Video: The inevitable MoveOn parody ad debuts
posted at 3:25 pm on June 18, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Only 39 seconds long but you can still see the punchline coming from a mile away. Here’s the original if you missed it yesterday. I wonder which fault line will mark the divide of reader opinion on this one: Red-state conservatives versus blue-state conservatives or childless versus parents? Either way, as might be expected, I dig it. Content warning.
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Despicable.
jgapinoy on June 18, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Way hotter than the original mom. Love the parodies.
carbon_footprint on June 18, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Just knowing it’s a parody of the other video gives away the punchline.
Esthier on June 18, 2008 at 3:29 PM
I like it.
Maxx on June 18, 2008 at 3:31 PM
It’s a joke.
Esthier on June 18, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Never mind; should have not based that on the screencap. She is kind of ugly.
carbon_footprint on June 18, 2008 at 3:31 PM
McCain can have all of my kids right now too. They’ll shatter the eardrums of countless insurgents and drive the rest of them insane.
Seriously, waaaay better than the MoveOn ad. The chick is better looking too (both kids were cute, though).
Anna on June 18, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Ha!
VolMagic on June 18, 2008 at 3:33 PM
My kids are available today too. First cold rainy day at swim lessons has ruined the day for everyone.
I thought the first one was a parody, it couldn’t possibly be taken seriously. And it caused me to be banned from Huffpo.
ctmom on June 18, 2008 at 3:35 PM
LOL. And then there’s the whole poopy diapers as WMDs threat. Bet the terrorists give up right after they start smelling applesauce based baby poo.
rbj on June 18, 2008 at 3:36 PM
dig it.
bernzright777 on June 18, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I think parents would like it more than others. We know how bad a diaper can really smell.
Clark1 on June 18, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Congratulations!!
KelliD on June 18, 2008 at 3:41 PM
And don’t forget the (sometimes unpredictable) vomit!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 18, 2008 at 3:43 PM
That was my first reaction, too!
StephC on June 18, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Hilarious!
SoTX on June 18, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Stupid, they both were. Joking or not it still isn’t funny.
pb5000 on June 18, 2008 at 3:49 PM
IMO, the whole Moveon.whore team should be charged and sent to Gitmo for the duration of the war on terror. Clearly, a traitorous organization, operating behind enemy lines, during war.
byteshredder on June 18, 2008 at 3:50 PM
i got a kick out of it
Defector01 on June 18, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Hey, if your kid had a “Jam with Elmo” guitar, you’d feel the same way.
/sarc
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 18, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Ok I laughed.
Not where I expected it to go but still funny.
bj1126 on June 18, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Wait. This is from 23/6? The one on HuffPo’s site?
amerpundit on June 18, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Not only unpredictable but projectile!
Blake on June 18, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Did it occur to MOVE ON that John McCain has a son serving right now in the service. IF not this would be a perfect time for the McCain campaign to put up a photo of Cindy holding their son as a baby, with the caption: no problem Alex and Alex’s mom, my son has your back! It isn’t like we were counting on people like you who enjoy their freedom but who won’t defend their own country.
Oh that baby’s daddy above. Obama wants to have a word with your baby’s daddy!
Dr Evil on June 18, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Heh. She want’s him out of the house now? Wait until he’s 18!
ronsfi on June 18, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Yep. My daughter, when she was a year and a half, did it 3 days in a row as we were backing out of the driveway on the way to daycare.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on June 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Did Al Franen write it?
snaggletoothie on June 18, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Personally, I have to go with Josh Schroeder’s parody, and not just because he’s an ex-Cheddarhead.
steveegg on June 18, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Maybe I’ve seen & worked with too many children who’ve been neglected & abused, but I don’t think it’s funny at all.
jgapinoy on June 18, 2008 at 4:20 PM
LOL… I love it.
Claypigeon on June 18, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Just curious, what are the ages, genders and educational history of the respondents on this page?
