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‘The Simpsons’ Pre-Election Episode Trashes Romney’s Faith & GOP Policies: ‘I Hear He Wears Magic Underpants’

Nov. 5, 2012 8:54am Billy Hallowell

The Simpsons Trashes Romneys Faith & GOP Policies | Homer Simpson

Photo Credit: FOX

On Sunday evening, FOX’s pre-election episode of “The Simpsons” got political. Rather than sitting out of the 2012 presidential race, the edgy cartoon decided to join the majority of Hollywood in spouting anti-Republican messaging and themes. Aside from taking aim at candidate Mitt Romney and the Mormon faith, the show tackled “death panels” and voter identification laws.

In a highly-controversial scene, Homer Simpson arrived at a polling place, where a white man with a cowboy hat asked to see photo identification. ”Stopping all Americans from voting is for the protection of all Americans,” the man proclaimed. But once Homer explained that he is a “40-year-old white guy who didn’t go to college” and that he gets all of his news from monitors at gas stations, the poll worker let him in to vote.

Once inside the booth, Homer weighed his options, highlighting a number of policies and personal attributes associated with Romney and President Barack Obama.

“I’ve already got one wife telling me to eat healthy. Plus, he promised me death panels and grandpa’s still alive,” he said of Obama.

Photo Credit: FOX

The character’s comments about Romney, though, were much more pointed — and offensive.

“Mitt Romney, I hear he wears magic underpants. I expect the leader of the free world to go commando,” Homer said. “Plus, his horse totally choked at the Olympics. On the other hand, he did invent ObamaCare.”

After selecting Romney, Homer is given the opportunity to view the candidate’s tax returns, where he learns that the Republican has “six wives all named Ann,” among other “facts.” When he threatens to go to the press with the information, he is outsourced — literally — to China.

Watch the clip, below:

(H/T: Mediaite)

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Ducky657
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:10am
I have not allowed watching “the Simpletons” in my home for years. I don’t think it is a good idea to make fun of anyone’s faith (notice I did not say religion) or their political affiliation. Never mind the fact these folks are nearly as liberal as the other boneheads who provide puerile cartoons on Fox. In fact–we don’t watch anything on ABC, CBS, Fox, or NBC. I think the last time we did George HW Bush was in office. There is a reason most young folks don’t know basic things like who their state and federal Senators and Representatives are–the media has them so distracted they don’t know much of anything! Imagine my surprise when the Lilly Ledbetter Law was passed and everyone thought the law gave women pay equality. The law merely extended the time allowed for someone to file a violation of the 1963 EQUAL PAY ACT WHICH WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY JOHN F. KENNEDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:40am
  Romney’s faith is a CULT and needs to be exposed as such just as is a homosexual Muslim that is not even a citizen of this country.
  
  You do not replace evil (wolf in sheep’s clothing) with another evil (wolf in sheep’s clothing). You don’t refuse hemlock as poison and then take cyanide
  
  We as Christians in these last days need to be
  
  (1) Spreading the gospel Romans 10:9-10
  
  (2) Making AFTER RAPTURE PACKETS http://youtu.be/ahEVxIzlxwo for a left behind world
  
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- SquareHead
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:13pm
  That was funny!
  
  If you Fear Obama you will vote for Romney.
  
  If you Fear God you won’t!
  
  http://republicansagainstromney.com/
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:29pm
  Mkay, the guy calling Mormons a cult is making rapture packets….sigh… I think it’s a cult too. Just not one that carries a negative connotation like you make it sound.
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:46pm
  JUSTANGRY
  
  1 Thes 4:13-18 & 1 Cor 15:50-55 is the resurrection/rapture
  
  The bible is a full 1/3 prophecy and one by one prophecy has been fulfilled just as prophesied.
  
  You have been told what is going to happen before it happens.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 1:11pm
  Just more “chosen people” ran propaganda disguised as a cartoon. No mention of Obama being a Muslim though.
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:16pm
  There seems to be a lot of overflow from the Faith section here at the Blaze.
  
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- P8riot
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:54pm
  @therapturcomes –
  
  I hope you’re also making “AFTER MORMON PACKETS” as well — because once we rule the world (starting with Mitt Romney in the White House of course) good luck finding any caffeinated drinks, beer or coffee!!! hoo hoo hoooo hoooo haaaaaaaa (that was my best virtual evil scientist laugh)!!!
  
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- justangry
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:07pm
  @P8riot, Getting that deja vu feeling, man. LOL Aren’t you tired of dealing with it yet?
  
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- IntheDirt
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:31pm
  I’m with you on not watching TV. We have Netflix and an internet connection for the truly good TV like PJTV.com. Someday maybe we can afford Blaze TV. Not in the Obama Economy.
  
  I gotta admit that was pretty funny. Does the simpsons affect the outcome of the race? No. There is a lot better stuff out there than the simpson’s.
  
