Is This the ‘Greatest Political Ad Ever?‘ You’ll Have to See to Believe
- Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:43pm by
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You probably don’t know who Jeff Barth is. But you‘ll know more than you ever wanted to know about him by the time you’re done watching his latest ad.
For example: he once rode an ostrich; he lived in Washington, D.C. during MLK’s “I have a dream” speech; he lived in Germany while the Berlin wall was going up; he “learned chess in Iceland;” he went to five grade schools, five high schools, and four colleges; his kids have “straight teeth;” heck, he even biked 1,000 miles through Great Britain with his church youth group.
Have you done any of that? I doubt it. And that’s why Jeff Barth is qualified to run against, and beat, Republican Kristi Noem in South Dakota for a U.S. House seat. Or so he says.
Let’s let Jeff take you on a stroll down his dirt road and show you how great he is using a myriad of props:
Take the full, nearly-five-minute walk with Jeff in his campaign video — you’ll even learn where he used to work, what he once did when he got a pay raise, and even how his chess team did last year:
We think Jeff is a Democrat (at least that’s what he alludes to in the video). His website doesn’t offer much clarification — but it does remind you that he’s been to a lot of schools.
Hot Air wonders if it’s the greatest political ad ever. What do you think?
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Comments (391)
DaneChile
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:18pmContradiction. He´s trying to present himself as “Joe Blow, Average Citizen” yet spends the entire ad talking about what an exotic and unusual life he has led. Instead of “I lived in Iceland” it was “I learned chess in Iceland.“ Other than say ”I got things done as a country commissioner (in Podunk)” without listing any of those things, he hasn´t said anything.
Good ad but this guy would be lost in space in any legislative body.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:40pmThey All voted for Obama and knew even less about him…So MCDAVE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012..I’m not qualified either…you could do a lot worse..
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:08pmOnce they get to DC, they are all the same, nothing changes.
Report Post »usedCZARsalesman
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:36pmWhat a idiotic comment SGTB…his family was responsible for some of our problems in the ME because his worked for the CIA? How do you even draw that conclusion? My aunt works for American Airlines, is my family responsible for you getting illegally groped by the TSA? Think before you type, you might get farther in life
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:49pmSGTB, My dad had a beer gut, so screw you!
Report Post »We are Americans
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:57pmHonestly, my 3 yr old is qualified to be a congressman
Report Post »at this point. Spend money u don’t have, don’t
fix any problems , and sell out to special
interest. Yup, I’m sure he could do that. If the coming
takover of Facebook dosnt destroy the country then
I’m gonna suggest he run in 2013
mpetroski
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:19pmI agree, another no it all, wanna be democrat that is trying to be the common man. I thought they hated the CIA. Id be more impressed if his dad was a diplomat in socialist type countries. That scares me too. thats where he was educated.
Plus, he was out of breath walking down hill.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:33pmShame he’s Democrat..Blame O’Blamer..
Report Post »DesertDave54
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:20pmThe article seems to say there’s no way to know what party he is… read the “about”. That socialist dolt condemns the guy who writes his paycheck. Smells like a Democrat. At Qwest, he was a union guy. Getting smellier. After watching that obese cretin (firing a faux M16 with a hard hat? Lordy.) on the video, I thought I‘d go to the useless idiot’s website. I just had to unload on this lame a$$, so I went to Twitter…. and…wait for it… BANG! First line of his Twitter bio- DEMOCRAT. But he doesn’t say that on his campaign website. And he’s running against probably the most beautiful woman in that state; she is educated and wise. And gorgeous. She’s running against “Baby Huey” with the IQ of a potato.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:20pmI will never trust a Democrat ……as long as Iive…
Report Post »TeaPartyForRomney
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:26pmIF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD, SCOTT WALKER WILL BE DEBATING BARRETT IN THE ONLY WISCONSIN DEBATE AT 9PM (ET). ( http://url2it.com/mqja )
This election will be a referendum on Obama saying “GET OUT OF HERE”
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:36pmHe sounds like he just might be that hard to find blue dog democrat that we have lost decades ago. Do not just throw him aside because he has a D in front of his name, research his record, research his life, find out if he truly believes in the Constitution. I would rather vote for a blue dog democrat, that truly believes in the Constitution, than a progressive Republican that does not at this point, and I have been a Republican all my life.
