Video: Barack Obama meets the rEVOLution
posted at 10:05 pm on July 2, 2008 by Allahpundit
Via Screw Loose Change. 95% of you will laugh at the idiocy of the questioner and his subtitles, the rest will watch and wonder what Obama knows about the Bilderberg Group and whether perchance he’s googled Ron Paul. Something for everyone. Big tent!
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if they are sheep; what’s up with the cow sounds in the beginning?
lorien1973 on July 2, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Wait, are they trying to say the Council on Foreign Relations wants to take over the world?
I love how these conspiracy theorist loons throw around accusations based on the statements of fellow loons, then demand you prove them wrong. They seem to think they don’t have to provide a shred of evidence, but you should present an air-tight case as to why their claims are bull.
amerpundit on July 2, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Needs more cowbell
William Amos on July 2, 2008 at 10:15 PM
at 1:00: admit it. you were thinking of cheney’s nipples weren’t you?
lorien1973 on July 2, 2008 at 10:15 PM
I cn has trans-national gubbmint?
*leaves to graze. Grass. Hmmmmmmm.*
VolMagic on July 2, 2008 at 10:15 PM
My first response was, “So they want to make me like Obama?”
Than I realized nothing can make me like Obama.
Obama: It’s basically a forum where a bunch of people talk about foreign policy.
Subtitle: A bunch of unelected people.
Ooooooooooo, scary! Shh. No one on here talk about foreign policy or our secret membership in secret cabals will be revealed. Are any organizations taking donations to help cure Paul-Nutitus?
NotCoach on July 2, 2008 at 10:15 PM
It’s called narcissism. Prove me wrong. Show me I’m wrong. Pay attention to me.
lorien1973 on July 2, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Don’t like the conspiracy theory feel in the video, but i don’t doubt that there is some truth to what they are saying.
muyoso on July 2, 2008 at 10:17 PM
amerpundit on July 2, 2008 at 10:12 PM
No, no, no. Didn’t you see Lou Dobbs declare it’s true on T.V.? And you can’t be a sheep if you believe everything you see on T.V.! I mean, Lou Dobbs! Come on!
VolMagic on July 2, 2008 at 10:17 PM
It annoys me that Lou Dobbs and I are on the same side when it comes to illegal immigration.
NotCoach on July 2, 2008 at 10:18 PM
muyoso on July 2, 2008 at 10:17 PM
If by “some truth” you mean the the govts of America, Mexico and Canada talk to each other, then yeah.
VolMagic on July 2, 2008 at 10:18 PM
There is other truth as well. Unelected people sit around talking about foreign policy. That’s so scary it makes me almost dump a load in my pants.
NotCoach on July 2, 2008 at 10:21 PM
I, too, am shocked and appalled that Mexico and Canada want to trade their goods with us. And we want to do so with them. Bastards!
Next thing you know, Canada and mexico will start selling us their oil. Then the super white people from up north, and the brown people from down south will take all our jobs!!11!!11!eleven!
lorien1973 on July 2, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Yeah. I love his new teeth though. It looks like if a fence ever gets built, he could gnaw right through it.
VolMagic on July 2, 2008 at 10:21 PM
CFR(Chicken Fried Rice)
I’m IN for the WIN, ALL YOU CAN EAT! >:D
Chakra Hammer on July 2, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Everyone knows eleven isn’t a number. Especially when you’re upset.
VolMagic on July 2, 2008 at 10:23 PM
His teeth are the fence.
flipflop on July 2, 2008 at 10:24 PM
What a steaming pile of conspiracy theorist crap. Although it is kind of odd that Obama isn’t sure if he’s a member of the CFR.
flipflop on July 2, 2008 at 10:26 PM
It’s a strange day when the Truther nuts are using Hannity to back them up… when I’m sure they consider him to be one of the kings of sheep… but because he’s the only one who asked Obama supporters to explain their support, the Truthers had no other clip to use. Just kind of funny IMO.
RightWinged on July 2, 2008 at 10:28 PM
that hannity clip is the highlight of the 2008 season, though.
lorien1973 on July 2, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Und I haf rekorded everyones IP address who vatched dis video!
Limerick on July 2, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I’m going back to grazing…
ronsfi on July 2, 2008 at 10:36 PM
I ordered Ron Paul’s new book recently. I read some excerpts from it and it sounds like there is some excellent small government doctrine and economic policy knowledge contained therein.
I’ll be interested to see how much of the weird stuff made it into the final draft, though.
joewm315 on July 2, 2008 at 10:36 PM
I liked it until the very end when they said that McCain was even worse.
