicinal marijuana users.
Rogue Traveler on June 16, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Drink teh Koolaid and stay away form the Brown Acid!
Chakra Hammer on June 16, 2008 at 4:51 PM
“I swear this turd is a plant who only posts here to make HotAir look bad.”
AP and his contingent have that position covered, dude. No need for a poser.
Al-Ozarka on June 16, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Indy “LeftWingMoonbat” removed all doubt for me a month ago.
kirkill on June 16, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Lots of herpes, crabs and hepatitis floating around that crowd i’m sure.. :{
Chakra Hammer on June 16, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Oh yeah, it’s gonna be fun watching these hippies crap their pants in Denver!
kirkill on June 16, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Racist comment you should be banned..
Chakra Hammer on June 16, 2008 at 4:56 PM
If that’s how you feel then why are you reading my posts? Good lord.
Allahpundit on June 16, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
She’s right though. Not only is it unnecessary to say White Trash, it’s also incorrect. The members of the band are educated as are many people who attend festivals like this one. And considering that festivals such as this one are apart of American culture, you’re the one who is lacking in that department.
And really, if you’re going to whine about anything in this video, maybe you could talk about how Obama has all the Canadians voting for him.
And last, McCain’s the one who got an endorsement from an MTV star. Obama is getting the cooler, Indie crowd, people who wouldn’t be caught dead watching MTV.
They may be hipster tools, but you don’t seem to know what you’re talking about.
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 4:59 PM
I read them for the AP links ;-) And because I can discern the good from the bad, and you do have more good, just no Lord.
kirkill on June 16, 2008 at 4:59 PM
AP.. it looks as though a comment that i quoted was removed…
would be so kind as to remove the post that i quoted that got removed also.. :P
Chakra Hammer on June 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM
By clean I meant without marijuana resin. There’s a reason it’s legal to sell a bong.
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM
I kinda wish it would go away. It isn’t my idea of fun when you are mountian biking and go thru a plume of pot smoke in the middle of the woods.
upinak on June 16, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Yea because drugs are sooo good for you.. :|
Chakra Hammer on June 16, 2008 at 5:03 PM
? I’m not sure I understand what you’re referencing in my above post.
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 5:04 PM
These are the kind of people being produced by the public education system.
I bet you if you ask them who is Frederick Douglass they will not have a clue.
jencab on June 16, 2008 at 5:04 PM
And I soooo argued that point… Oh wait, I didn’t. What are you talking about.
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Sorry, should have been more clear. You said it isn’t illegal if they are clean. aka bongs and such. Pot grows wild up here in the summer due to the sunlight, and I wish I was joking. I can actually take you to places where their are broken bongs and roaches all over.
And the Wilderness-Hippies are sitting there smoking pot and drying out what they find. I think they should just stop selling the stuff even if it is clean. Bongs, Hooches, clips etc.
upinak on June 16, 2008 at 5:08 PM
The immortal “I liked (insert fashinable thing here) before it was cool” line. Indie does not automatically = cool. MTV is a complete waste of time, but these “festivals” are little more than drug fueled orgies with bad music. (ok, maybe not orgies, but at least drug fueled narcissism).
And, drugs are bad, mmmkay?
VolMagic on June 16, 2008 at 5:08 PM
The chick on the right at :24 looks like she can’t really believe she’s being such a lemming jumping off the cliff for Obama.
Hey, I can do that, here repeat after me:
Pick up the bong and you’ll vote for Obama,
Vote for Obama and jump off the cliff, oh mama.
kirkill on June 16, 2008 at 5:09 PM
and there’s a reason most Indie Music is Indie music. Because it sux.
kirkill on June 16, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Ah, yes, first we had the “I only have sex with Democrats” video and now this. Vote Democrat, party of promiscuous sex and stoners! Don’t it make you proud?
(Thank goodness records indicate that young people historically don’t vote!)
Special K on June 16, 2008 at 5:10 PM
LOL this comment on youtube
Brat on June 16, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Because people are naturally born idiots so they come here to be enlightened. Well, um, sometimes it doesn’t work.
Calling Hussein Barack’s “The Black house” was not intentionally a racist comment but a sarcastic one.
It’s the truth for whoever wants to believe.
Indy Conservative on June 16, 2008 at 5:15 PM
And why the middle name before the first name?
