Heart-ache: MoveOn plays the moose card on Palin
posted at 1:20 pm on October 20, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Is the moose card an actual “card”? I didn’t think the “socialism card” was, but CNN says otherwise. Cards for everyone!
Look at it this way — he’s more credible than the cast of “Gossip Girl.” The exit question card: Why indeed would we trust this young novice politician with national security when we could elect smilin’ first-term senator Barack Obama instead?
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Why would we trust a dead moose to tell us who we should elect to high office? That is the pertinant question here.
t.ferg on October 20, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Darn you Sarah Palin and your allowance of individual people to hunt profligate large game animals in season and with a license! Darn you all to heck!
BKennedy on October 20, 2008 at 1:23 PM
That should lock up the cartoon demographic.
Spirit of 1776 on October 20, 2008 at 1:23 PM
What’s funny is that Moveon thinks this ad is affective. Sure plenty of voters agree with its message but its not going to sway conservatives or moderates.
shick on October 20, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Hmmmm? A moose huh? Maybe that can become the symbol of a new political party in America.
Just A Grunt on October 20, 2008 at 1:24 PM
I hate to toss around the word retarded blythely but this qualifies.
Dash on October 20, 2008 at 1:24 PM
LMAO what the hell was that?
lodge on October 20, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Obama has the dead quadruped (hooved or otherwise) vote all wrapped up. Bulwinkle J. Moose was spotted on an Alaska ACORN ballot.
BKennedy on October 20, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Not to mention taxidermied animals.
Let MoveOn continue to waste its money on ads like this.
shick on October 20, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Sounds great, we could call it the Bull Moose party.
And some whipper snapper by the name of Teddy Roosevelt could be it’s first candidate.
MarkTheGreat on October 20, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Let this serve as a warning to John McCain to watch his back around Sarah Palin. After all, McCain idolizes Teddy Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt founded the…Bull Moose party. Heh.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM
The moose card is powerful stuff coming from a group that supports a couple of jokers right at home with infanticide.
Hening on October 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Woody Allen in his stand-up days did a great routine about shooting a moose. All MoveOn ever does with these things is shoot themselves. You may fire when ready Soros.
J.J. Sefton on October 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Well Bully.
BKennedy on October 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM
I see moveon wants Obama to get the coveted “Bullwinkle” endorcement
William Amos on October 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM
The exit question card answer: I think I can trust her to size up her enemies, the smilin’ first term senator – not a chance.
Who is Moveon catering to now? Five year olds? A talking moose? Good grief.
tru2tx on October 20, 2008 at 1:29 PM
New lefty slogan to Alaskan wildlife.
“Get out to Vote or get in the game.”
shick on October 20, 2008 at 1:29 PM
You mean compared to Madonna telling us?
Hening on October 20, 2008 at 1:29 PM
The Moose
I shot a moose, once. I was hunting up-state New York, and I shot a moose, and I strap him on to the fender of my car, and I’m driving home along the west side highway, but what I didn’t realize was, that the bullet did not penetrate the moose. It just creased the scalp, knocking him unconscious. And I’m driving through the Holland tunnel – the moose woke up. So I’m driving with a live moose on my fender. The moose is signaling for a turn, y’know. There’s a law in New York state against driving with a conscious moose on your fender, tuesday, thursday and saturday. And I’m very panicky, and then it hits me: some friends of mine is having a costume party. I’ll go, I’ll take the moose, I’ll ditch him at the party. It wouldn’t be my responsibillity.
So I drive up to the party and I knock on the door. The moose is next to me. My host comes to the door. I say “Hello. You know the Solomons”. We enter. The moose mingles. Did very well. Scored. Two guys were trying to sell him insurance for an hour and a half. Twelve o’clock comes – they give out prices for the best costume of the night. First price goes to the Burcowiches, a maried couple dressed as a moose. The moose comes in second. The moose is furious. He and the Burcowiches lock antlers in the living room. They knock each other unconscious. Now, I figured, is my chance. I grab the moose, strap him onto my fender, and shoot back to the roads, but – I got the Burcowiches. So I’m driving along with two jewish people on my fender, and there’s a law in New York State … tuesdays, thursdays and especially saturday.
The following morning the Burcowiches wake up in the woods, in a moose suit. Mr. Burcowich is shot, stuffed and mounted – at the New York Athletic Club, and the joke is on them, because it’s restricted.
J.J. Sefton on October 20, 2008 at 1:29 PM
“Hey Rocky…watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat”
“That’s no rabbit..that’s John McCain”
Better ad.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 20, 2008 at 1:29 PM
And the GOP’s ad in reply should video of ACORN workers trying to register a herd of Moose to vote.