They must me hillary supporters. ;)
AnthonyK on July 2, 2008 at 10:40 PM
@ VolMagic on July 2, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Nah, more along the lines of Bush taking a liking to the idea of a North American Union. There has to be a reason he REFUSES to do anything about the border, and I can’t think its all about trying to keep the hispanic vote.
muyoso on July 2, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Ron Paul, apparently.
amerpundit on July 2, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Now that is funny, funnier than the onion post. heh!
kahall on July 2, 2008 at 10:45 PM
CFR: Code Of Federal Regulations
CFR: Council on Foreign Relations
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Council on Foreign Relations = 25 letters
Code of Federal Regulations = 24 letters
25 – 24 = 1. Council on Foreign Relations removes (subtracts) the United States Code of Federal Regulations, the result is ONE world government. How can you sheep not see the truth when it’s spelled out so plainly?
Hollowpoint on July 2, 2008 at 10:52 PM
I think that the NAU people are required to watch ‘Red Dawn’ every morning and ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ every night.
Limerick on July 2, 2008 at 10:53 PM
In before someone takes my comment above seriously.
Hollowpoint on July 2, 2008 at 10:55 PM
I think that most of this North American Union conspiracy stuff is overblown (although I do worry about eroding American sovereignty WRT immigration and various trans-national laws) but it is funny to watch Obama pretend that he’s unaware of the entire concept:
“The… In terms of this North America — uh… what, what do you… Union!”
In any case, it was a waste of a question. There are so many areas that Obama has anti-liberty flip-floppy views. Why not say that you’re a gun owner, and you’re worried about his support of the D.C. gun ban, or that you make out of country phone calls and are concerned about his flip-flop on legalizing warrantless wiretaps?
Mark Jaquith on July 2, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Um, do you mean to say that my family and I (unelected people) cannot sit around talking about foreign policy?
See amendment, 1st.
Your dry cleaner must not be very happy these days.
O-Dub on July 2, 2008 at 11:33 PM
I want BarryO to frickin’ answer a question without say “Uh…uhh….uhh”.
Hey, at least Mexico and Canada have OIL…and can drill for it!
SouthernGent on July 2, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Nothing about the North American Union theories is in the book. It’s Ron Paul minus his more fringy views. It’s a well-written case for a limited government. The non-interventionist (but hardly “isolationist” — let’s drop that lazy slur) foreign policy stuff isn’t going to be popular to neocons, but the rest of it is quite compatible with conservative viewpoints. It’s really an excellent book. Don’t let the conspiratorial Ron Paul crazies poison it. I think most conservatives will get a lot out of it.
Mark Jaquith on July 2, 2008 at 11:42 PM
No, but I knew you were.
Jaibones on July 2, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Hollowpoint – too funny.
Jaibones on July 2, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Maybe you and your family should take a break from discussing foreign policy one night and debate the meaning of sarcasm.
NotCoach on July 3, 2008 at 12:05 AM
The Paulbots really are paranoid!
Dawnsblood on July 3, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Southern Gent,
Couldn’t agree more. He strikes me as the new version of Bill Clinton, with these revisions:
- no record of him schtupping the secretary,
- no comparison in brains (Clinton could talk smoke rings around this know-nothing putz),
- no comparison in experience (Clinton ran a small, economically backward hick state; Obambi doesn’t even run his own house),
- looks good in a 42 long, empty.
For some reason, Democrats really, really like the newer version, and are all scrapping the old version.
Jaibones on July 3, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Exactly what I was thinking.
Coming up next on PaulnuTV: “A blog? That’s a website where a bunch of no-lifers talk about political issues. (Subtitle: A bunch of unelected no-lifers.)”
OneGyT on July 3, 2008 at 12:14 AM
All together now:
Obama thinks that you’re a lamb
You’re a lamb
You’re a lamb
Obama thinks that you’re a lamb
Cause he’s much smarter than ewe
Phydeaux on July 3, 2008 at 12:20 AM
The sad part is that John Hawkins over at Right Wing News has beat this down again and again.
Dawnsblood on July 3, 2008 at 12:23 AM
well it does explain why the borders aren’t secured. give me another logical explanation in a time of war that a country will not secure its borders?
unseen on July 3, 2008 at 2:13 AM
Tears for Fears really reinforces the sinister feeling now, doesn’t it?
Reaps on July 3, 2008 at 2:24 AM
Funny and clever!
The only point that slightly gets my agreement is McCain isn’t any better.
But not as bad.., although, SLC isn’t even on our side…. nor do I want to have them.
Kini on July 3, 2008 at 2:30 AM
I believe in the goals of the NRA more than I believe in the goals of the ACLU.