Chakra Hammer on June 16, 2008 at 5:23 PM
That makes much more sense. I see.
That is messed up. You’d think the Wilderness-Hippies would at least show a little respect for Mother Nature.
Though the reason bongs and such are legal when clean is because they could technically be used with a legal substance like tobacco. Once they’re tainted with pot, they’re no longer given that pass.
I thought it was obvious (I did call them tools in that same post), but I don’t think Indie=cool. That was sarcasm. Those people are hipster tools (I just had to repeat it).
However, you’re wrong. The music isn’t all bad. Most of it is insanely better than anything you’d hear on the radio, which isn’t necessarily saying much. You can’t judge it based on this crappy little tune.
Indie isn’t a musical genre. It’s nothing but bands who aren’t signed to a major label. If you even like music, chances are great that there’s an Indie band you’d like.
As for your last line, did you watch the end of that episode?
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Because I like to piss you off.
Indy Conservative on June 16, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Evidently one of the guys in the band or some one affiliated with them signed up on DU and posted a link to an extended live MP3 version of the song. They’re Canadians….
“On the behalf of Canada and every other country in the world. Will you please vote for that man. Will you please take the god damn dark clouds off of our f***ing shoulders. If you do the whole world benefits, everybody. Even if I totally don’t know what he stands for. But he talks god damn well.”
rw on June 16, 2008 at 5:35 PM
That pretty much sums up his appeal.
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 5:36 PM
People who use any kind of drugs don’t give a crap about anything but themselves.
upinak on June 16, 2008 at 5:36 PM
The nice thing about this is that THESE are the “youth movement” the Democrats claim every election cycle are going to come out and make a difference… while the DNC seems to ignore the giant fact that these stoners spend more effort addressing their “munchies” problems than finding their way to polling locations to vote.
Texas Rainmaker on June 16, 2008 at 5:38 PM
This is great opposition research. We have the secret formula for Obama support: Smoke bong, put bong down, go to polls, pull lever for, um, whoa, boy, do I ever have the munchies…Munchies! Hey, what am I doing in this photo both? Oh right, Spicoli Party ticket… Ralph Nader.
Duuuude, like, I just, like, voted!
Western_Civ on June 16, 2008 at 6:05 PM
That’s not necessarily true, especially when you account for common drugs, like caffeine.
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 6:06 PM
no i will not put down my bong and i will not vote for Nobama. {looking for some slayer to play real loud}
Mojack420 on June 16, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Indy Conservative is banned.
Allahpundit on June 16, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Cartman for president
Mojack420 on June 16, 2008 at 6:37 PM
I am such a selfish bahstuhd.
(I’ve just gotta lay off of that high blood pressure dope.)
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2008 at 6:40 PM
All hail the mighty Banhammer.
hillbillyjim on June 16, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Thanks for letting us know.
Esthier on June 16, 2008 at 6:44 PM
What are you smoking?
baldilocks on June 16, 2008 at 6:55 PM
I’m not putting down my bong for anybody.
SouthernDem on June 16, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Dude Ron Paul is more rocker than hippy.
equanimous on June 16, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Thank you.
onlineanalyst on June 16, 2008 at 7:34 PM
puff puff pass man
Mojack420 on June 16, 2008 at 7:55 PM
heh…don’t bogart that bowl…
Man, you would need to be stoned to vote for Obama. I’d laugh so hard if Obama picked Ron PAul as a running mate…
JetBoy on June 16, 2008 at 8:16 PM
Whoa. There’s an election…?
…Wait. What were we talking about?
Rhinoboy on June 16, 2008 at 8:22 PM
We seriously need to stop this before our entire country becomes one big hippie jamfest. Somebody get Cartman on the line. Tell him the Tonka RC truck is waiting and Kyle WILL NOT be allowed to play with it.
malan89 on June 16, 2008 at 8:50 PM
He’d win the votes of every jackass who works as a barista at the local Starbucks, takes night classes at the community college (and, because of this, knows EVERYTHING about the world there is to know), and drives a beat up 1998 Honda Accord with 1,000,000 bumper stickers (many of which are those juvenile “Impeach!” slogan stickers). That group is primarily made up of PaulNuts or Hopiates.
malan89 on June 16, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Ohhh…so that’s why your SN has the “420″ on the end. You silly pothead kids and your silly “counter culture”.
malan89 on June 16, 2008 at 9:17 PM
hey hey hey thats not nice i am the kids counter, counter culture. I hit 30 figured out they were all idiots , well i knew they were idiots before that . but no matter how stoned i get im not stupid enough to vote uh-bama
Mojack420 on June 16, 2008 at 10:10 PM
Agreed. Good call AP.
