Video: Taxpayers Clearinghouse Prizes

Today’s bit of inspired political theater comes to us from Right.org, which is also holding a personal bailout contest in addition to coming up with a hilarious take on the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. The Taxpayers Clearinghouse brings big checks to houses across the country, too … but for signatures:

Some of the taxpayer sequences look staged, but funny nonetheless for the concept. The real hilarity, though, comes when the checks get delivered. Olympia Snowe gives a completely clueless performance when she apparently believes the stunt to be staged by Amtrak supporters. The man at the Amtrak desk, meanwhile, is one of the few to get into the spirit of the event, expressing appreciation for the billion-dollar pork package.

Others take a dim view of the publicity effort. One man gets arrested when he tries to deliver a check to a bailout recipient. Security gets called at AIG, and an executive tells the activists that he doesn’t owe them an explanation. Tim Geithner ignores cash flung at his feet, surely the only time that will happen in the next four years.

Best, though, is Chuck Schumer’s response, that “Rudeness won’t get you anywhere, guys.” Isn’t this the same guy who told the “chattering classes” to shut up?

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