Report Post »PatientPatriot
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:57pmI agree with WESTCOAST PATRIOT
Report Post »I would elect this guy over my Sen. Lindsey Flamnesty which is a supposed Republican and John McCain’s close friend…need I say more.
MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:31pm@ We are Americans
Report Post »We really should elect children to office some behave and reason better than our current elected officials and besides it’s their future.
Rollo2
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:43pmhe sounds like Joe Biden… why do we need another Joe Biden?
Report Post »thewatcher93
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:15pm@ USEDCZARSALESMAN
That is the reason your angry at his post? You should be angry at the fact he said if it were up to him he would be tarred, feathered, and hung from the nearest tree.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:26pmHe needs to do about a hundred takes a day of his commercial and he might walk off that beer gut . Pretty good ad but unfortunately he’s a slimy democrat . Not a good election coming for those with (D) next to their names.
Report Post »thewatcher93
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:34pm@ STGB
Someone needs a hug. What is wrong with you? Hung from a tree?
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:26am@MCDAVE
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:40pm
They All voted for Obama and knew even less about him…So MCDAVE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012..I’m not qualified either…you could do a lot worse
Report Post »****
I‘ll vote for you if you’ll write an Executive Order that makes the Blaze give us a “Like” button. It doesn‘t matter what party you’re in or if I can legally vote for you, JUST PROMISE THE CANDY, YOU’RE A SHOO-IN!
Mil Mom
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:51am@Rollo2
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 10:43pm
he sounds like Joe Biden… why do we need another Joe Biden?
Report Post »***
Because the first one’s mental problems are becoming so obvious, everyone’s concerned for his health.
Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:46amExcellent analysis.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 3:28amHere is some political news that you will not get from the MSM:
42 USC 1971 – Sec. 1971. Voting rights
…
(b) Intimidation, threats, or coercion No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories or possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate.
This means that delegates cannot be bound to vote for any candidate for the nomination for President, Vice President, etc…
Ron Paul will win the nomination. He has the number of supporters as delegates and supporters that are poised to become delegates, right now. The question at this poiint is, how many more over 1144 will he have? They will all vote for Paul on the first round.
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:08amClever, but not great. And, seriously, the guy needs to lay off the carbs…or get his free contraception…
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:29amSorry the Blue Dog Democrat is who left the door opened and let communism fly in…Now we need a guy with a big swatter to kill it…
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:21amJeff Barth forgot of mentioned Rep. Kristi Noem voted for….
Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions…..nay
National Defense Authorization Act……………………yea
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act……….yea
2012-2013 Budget (unbalanced(………………………….yea
Federal Aviation Administration Act ……………………..yea
Increasing the Debt Ceiling…………………………………..yea
2011-2012 Budget (unbalanced) …………………………yea
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act….yea
Patriot Act Extension……………………………………………….yea
Kristi Noem is just another so called Conservative joining the ranks of
Report Post »West, Bachmann, Cantor, Rogers, Rubio, etc Don’t worry thou I’m sure Mittens will pull them all to the Right. Can you say 4 more years?
Watchingtheweasels
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:50amThere are no more “blue dog Democrats.” We learned that in 2008 when we supposedly elected several of them, only to have them turn around and support the Obama/Pelosi agenda in lockstep. Most of them were replaced by Republicans in 2010. This is not to say that all Republicans are good – McCain, Graham, and even Romney leave a lot to be desired. They are what Democrats were 40 years ago. However if you still affiliate with the donkey party, you’re a traitor at best, and evil at worst.
Report Post »denispaul
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 8:15amOnce Pelosi gets a hold of him he’ll toe the line.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:23amSounds like a typical military dependent kid. Travel all over the world, an education that is incomparable and more experience before they are 18 than a lot of armchair academic experts get in their entire lives.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:31am@ McDave- I’ll vote for you (the check arrived this morning).