  A side note. I love how the haters come out with the slightest smell of Mormon criticism. If the Mormons all dropped dead they would pick another group to hate.
  To the irrelevant haters – Thanks for the entertainment.
  
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- theotherberean
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:15pm
  @P8
  
  You’re kidding, right? The CJCLDS is a multi billion dollar corporation and profits in one way or another from all of those evil things you mentioned.
  
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- theotherberean
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:18pm
  We don’t hate you, you hate us.
  
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- P8riot
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 6:32pm
  @JUSTANGRY
  
  LOL – yeah. As you’ve seen, I’ve been dealing with the same attacks over and over for too long now! :) But honestly, I’ve heard most of it my entire life, so I don’t count on it ending anytime soon. The part I like the best is people like you who have honest questions and make your point without being insulting.
  
  Its great that people like us can disagree on certain beliefs, yet still combine our similarities to return this country to its greatest glory!
  
  Here is a common belief that I’m sure we share as stated by one of our former Prophets, Ezra Taft Benson:
  
  “Have we read The Federalist papers? Are we reading the Constitution and pondering it? Are we aware of its principles? Are we abiding by these principles and teaching them to others? Could we defend the Constitution? Can we recognize when a law is constitutionally unsound? Do we know what the prophets have said about the Constitution and the threats to it?
  
  As Jefferson said, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free … it expects what never was and never will be” (Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey, 6 Jan. 1816).”
  
  …
  
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- P8riot
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 6:39pm
  @theotherberean
  
  I am truly sorry that you feel that we hate you. I can promise you that nothing is further from the truth.
  
  Please notice that the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here are not the ones waiting for other religions to be mentioned in an article – and then pouncing to degrade those beliefs. When we get into these religious discussions, it is ALWAYS to defend what WE personally believe – which is often under attack.
  
  I think its safe to say that you and theotherberean do not agree with our beliefs. I think its also safe to say that we do not subscribe to your beliefs. Now… since the most important election of our lives is happening tomorrow —- do you think we can agree to disagree on religion and start working together to defeat Obama???
  
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- title_of_liberty
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:37pm
  @p8riot Great comments!
  
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:07am
The people standing behind and for such so called cartoon videos like The Simpsons will too be judged by God. In the Book of our Life will be all the good but also will include the lies, immoralities, hate, violence and jealousy, etc. that they have done in their lives as will also be done with all of us…..Live is short and Eternity is Forever…

Think before speaking or writing

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- rickc34
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:18am
  talk about left wing racism.
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:13am
  You will be judged by whether or not you’ve accepted Christ as your atonement for sin. You will then be rewarded or not rewarded by deeds done as a believer.
  
  “There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus, no judgement”
  
  There will be no “Simpson’s purgatory”. I think we Christians should be more concerned with the souls of men than the cartoon preferences of men. But, that’s just me.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 4:17pm
  You’re a good man Vet.
  
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- lillith70
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 10:21am
  Those whom Christ chooses are Christians and he judgeth not as a man. Not everyone who cries “lord, Lord” will be recognized as such. You seem to have struck the right tone IMO.
  
  To the radical hard right fundamentalist panickers such as poster Therapturecomes might exercise a little Christian faith and ask God to guide us and the country. The Jews called the early Christians a cult, the Catholics must have thought the same about the Protestants, so what is in a name? Mormons have grown too large to be defined as a cult by any but dogmatic naysayers. It is really unbecoming and as Therapturecomes makes the packets, by own theology might worry that 12,000,000 Mormons will be left behind in the Rapture if indeed they don’t recognize Chjrist as the savior? Only solution is to kill them all in the name of Therapturecomes Christianity?
  
  So if by his/her/its theology all that is required is to profess Christ, why aren’t Mormons who live to work for Christ and strive to become one with Him and the Father not Christain? They/we aren’t traditional Christians but certainly are Restorationist Christians and our only goal is or should be to magnify Him and to feed his sheep and care for the widows and orphans as James says. Being human we lack perfection, true, which comes only through Christ, but we aren’t the only ones lacking.
  
  I reply to you because their wasn’t a reply button below Therapturecomes and because your tone is easy to recognize as one of his sheep-oh
  
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soap on a rope
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:55am
I should also add Homer getting sucked into the voting machine was recycled from the 2008 election gag.

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- turkey13
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:07am
  Thank goodness the kids can’t vote! The uneducated don’t vote or only do as they are told. The educated were watching something that enriched their lives.
  
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soap on a rope
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:53am
I thought it was funny. Homer also lamented the lack of death panels (grandpa’s still alive) and Michelle telling him what to eat.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:19pm
  Agreed. Part of being a good conservative is a health sense of humor.
  
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ricanpatriot
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:47am
Add your comments

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- lillymckim
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:55am
  Who watches this crap?
  
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- mike551
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:01am
  This is why we’re doomed. People know more about homer simpson than the vice pres. I’m not talking about young people….they are lost, for the most part. I’m talking about grown people. PATHETIC!
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:57am
  tv is the rich and powerful s way to manipulate and socially condition people, we all need to throw our tvs away and just use our computers where anyone can do anything.
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 12:47pm
  Mike- I thought Joe Biden was Homer Simpson?
  