On top of that, why the secrecy from its members about it? (And forget the Obama deflection about a secret handshake.) I do not want any laws imported from Canada or Mexico ever imposed on me. Which is why globalists do tend to frighten me. They will sell out our individual liberty laws in favor of collectivist ones. These globalists want to share the wealth of the United States without sharing the freedoms which very much allow for that wealth. A Fedederation of Planets-type international organiztion might sound good in theory, but until their is agreement on such a thing as the right to offend, I’ll pass.
Not all conspiracy theories are theories — some are just conspiracies.
RickZ on July 3, 2008 at 3:10 AM
Do these people not know that Obama itself is an anagram?
(I dare not say what he spells!)
[Think: "Faster, Cleaner, Drier. Period".]
CFR.
profitsbeard on July 3, 2008 at 3:35 AM
Excellent! Thanks. I’m looking forward to reading it.
joewm315 on July 3, 2008 at 3:52 AM
Why would Chewbacca, a 7 foot tall Wookie, live on the planet Endor? That does not make sense.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you have to acquit.
Look at the funny monkey!
Alalazoo on July 3, 2008 at 5:14 AM
Me thinks Al-Burack is more into KFC than into CFR.
Aristotle on July 3, 2008 at 6:10 AM
There’s a Cheney around every corner!
drjohn on July 3, 2008 at 8:25 AM
You folks can sit around and laugh at the CFR and the Bilderbergs all you want.
Let me give you an OPINION. I find both pros and cons concerning both groups, therefore I dont know what the real truth is. I suspect it’s somewhere in the middle. Having said that, when the unaccountable elites of the world gather in secret and discuss “policy”, that is not a good thing for America or the world.
Just my two cents, take it or leave it.
abcurtis on July 3, 2008 at 8:52 AM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Obama is Clinton without the babes. He’s the Paris Hilton of politics.
abcurtis on July 3, 2008 at 8:58 AM
He cant. It’s been shown time and time again, he cannot speak off the cuff without a teleprompter displaying something somebody else has written for him. As another poster said, he’s an empty 42 long.
abcurtis on July 3, 2008 at 9:01 AM
As an economist, I can tell you that Ron Paul is not knowledgable of good economic policy. On the surface, it seems like he might be, because he understands about 5% of economics, and that’s close to 100% more than most politicians.
However, like the quote says, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Mainstream republicans, purely by accident, advocate better economic policies than Ron Paul, and mainstream democrats, as a result of intentional, carefully-cultivated ignorance, advocate economic policies about equally as damaging as Ron Paul’s.
Trust me—we’re better off with what we have now.
hicsuget on July 3, 2008 at 9:07 AM
You do realize that the CFR and Bilderberg theories have been around since the 70′s? I am not sure an organization could meet the goals that so many fear because of change in members, views and events. It’s not logical.
Cindy Munford on July 3, 2008 at 9:15 AM
Wwll, yesterday I pointed out how William Osborn, who is on the board of Council On Foreign Relations, is also the CEO of the mortgage company he got his home loan from. Just saying.
WoosterOh on July 3, 2008 at 9:32 AM
I must be in that 5 percent. But gee Allah, saying that 95% of HotAir would scoff about the NAU is disingenuous at best. HotAir has done quite a few post about the NAU and it always seemed to me that at least half of the people that posted saw it as a legitimate concern. Here is a post specifically on the NAU and here is a list of post where the NAU is mentioned.
Maxx on July 3, 2008 at 11:02 AM
What exactly is “our side” and how exactly are we not on it?
JamesB on July 3, 2008 at 12:00 PM
I got a good laugh from Obama’s answer to the first question, though: “I don’t know if I am a member of the CFR or not…” Can’t even anwser a simple question, can he?
Think_b4_speaking on July 3, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Yep, you described conspiracy theorist logic to a T!
Liberty or Death on July 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Here is a post by Dan at tdaxp openly advocating the union of Mexico and the US.
aengus on July 3, 2008 at 3:19 PM
‘I don’t know if I’m a member’…Wow, acting dumb, that’s real slick; just what I want in the POTUS.
But, I think this is worse: “95% of you will laugh at the idiocy of the questioner and his subtitles”…no, 95% of the informed laugh at AP as he once again, denies the facts.
Yes, the first Bush was on board with this deal (NAU) and it’s the only thing I support Ron Paul on because he’s right. As the dude says at the beginning of the film: prove me wrong. I know that you can’t prove a negative, but try reading about the background and meetings of the Security Prosperity Partnership in Jerome Corsi’s NYT’s bestselling book, then tell me it’s “idiocy”. No one can fool an informed citizen who cares enough to find out the truth.
I will continue to encourage people getting informed on this as long as this issue is poo-pooed.
I don’t agree with the dude when he says that McCain is worse on this issue than BO, he’s just slightly better.
Christine on July 3, 2008 at 4:29 PM