Dreadnought223 on October 20, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Sarah doesn’t waste ammo, so she’s not trigger happy. She aims to kill and is successful. If it were Obama, he wouldn’t even know how to keep his powder and his pants dry in a crisis.
eaglewingz08 on October 20, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Wow, that is some industrial strength stupid right there.
How can such dumbasses raise so much money? What will they be moveingon.org from if their Messiah wins?
rockmom on October 20, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Actually, Governor Palin DOES have national security experience. In fact, she has a higher security clearance rating right this minute, than either Obama or Biden. Wanna know how? Click here. You’ll wonder why you didn’t think of it yourself.
manwithblackhat on October 20, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Could you get a job managing McDonalds after just 143 days?
Yet Obama is set to run the free world after just that many days in the senate. WTF
Viper1 on October 20, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Why does that moose sound like it’s from New Jersey?
AubieJon on October 20, 2008 at 1:32 PM
All we need to counter this ad is a mounted talking horse’s ass.
fogw on October 20, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Ah, yes, that was when Woody Allen used to be funny. Thanks for the memories.
manwithblackhat on October 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Ok, that was… dumb.
OneGyT on October 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Q: How do Alaskan moose that aren’t harvested by hunters (with a bullet to the heart) die?
A: They either get injured and weak, and are torn to pieces by wolves (who chase them down and eat them alive,) or they get sick and weak, and are torn to pieces by wolves (who chase them down and eat them alive,) or they get old and weak, and are torn to pieces by wolves (who chase them down and eat them alive.)
If you’re an Alaskan moose, how do you want to go?
RBMN on October 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Going after the Alces alces vote.
Bullwinkle for Obama!
BacaDog on October 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM
If I can recall, no one as of yet can get Bush’s doctrine right, so why would we take the word of a talking moose?
Oh well..shiny!
baxtrice on October 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM
In related news, the talking moose head was just registered to vote by ACORN.
amerpundit on October 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Why do I think this is more positive for Palin then negative? I don’t think a moose is the best image for intelligent discourse…but then they did pick Biden.
right2bright on October 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Funny.
shick on October 20, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Hmmmm
These are the same people who flip out and rave about Buffalo, Beef-a-lo, Alpaca, Ostrich and other type of burger et al menu type resturants.
Give me a freaking break. Hypocrits galore!
upinak on October 20, 2008 at 1:34 PM
That slays me. I can understand someone coming up with the concept (Dead Moose Against Palin) and thinking it was mildly clever, but to convince a team to actually put it together… wasn’t there one person there together enough to put down the bong and say, “That’s kind of a stupid idea, really.”
saint kansas on October 20, 2008 at 1:34 PM
If I was part of MoveOn I would remove that tag at the end claiming responsibility for the ad.
But, if they want to bring up Gov. Palin’s “inexperience”, that just affords us the opportunity to compare/contrast between her and Obama.
BTW – I thought they had figured it out already that comparing Obama to Gov. Palin was a losing strategy?
Religious_Zealot on October 20, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Bullwinkle for President!!
vcferlita on October 20, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Lame, but at least it’s less vitriolic than usual for MoveOn.
petefrt on October 20, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Only if somebody is watching.
BacaDog on October 20, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Because the sky smells like purple /confusion
AeroSpear on October 20, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Moveon.org once again proves to the world at large that no one, I mean no one, smokes funny stuff like they do.
pilamaye on October 20, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Of course no comments allowed.
ctmom on October 20, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Men, we’re being besieged by zombie talking moose heads. Who is best suited to take on this catastrophe? I think you all know.
Sarah Palin for Vice President of the United States, because Obama wont save you from zombie moose heads.
Dash on October 20, 2008 at 1:39 PM
So Imanutjob in Iran, Putin in Russia, Kim Jong Il in NK, the Castro boys down in Cuba, Chavez in Venezuela, etc. are going to think that Palin is a little trigger happy. And this is bad-why?
ncc770 on October 20, 2008 at 1:41 PM
A funny story about mounted animals, from the mouth of a babe.
When my son was a toddler we were visiting a neighborhood family during the holiday season. They had a stag head mounted just above the fireplace in the livingroom. My son wandered into an adjacent room through a door right next to the fireplace. Not knowing what might have been in that room, I followed him to make sure all was OK. I found him staring up at the wall with a puzzled look on his face, and asked what was wrong.
My 3-year old said, “Where’s the rest of the deer?”
fogw on October 20, 2008 at 1:41 PM
um…. yea…. OK.
Brought to you from the same people who called the General with the winning strategy in Iraq a traitor?
Pssst… MoveOn. The Marines are retrograding out of Fallujah victorious and handing that whole area over the Iraqi military.
Which puts MoveOn’s crediblity right down there with whale droppings.