I know what the makeup of Moveon is, mostly juvenile narcissistic amoral sociopaths educated in the metropolitan public school system. I expected a different demographic here.
eaglesdontflock on June 18, 2008 at 4:34 PM
She needs a new webcam.
nosliwelyk on June 18, 2008 at 4:37 PM
eaglesdontflock on June 18, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Oh please. We’re just really sick of MoveOn.org and the 100 year war thing with McCain.
ctmom on June 18, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Speaking as a blue-state conservative and non-parent, that was awesome.
Enrique on June 18, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Not to mention teething poops. After three kids, I’ve come to the conclusion that that’s the most vile substance known to man.
flipflop on June 18, 2008 at 4:58 PM
In the Iraq war, the Iranians had a brigade of little kids lead by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They gave the cute little kids plastic keys to paradise, then sent them out to explode mines. So all this talk of babies being used to fight in Iraq is a little too real and a little too tasteless.
tommylotto on June 18, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Just leave the Internet, please. And never come back.
Riposte on June 18, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Then what is wrong with expecting an elevated level of creativity from the evidently superior counterculture. I’m sick of them too, just not “sick”.
eaglesdontflock on June 18, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Suggestion for people who can make these things: In the next ad, the son is 23 and still living at home.
km on June 18, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Why don’t they have an ad with a lefty woman saying she doesn’t want her son joining the military. She wants her son to deal drugs and live off welfare, like she and his dad did, where ever he is.
Tantor on June 18, 2008 at 5:56 PM
How did they get Heather McCartney to do this?
drjohn on June 18, 2008 at 5:59 PM
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Wah. I’ve got four children of my own who’ve been neglected & abused and I think it’s freakin’ hilarious.
Immolate on June 18, 2008 at 6:05 PM
+1
Dr. Conservative on June 18, 2008 at 6:05 PM
That’s Laurie Kilmartin. She’s funny, and so is this video. Kind of weird that HuffPo would make fun of a MoveOn vid, no matter how obviously scaremongering it is. Well done.
Jim Treacher on June 18, 2008 at 6:13 PM
What’s blue and sits in the corner?
Jim Treacher on June 18, 2008 at 6:15 PM
@ jgapinoy on June 18, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Everyone always gets pissed off when humor makes fun of something personal to them, instead of just accepting it as humor and moving on.
muyoso on June 18, 2008 at 6:17 PM
They beat SNL to the punch with that one.
It was funny.
Texyank on June 18, 2008 at 6:19 PM
At least you followed the Self-Righteous Social Workers template though:
Maybe I’ve [heart wrenching experience] just too many times to think that [joke everyone is enjoying] is funny. I think not only should you all congratulate me for going through [heart wrenching experience] but you should now hate yourselves for laughing at [joke everyone was enjoying].
apollyonbob on June 18, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Sophomorically cleaver. Which is not too cleaver, but I like anything that parodies MoveOver.org. – Colorado Conservative (we’re freakin’ purple state now, it bums me out).
kirkill on June 18, 2008 at 6:55 PM
really, need to teach the kids how to clean, load and shoot a gun first.
kirkill on June 18, 2008 at 6:55 PM
My son’s name is Joshua… he volunteered, he’s over 21….. he’s going to you know where……. like I had anything to say….. moveon.org….. kiss my Marine Corps ass.
MNDavenotPC on June 18, 2008 at 7:17 PM
eaglesdontflock and jgapinoy
You’re apparently not the primary caretakers for young children. If you try it 24/7 for awhile you’ll understand the exhausted look on the actress’ face and the dark humor.
obladioblada on June 18, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Been there, done that. I am now a rational. sleep fulfilled human being expecting more of the human race.
eaglesdontflock on June 18, 2008 at 8:40 PM
I don’t care who you are…. that’s funny.
Father leaving, ears bleeding, and those other remarkable talents. Woot!
Hog Wild on June 18, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Parodialicious!! Go William Go!
Griz on June 18, 2008 at 10:07 PM
I’ll admit it.
I’m a sucker for shock humor (most of the time), so I digged it.
Hawkins1701 on June 19, 2008 at 2:10 AM
Nice.
Cylor on June 19, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Yep, this was ok; I suspect that would be much better though (if done well).
gekkobear on June 19, 2008 at 12:36 PM
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