Report Post »USMCEOD
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:49amSo 6 years in the military? Is that where you learned to fire a fake M-4 and magically have the shell casings exit the wrong side of the rifle? Must have been in the Air Force (no offense intended to my Air Force brethren).
Report Post »VinnieSquawker
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:31amClever ad. He said flat out he was a Dem. Wouldn’t even hold that against the guy, but he couldn’t help himself from stirring the class warfare pot – bad companies and corporations and millionaires and billionaires v. “ordinary people.” That makes him slimy in my book. No vote for you!
Report Post »cigarman7
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:34amMCDAVE for President! Love your tag line- much better than O’s.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:39pmHe’s a Democrat. As we know there are NO conservative Democrats. They all go along to advance their evil agenda. Consider what it means to call yourself a Democrat. It means you are willing aligning yourself with the party that was pro-slavery, pro-segregation and is currently pro-infanticide. Democrats are pure evil. Those are the facts and they are indisputable.
Report Post »rambosharley
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:00pmHe lost me at “millionaires and billionaires”! I’m sick and tired of hearing that phrase right along with “fairness” and “fair”..YIKES!
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 6:01pmWe Have Had Enough Of YOU Jeff And All The Rest Of You Dirty Democrats.
Jeff must think we are all stupid and were born yesterday.
Jeff you are going to get some Third Degree Burns from the super hot TEA.
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 6:24pmSame old. We get this crap in KS. We finally sidlodged a liberal radical Democrat like him here. He would strum a guitar and ware a cowboy hatin his commercials all the while helping Obama‘s and others’ radical agendas the whole time.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:14pmHow unfortunate he doesn’t realize how ridiculous he looks with that basketball in his stomach. I‘m supposed to believe he’s really exceptional and can control how things get done when he can’t even manage his own diet? Nope. I don’t think so.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:28pmLooks like I have the votes to win the primary…got a real birth certificate…MCDAVE FOR PRESIDENT….I’M not Qualified …but like to play golf and go on expensive vacations
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 12:30amJust sayin’, that’s an awesome and unique ad. I’m not taking sides, just saying that’s a pretty cool video.
Report Post »thenovemberman
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 11:45amI have known guys like Jeff Barth my entire life. They still believe in a Democratic party that ceased to exist in 1968. Nice likeable people that will get to Washington and do what they are told because they are Democrats before anything else. Sad.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:14pm…hooooo hummmm…just another Democrat fraud, spewing the common man bull crap…we’ve heard it all before. I don‘t care if he’s shoveled sh*t his entire adult life, he just wants his hands on your wallet.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:35pm@disenlightened
Report Post »“spewing the common man bull crap”
Just like George W. Bush (New England Ivy Leaguer with a fake drawl), or Sarah Palin, or Fred Thompson (in one notable example he was driven in a limo to a staging area where he got into a pickup truck and drove to his appearance, after which he drove the pickup truck back to his limo)—well, you get the drift.
disenlightened
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:52pm@VANCEUPPERCUT
Report Post »Your three examples aren’t acts….that’s who they are. Liberals are frauds….pan left to closeup of Interior Ken Salazar, liberal in a $2,000 cowboy hat, having his nails done.
lukerw
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:32pmDC is broken… because of Democrats like Barth… who do not seem to realize that the Democrats are THE PROBLEM… and who do not seem to understand how Capitalism works. It will not take much of a push… to turn him into a Commie!
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:49pm@VANCEUPPERCUT
No, like Barack Obama who contradicts himself every other sentence and lies in between while donating trillions of our grandchildren’s money to the Chinese and the Arabs. Or Nancy Pelosi who is brain dead and her face is stretched so tight that she cries “ouch” every time she blinks. Or like Barney Frank who almost single handedly engineered the Real Estate crash of ‘o8. Or like Debbie Wasserman/Shultz who takes disingenuousity (artistic license :) and moronic talking points to stratospheric new heights. Or kinda like you who is gullible enough to believe them… The list goes on forever.