Dawnsblood on June 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Thanks for keeping this place respectable.
Spirit of 1776 on June 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Better late than never. Well done.
Jaibones on June 17, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Well, if they don’t put the bong soon enough they are liable to stumble into the voting booth and vote Republican by mistake. That makes me feel a little better.
njcommuter on June 17, 2008 at 1:08 AM
My thanks, as well.
nosliwelyk on June 17, 2008 at 4:36 AM
These hippies you see now, smoking dope and voting for Hopenchange, in 20 years will be in charge of this country and most of our institutions of higher learning. That’s where all the hippies from the 60’s went. The Clintons are a case in point.
abcurtis on June 17, 2008 at 7:44 AM
I read this discussion/thread and didn’t see an explanation of why Indy Conservative is banned. I can see his/her posts on this topic are blunt and “in-your-face,” but I would appreciate a judicial explanation of where a line was crossed (or is it cumulative based on other posts?). I respect this forum and the moderator, and wouldn’t gratiutously offend anyone (perhaps pols excepted), but couldn’t it still happen anyway if I don’t know the where the line is or what an example of line-crossing looks like? Could we have some thoughts on that? Thanks.
Western_Civ on June 17, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Some folks need to lighten up.
These people would vote for Obama no matter what. And they’re not hippies. Hippies are from the 60’s, so leave Wesley Pipes and Billy Bong Thorton out of this!
When I was in college, I saw a “hippie” wearing raggedy clothing and had unkempt, red-colored hair. When he got to the parking lot…he drove away in a brand new black Audi A4.
budorob on June 17, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Exit question: How are these dudes not Ron Paul supporters? Or were they, and now they’ve “transitioned”?
This is really an asshole statement. Of the highest order. This smear doesn’t work, it’s worn out, and to just throw out that people are on drugs because they support legalization if the mark of a true coward, or an idiot. Grow up with your criticism.
RWLA on June 17, 2008 at 10:08 AM
These people will vote for Obama no matter what….
Unless there’s a corner store between their apartments and the polling place. All those doritos and beef jerky. Mmmm munchies.
….
Dude what are you doing here? The polling place is closed, maaan.
stivv on June 17, 2008 at 10:32 AM
So much for that 2 minutes of my life
VikingGoneWild on June 17, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Probably because he called Obama’s White House the Black House, and probably because he insists on the Hussein Obama comments.
That’s just my guess.
You really think it isn’t a fair statement to say that most people who support legalization take drugs?
If you don’t take drugs, then you’ll be the first person I’ve ever talked to who wants them legalized but doesn’t use drugs. And I’ve talked about this issue at length with a lot of people.
The reality is that those are your spokespeople. Whether you like it or not, they are the face of the legalization movement.
Esthier on June 17, 2008 at 11:07 AM
You really think it isn’t a fair statement to say that most people who support legalization take drugs?
If you don’t take drugs, then you’ll be the first person I’ve ever talked to who wants them legalized but doesn’t use drugs. And I’ve talked about this issue at length with a lot of people.
The reality is that those are your spokespeople. Whether you like it or not, they are the face of the legalization movement.
Esthier on June 17, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I’ve never taken a drug in my life, never even tried pot. I don’t drink, don’t smoke, my only real vice is cursing.
You’re wrong. There are many respectable, principled people on the side of legalization, and for the brush to be applied to me as a dope smoking hippie is the same as calling all priests child rapists. Is that appropriate? Of course not.
RWLA on June 17, 2008 at 11:54 AM
I’ve never said there weren’t. What I did say is that the hippies and the stoners are the face of your movement.
That’s a fact. Either deal with it or don’t, but don’t blame others for having eyes and ears.
Esthier on June 17, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Wow, and for a while there, I thought young voters didn’t care about the issues.
manwithblackhat on June 17, 2008 at 3:06 PM