Hog Wild on October 20, 2008 at 1:42 PM
And what’s wrong with being trigger happy?
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on October 20, 2008 at 1:42 PM
That line from the movie The Sixth Sense, “I see stupid people and they don’t even know their stupid.”
shick on October 20, 2008 at 1:43 PM
They should do one of Karl Marx and Lenin (hey, if dead moose can talk, why not dead commies?) thanking Obama for “spreading the wealth” and continuing the revolution.
Blake on October 20, 2008 at 1:44 PM
So the Bull Moose Party vote is off the table?
CC – BHO: “my Muslim faith”
CapedConservative on October 20, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Ha! Looking at all the photos of dead Lenin, they appear to have updated his wardrobe over the years. Stylin’ with Vladimir!
Blake on October 20, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Didn’t Red State Update predict this kind of attack ad the day after Palin was picked?
CanadianGuy on October 20, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Is it already Halloween, is someone playing a trick? Holy madness that was a dumb ad. Hey goofballs, you know that most of what you had the moose say also applies to The One? No? You’re that far up his…?
Ohhhh. Right.
Seixon on October 20, 2008 at 1:49 PM
That is an amazing story, good the the Burcowiches weren’t a cow…Mr. would have been mounted in a different way…
right2bright on October 20, 2008 at 1:50 PM
That’s too bad, because McCain thought he had big rat Mickey Mouse on his side.
BadgerHawk on October 20, 2008 at 1:50 PM
So let’s talk. Let’s chat. Let’s start a dialogue about your ideas and mine.
/hillary
saint kansas on October 20, 2008 at 1:53 PM
I like it… with the Python-esque lower jaw movement on the pics.
hindmost on October 20, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Ok, I thought this was gonna be a serious discussion about the credibility of the MoveOn ad. But you guys just wanna talk about Woody Allen and dead moose jokes. Something tells me we got burnt out on Joe the Plumber over the weekend. Then again, maybe I should just do more than provide a link. Here’s the goods:
Now, did that help?
manwithblackhat on October 20, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Move on is looking into going into the entertainment business, since their political influencing isn’t working out so well? A kind of feeler, to see if they want to go in the Bullwinkle direction LOL This was mildly amusing and that is all it was kind of an air kiss. Sarah Palin has A Killer Instinct, You Betcha Lefties. Be afraid, be very afraid. She is a heat seeking missile, directed straight at the heart of the Progressive Leftest Movement. I hear she has a helluva of a trophy count…who is counting Coup? Sarah Freakin Palin.
Dr Evil on October 20, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Maybe this is a statement referring to how Palin would deal with international relations? This is a tough negotiator, and Hamas, Putin, and that guy from Iran would face some tough choices. They might even think twice about challenging a McCain/Palin administration if McCain sets the agenda and Palin provides the muscle.
jerseyman on October 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM
If Joe Biden dies before McCain, I will laugh my ass off.
Speedwagon82 on October 20, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Idiocracy
LimeyGeek on October 20, 2008 at 2:09 PM
First, the ad was LAME! Second, if the “experience card” is such an important issue to the lefties then why is Obama at the top of the dem ticket and Biden isn’t?
Also, Palin has more executive experience then Obambi, so what they are essentially saying is their candidate at the top of the ticket is less experienced then the repub’s bottom ticket….does not help their argument, but then again since when are facts and truth important to the far left-tards!
Liberty or Death on October 20, 2008 at 2:11 PM
if you are honest, you would say that is a good ad.
funny,creative, and suprisingly not full of lies. palin is not ready and has no foreign policy experience…and obama is worse
Roger Waters on October 20, 2008 at 2:14 PM
I cannot believe its come to this,first they went
after ‘Joe the Plumber’,and now the Lefty political
goons,Move On .Org are going after the majestic and
I may say,innocent Moose!
Its one thing to be on even footing,the Moose and its
suurounding area,both hunter and Moose,but for this
Lefty group,to literally ambush the Moose this way is
going to cause an international incident!!
So it seems now,with the besmirchment of this Moose,now
the Liberal Moonbats want to expand the war,and suck
Canada into it as well!!
Typical Liberals lighting political wars every where they
go!
I say its high time,to mobilize all Hunting Camps and
Fishing lodges,and restore SarahCudas Honour,and avenge
the Moose honour in one sweeping campaign that will purge
all Hunting and Fishing areas across Canada,and America of
this disgusting and tasteless assault by the Liberal Leftys!
(Snark!)haha:)
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 2:15 PM
A moose? Never knew a moose could talk. What a joke of a commercial. I would think that would make people think of how ridiculous that sounds. Palin has a lot of knowledge. And a heck of a lot of experience than Noboma does.
sheebe on October 20, 2008 at 2:17 PM
oops,that should be surrounding,not suurounding!Ugh.
