Video: “Mr. Jefferson”
posted at 3:35 pm on April 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
The boss had this yesterday, I think, but it’s just right for a palate cleanser today. Savor the sweet irony of coopting a 60s anthem to salute classical conservatism and the Gipper. Unusually good for a political parody, especially the instrumentals.
If pop-folk isn’t your thing, may I recommend some jazz instead? “Frankly, Barney” always brings out the melancholy in me.
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Sweet! 8 pictures of Sarah and, now, the Gipper!
carbon_footprint on April 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Sarah looks different in Black and White.
hawkdriver on April 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM
One of those things is just like the other.
the_nile on April 1, 2009 at 3:39 PM
All those pictures of Sarah are lovely. That is the Palate cleanser.
portlandon on April 1, 2009 at 3:40 PM
I also highly recommend this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDRA3XFfDr4
MadisonConservative on April 1, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Amen!
carbon_footprint on April 1, 2009 at 3:41 PM
I was going to use that one…
myrenovations on April 1, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Happiest April Fools’ Day ever.
Dave Shay on April 1, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Wont see that on MTV
Oh wait,M used to stand for music.
Silly me.;-)
hanoverfist on April 1, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Could be Todd in 15 years.
BigD on April 1, 2009 at 3:43 PM
That was good.
The Wall on April 1, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Love that shot of Frank fingering the gavel. Creepy in that David Lynch kind of way.
EMD on April 1, 2009 at 3:46 PM
That video is brilliant.
myrenovations on April 1, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Sarah Palin = Founding Mother
jp on April 1, 2009 at 3:48 PM
That was phenomenal. Brought a tear to my eyes a couple of times.
29Victor on April 1, 2009 at 3:49 PM
sigh. remember when we had a real president?
patriette on April 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Watch Simon and/or Garfunkel flip out and sue.
Sue, sue, sue!
Christien on April 1, 2009 at 3:50 PM
getalife on April 1, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Yeah, that Gipper’s gone away line got my Becks flowing a bit.
myrenovations on April 1, 2009 at 3:51 PM
God, I love this country. Man, I’m pissed to see what BO & The Dem congress are doing to it. God Save the Republic (hopefully, with our help).
gmoonster on April 1, 2009 at 3:55 PM
This video is much better:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/223279/march-31-2009/the-10-31-project
getalife on April 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM
EXCACTLY what I was thinking.
Matticus Finch on April 1, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Instant Classic!!!
…………. spread it around people.
Seven Percent Solution on April 1, 2009 at 4:02 PM
MORE SARAH PALIN PLEASE!
mountainmanbob on April 1, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Mike Church for the win!
liquidflorian on April 1, 2009 at 4:04 PM
I’ve got one word for you Benjamin-
plasticssocialism.
Ted Torgerson on April 1, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Now I’ve got the blues …
eforhan on April 1, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Great video! Love the portraits of the Founding Fathers mixed in with Tea Party pictures. Let’s roll 4/15!
Christian Conservative on April 1, 2009 at 4:05 PM
You will have to regale us with your indepth analysis as to why the video you linked is much better.
PappaMac on April 1, 2009 at 4:07 PM
I almost cried when I saw Reagan.
That spinning noise I hear are two of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (Penn and Hooper)… buried less than a mile from my home…. spinning in their graves every time the Dem congress convenes.
mankai on April 1, 2009 at 4:08 PM
That was very well done.
LimeyGeek on April 1, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Surprisingly excellent.
Nessuno on April 1, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Actually, getalife’s “Colbert” video link was interesting in one regard – what was Beck going on about when he said he “hates 9/11 victims’ families”? That was very strange.
LimeyGeek on April 1, 2009 at 4:21 PM
I like the part about everything our founders warned about coming true. So true. Burns me up to think the Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, et al. would be radicals to the majority of our society.
Could you imagine our founders reaction if they had to see people like getalife infect America?
WashJeff on April 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM
LimeyGeek,
Yes it was a bit strange. Did some families want more $ than the millions they got? I don’t know.
gmoonster on April 1, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Sarah Looks awesome in black and white with short hair!!!
BillaryMcBush on April 1, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Bien Fait!
Maquis on April 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Great, except that George Wythe’s last name is pronounced just like “with.” Don’t try going to Wytheville, Va., and calling anything but “Withville.”
rivlax on April 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I can indeed. I can even smell the gunsmoke.
LimeyGeek on April 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I have absolutely no idea what Beck was going on about….I’m totally flummoxed…
LimeyGeek on April 1, 2009 at 4:26 PM
getlife. Aaron Burr.
Aaron Burr. getalife.
(click click)
WashJeff on April 1, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
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It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
– Patrick Henery
Buford on April 1, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Very nice!
JellyToast on April 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM
WashJeff on April 1, 2009 at 4:28 PM
I could get behind that match up.
myrenovations on April 1, 2009 at 4:30 PM
That was great. Never take your eyes off the prize–a free America once again. Fight on!
BetseyRoss on April 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Brilliant! Make sure you show this to your children and grandchildren. They need to know why and how this country was founded and why it’s still worth fighting for.
How I miss Reagan.
NebCon on April 1, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Alexander Hamilton willingly paid a high price for victory in keeping Burr from being president.
darktood on April 1, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Impossible, it can’t form actual paragraphs that require any depth of thought.
ManInBlack on April 1, 2009 at 5:12 PM
We are going to revitalize the vision of our founding fathers. We have to. The enemies are in the gates. The domestic enemies that our very founders warned us about. They are here now. The voice of our enemies is spewed by the keyboards that belong to the likes of getalife, capitalus, poptech, etc. They may be ignorant to this fact but they, along with every liberal democrat in power right now, along with every disingenuous lefty film maker, along with the getaway drivers in the mainstream media are all the voices of evil and oppression. They are the voices that scoff at individual liberty and freedom. They scoff at the bedrock priciples that this nation was founded on. And they probably scoff at me for saying so. Well that is fine because their time in power is going to be brief. Sure the damage will be great but I will not rest until I am secure in the belief that the idea of individual liberty will not be an unknown, unrecognizeable thing in the minds of my great, great, great grandchildren. Over my f*ing dead body will I allow the Barak Obama collectivists ruin this nation for them. If there was ever a time for great and thoughtful people to come together and stand strong in defense of liberty, it is now.
Zetterson on April 1, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Great vid.
Brian on April 1, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Is anyone else troubled with kids being used to make score political points? I loathe when the left uses kids for this, so I would be a hypocrite if I gave the right a free pass on it.
Maybe these are gifted children, but I wasn’t interested in politics until I became an adult. I have to wonder if any of these kids photographed at the tea parties are actually concerned about the future, or if they were simply dragged to them by their parents and told to hold up the sign for the camera.
eaglescout1998 on April 1, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I sent this to everyone in my address book, even the Dems.
KBird on April 1, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Countdown til Simon and Garfinkel sue Mike Church for ‘copyright infringement’. It was brilliant and much appreciated.
eaglewingz08 on April 1, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Well done. Well sung. I almost cried.
PersonalLiberty on April 1, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I caught this video,earlier this morning,on Johns site
OPFOR,and its excellent,somebody make more of these,
please!
canopfor on April 1, 2009 at 9:34 PM
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.”
–Marcus Tullius Cicero
long_cat on April 2, 2009 at 1:29 AM
god I miss ronald reagan.
lees on April 2, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Never in any time in history were so many brillant men put together to work on the same thing.
If I had the ability to go back in time, that’s when it would be when this country was being born.
mag5435 on April 2, 2009 at 10:08 AM