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Mstr Smith
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:46am
According to Sandra Fluke….Dem women don’t wear underpants…..they just get in the way!!!

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- OBUMAURMAMA
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:54am
  Just a stop, fill, and go station. Shame she doesn’t serve a soda on the side. Over 16oz. of course.
  
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denkat56
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:45am
Here we go again, making fun of a religion and using t v to do it. No freedom of religion, just a mockery of it. Simple cartoons from simple minds. No truth, as usual innuendoes, and assaults for a laugh. It’s funny the characters never change, and neither do the attacks. You guys need to grow. Up.

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- starman70
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 3:07pm
  When my children were growing up, The Simpsons were BANNED from my TV. They still are. the show is absolute trash as is for most of the FOX lineup on Sunday Nite.
  
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Z3Fan
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:40am
Shark – Jumped!

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- goahead.makemyday
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:51am
  Jumped? It jumped on the boat years ago, it’s already been killed cut up and sent to foreign countries to be eaten and the teeth sold as souvenirs. The reason they’re still on is because they mock religion and conservatives, with a few liberal references too.
  
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GrumpyCat
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:37am
The Simpsons was once a great show. Still is when they can keep from proselytizing.

There has been some discussion floating around stating Fox was going to terminate the show if the principle actors didn’t agree to a salary cut from $8M/year to $4M/year.

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chucksue351
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:29am
fox programming is very funny, the news aspect seems to be somewhat conservative and the so called fun stuff stinks of the fumes of hell

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repairsea
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:28am
It is funny. Remember, Homer is a cartoon character that beats his son, is a drunk, lies, doesn’t pay his bills, and has a police record.

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- Oneirishman
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:24pm
  Like you below average America male.
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:27pm
  Edit: your, not you. :/
  
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- repairsea
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:02am
  Irish, you are funny just like Homer.
  
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RealManDad
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:28am
Homer has the intellect of the typical Obama voter. The Simpsons made the point pretty clearly, ‘If you vote Obama, you must think like Homer’.

However, as stated, the Simpson’s jumped the shark a long time ago.

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- HMWastedDays
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:24am
  That’s why he voted Romney.
  
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schroeder123
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:28am
I personally do not watch this mind numbing trash. I can see why democrats do though.

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scootervanneuter
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:24am
What do you expect from a stupid cartoon that mocks God and all things conservative?
Second question: Is there really anyone who still watches this crap?

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- SoNick
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 8:53am
  “People still watch that crap?”
  yeah, actually. Millions of people watch the longest running cartoon in the history of television.
  
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dadsrootbeer
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:19am
So a show that’s demographic is the group where unemployement and underemployment sits at 50% attacks the solution in their latest episode. If that group is still buying the garbage they deserve to be where they are and living in their parents basement.

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biohazard23
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:16am
That show is still on?

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Proverbs17-12NLT
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:11am
Ever notice that the Simpson’s show is 20 years old but the characters have not aged a day?

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- termyt
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:27am
  They all seem pretty tired and old to me.
  
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- chucksue351
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:29am
  neither did lassie
  
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- GPS-Tech
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 10:05am
  That lame a$$ cartoon is still going. That show was edgy in the spring of ’90. By fall 91 it was played out.
  
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JQCitizen
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:10am
Okay; Why, when I tried to post a ccmment to this story did Internet Explorer interpret it as trying to exit the page?

Weird.

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JQCitizen
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:08am
Well, now I guess they’ve just PROVED that Rush NAILED IT!

He said Obama was campaigning for the MORON vote, a “lookie here” ; There come the MORONS!

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Tri-ox
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:07am
Of course. Don’t worry, obama has the puppet and cartoon vote all sewn up.

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:07am
The Simpsons have sucked ever since Season 8.

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- txannie
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:47am
  The simpson’s have sucked since the morons that came up with it didn’t drown in their own drool before they grew up and came up with this dung beetle fodder.
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:20am
  Tell me how you really feel.
  
  The Simpsons were funny in the beginning when Conan O’Brien use to write for them. They were actually fairly conservative if you go back and watch them. They made fun of everybody and even the religious jokes were tasteful. Ned Flanders was poked fun at but they always showed God blessing Ned all the time and it drove Homer crazy.
  
  If you don’t find the first 8 seasons of the Simpsons funny, you don’t know comedy.
  
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justangry
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:04am
That was great. I liked the part where he says, “I already have one wife telling to eat healthy”.

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Mandors
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:04am
Does anyone really watch the Simpsons anymore? I remember it started to stink around season three.

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Gary_K
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:04am
The heck with a cartoon…..this is a very good read about barry and Libya.

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/archives/7061

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jettson
Posted on November 5, 2012 at 9:03am
Who the hell cares Hey Blaze knock it off will you. Stop ******* on us This is just B U L L S H I T

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