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Now, did that help?
manwithblackhat on October 20, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Exactly!!
A lot of Liberals say that is bs. I have had many arguments on that. So uninformed they are. Thank you, made me feel better.
sheebe on October 20, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Any chance Pelosi dresses up as Rudolph and trick-or-treats in Alaska this year? Hey, a guy can dream, can’t he???
marklmail on October 20, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Bullwinkle should sue.
corona on October 20, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Oh you mean the same extreme left Petraeus-betray us debacle that Obama was clinging too so he could win the primaries and hasn’t been heard from since so Barack could go for the centrist vote he has not one leg to stand on to go for because he is and admitted socialist?
Speakup on October 20, 2008 at 2:28 PM
“Kill moose and squirrel.”
whitetop on October 20, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Now did that help?
manwithblackhat on Oct 20,2008 at 1:58PM.
manwithblackhat: Thanks for those unargueable facts!
And yes,Governor Palin is Commander of the
National Guard!
And because,I’m up north,the whole upper
north region,but Alaska in particular, is
the first line of defense as far as an in
coming missile threat!!
Does Obama have any experience,even a Boy
Scout?:)
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Do you think that moveon will now play the Lobster card against Michelle?
unclesmrgol on October 20, 2008 at 2:30 PM
The last moose that had anything worth saying was a Bull Moose, Teddy Roosevelt.(and Bullwinkle of course)
flytier on October 20, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Since when do they have exotics in Alaska? Is that a Reebok to the left of Bullwinkle?
flytier on October 20, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Was that… was that Kiefer?
askheaves on October 20, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Soooooo. she’s trigger happy, eh?
Good. The world could stand a lot fewer assh*les like Imanutjob, Kim Jong Il, Mugabe, Assad, Nasrallah, bin Hidin’, Putin, and Khamenei still walking around above room temperature. Electing someone who would be willing to blow their asses away would be worthwhile.
Subsunk
Subsunk on October 20, 2008 at 2:41 PM
I think this ad is genuinely witty, which is surprising given the bile one expects from Moveon.org. But funny doesn’t mean effective.
It’s like those funny product commercials that win awards, but after viewing, consumers cannot recite the name of the product. Here, the novelty of seeing the snide, talking moose makes one forget whatever the message was supposed to be.
BCrago66 on October 20, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Please, you undervalue whale dropping (egregiously so, if you include ambergris).
Count to 10 on October 20, 2008 at 2:43 PM
This is coming from people who register dead people to vote. Think about it.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 20, 2008 at 2:45 PM
funny,creative, and suprisingly not full of lies. palin is not ready and has no foreign policy experience…and obama is worse – Roger Waters on October 20, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Except that Palin is not running for president.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Physics Geek on October 20, 2008 at 2:57 PM
My sister was bitten by a moose once.
BohicaTwentyTwo on October 20, 2008 at 2:58 PM
dead moose get a vote now, too?
lorien1973 on October 20, 2008 at 2:58 PM
This is coming from people who register dead people to vote.
Think about it.
Grue in the Attic on Oct 20,2008 at 2:45PM.
Grue in the Attic: I bet Bull, Winkle has been registered as
a Democrat,’Wink,Wink’!
And I bet,there’s some psychedelic frog
licking goin on here in the making of
this ad,by these Leftys,*rolls eyes*!
haha:)
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 2:59 PM
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge – her brother-in-law – an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: “The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink”…
BohicaTwentyTwo on October 20, 2008 at 3:01 PM
They should have used an ass “donkey” instead of a moose.
la.rt.wngr on October 20, 2008 at 3:04 PM
My sister was bitten by a moose once.
BohicaTwentyTwo on Oct 20,2008 at 2:58PM.
BohicaTwentyTwo:I’d rather be bitten by a Moose,than a
Kodiak Grizzle Bear!!:)
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 3:08 PM
It could of been worse,the Left could of
besmirched ‘Ed,the talking horse’!
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 3:10 PM
When do the adults get involved in the campaign?
On a side note, has anyone vetted this moose?
Joe Comment on October 20, 2008 at 3:14 PM
A talking moose supports Obama?
“Hey,
BarryRocky, watch me pull the economy out of myasshat!”malclave on October 20, 2008 at 3:15 PM
One shot, one kill…
Wyznowski on October 20, 2008 at 3:21 PM
And I thought Bugaboo Creek was the only place where moose talk.
Alden Pyle on October 20, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Isnt’ there a moose on the Backyardigans?
Wyznowski on October 20, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Now I know what happened to “Marty Moose” (National Lampoons Vacation)
gstrickler on October 20, 2008 at 3:27 PM
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