As we’ve seen, the unofficial slogan of the TNGOP seems to be “We’re still pissed about stuff that happened before you were born.” And the latest from Bill Hobbs seems to be a riff on that same thing. I do notice, however, that there’s little to no copyright infringement in this piece, so I guess you take the good with the bad.
I don’t know. Maybe it’s just where I’m sitting, as a younger person, but does this intercene war among Baby Boomers really resonate with folks? I mean, I came of age in an era when disgruntled homegrown terrorists sent bombs that killed people and when mass murderers walk into high schools and kill their peers by the dozens. “Obama knows someone who once said Manson was ‘far out’ back in the 60s and knows someone else who bombed some places but didn’t manage to kill anyone back in the 60s and who scandalously stood on a flag!”
I mean, doesn’t it strike anyone else how quaint this is?
There’s this disembodied voice–I assume it’s Hobbs–that could not be any more square talking about Manson and “dig it” and “far out” and, I don’t know, maybe that shit will resonate with older voters, but it seems like older voters are already voting for McCain.
Otherwise, I ask you this. Go back and listen to the tone of that whole piece and tell me, does it not sound like a young Montgomery Burns?
And, I must admit, I’m curious to see how far back into the past Hobbs might go. Will we soon learn that Obama likes that rock and roll music? That he associates with people who get stoned and read Ginsberg? That he frequents places that used to be speak-easys? That he once spent the afternoon with a man who looked vaguely like a man who used to defame Rachel Jackson?
How far back in the past does his wrongness for America stretch?!
When, for instance, will we find out that he’s just taking the Communist play-book, changing the title and passing it off as American policy?
Oops. Too late. Bush beat him to it.
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[...] Aunt B. thinks Bill Hobbs media skillset may be “of the new,” but his material ain’t: Go back and listen to the tone of that whole piece and tell me, does it not sound like a young Montgomery Burns? [...]
Just for the culturally ignorant such as myself:
Mr. Burns is Homer’s boss. Sorry, had to look it up.
I didn’t create the video (nor did the TN GOP). I found it on YouTube and linked to it. So criticism of me for the content is rather silly. You might want to do a little research before you rant.
By linking to it, you associate yourself and your party with it. That’s how this linky stuff works, you know.
Take care of the beam in your own eye, Mr. “I could look up what constitutes fair use but I’d rather leave my employer open to suit.”
Since when does trolling YouTube on your employer’s dime count as “research”?
You might want to do a little research before you rant.
The irony indeed burns…
Well met, Aunt B,
I should be researching for an over-due blog post but got distracted down the line by Winston Rand’s Graduation to the next world, and next thing I knew I was reading Tiny Cat Pants. So sorry you have to contend with Dicks like Bill Hobbs, but it looks like you could be the best person for the job.
The problem though, in dealing with the ignorant is that they are enfranchised. But the cat is out of the pants, if you follow me; nothing we say will bring enlightenment to them. We must simply continue to reach the educable members of the electorate with the fragrance of real morals and values, and pray to God we out-number the morons on election day and that we can prevent another disastrous hack of the vote.
Cheers,
Saitia
My bad, Bill. I still have a hard time telling what’s official TNGOP stuff and what’s just you (and apparently, what’s not you). Still doesn’t negate the fact that the ad sounds like a young Montgomery Burns.
Irrelevant fact. This is how the GOP has been operating since Nixon. Some GOP operative or astroturf organization creates some vile piece of garbage and injects it into the public discourse, and GOP hacks everywhere throw it up for display. When they get called on it, they then say they it ain’t theirs and try to act like the whistleblower is in the wrong for falsely accusing them of being the originator of the vile garbage.
It’s classic Nixon, and we should all be ready to pound these hacks into the ground everytime they try this tactic. As NM immediately pointed out, if you use it you are associating yourself with it. That makes you just as bad as the asshole who created it, so don’t be a coward and try to back away from it. Have the propriety to own your assholery, for God’s sake, even if every other shred of your human decency is expendable to your Mephistophelean cause.