Great ad! Sounds like the Tea Party to me! Too bad he’s a Democrat. Maybe he is a throwback to when Democrats were not insane, only merely full of sh*t- but lovable… I should know. I’m a Democrat and I can tell you from experience; don’t trust a one of them. They have almost all gone over to the dark side now. The Republican politicians are only marginally better. They drained all of their testosterone and sold it on the black market to Lesbians. Now they are nothing but girlie men. :)
Only trust the Tea Party and people like Sarah Palin. She is our natural born leader and we’d be a hundred-thousand percent better off right this very moment if she had been able to do to the US what she did for Alaska. But too many people don’t have a clue what is good for them and in fact do the exact opposite. Pure dumb-a** evil is just too strong in this poor f
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:15pm“foolish world.” The blaze text box lies.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:26pmOr Chuck Schumer who would look perfectly natural with horns growing out of the sides of his head. No one would even bat an eye… :) Or Barbra Boxer, Harry Reid, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Al Franken, Bernie Sanders, etc. who have all sold their souls to the hot dude with the red skin and pointy tail and do not serve the people.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:02pmVanceUppercut- I guess Bush in his Limo/truck upset you but Obama flying all over to campaign in Air Force One and his remade bus that cost millions doesn’t bother you. Or his vacations every couple of months! Bush went to his ranch for vacations and continued doing business there even on vacations. There is NO comparison. Money and lies flows out of Obama like a river.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:58pm@NHwinter
“Bush went to his ranch for vacations and continued doing business there even on vacations.”
Yes, because when Obama goes on vacation he leaves Bernie, the janitor with the lazy eye, in charge. Anyhow I’ve posted the stats before (don’t feel like looking them up again, I’m sure you could find them if you looked) that show Bush took more vacation days then Obama. I know Conservative news outlets give misinformation about this subject, just like they do with Obama and spending (in reality his spending has been the lowest since Eisenhower), his lack of backbone with terrorists (in reality he’s increased the number of drone attacks, re-started the search for bin Laden that Bush had put a stop too, had bin Laden whacked, etc), that he’s weak in illegal immigration (in reality he is deporting illegals at a faster rate than Bush and he increased the size of the border patrol from the Bush era).
Here‘s a link to an article about Obama’s low spending contrary to being labelled as a big spender:
Report Post »http://www.alan.com/2012/05/25/politifact-verifies-rise-in-spending-under-obama-lowest-since-eisenhower/
Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 11:34pm@VanceUppercut
You poor Liberals are so pathetic. The DNC and their propaganda minions put out reams of unsubstantiated lies and distorted, incomplete B.S. as truth and you guys lap it up as if it were mother’s milk. You people really do need to find out what it means to not be a follower and to think for yourselves. You’re all such sheep.
Your lying leaders are calling you fools behind your backs. You’re nothing but cannon fodder for their ambitions. They are laughing all the way to the bank, (at your expense) while they have you poor fools demonizing banks. If it wasn’t so sad, it’d be really, really funny! This PolitiFact blurb is pure fiction. Do you really think that just because it’s on a leftie website and somebody wrote it, that it’s true? Almost everything associated with Democrats and especially Liberals is nothing but lies. The only president who spent more than Barack (The Great Pretender) Obama was FDR and the expense was WWII !!! Even then, WWII didn’t cost ‘much’ more than Obama and his ‘Comrades’ have spent and ARE spending right now!
WoW, you Liberal lemmings are so very brainwashed. It hurts you. It hurts us. It hurts everybody when you allow yourselves to be so stupid. They’ve got you so turned around that you don’t even have a clue who is really reaming you out with that broom stick.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 12:48am@VanceUppercut
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:35pm
@disenlightened
Report Post »“spewing the common man bull crap”
Just like George W. Bush (New England Ivy Leaguer with a fake drawl), or Sarah Palin, or Fred Thompson (in one notable example he was driven in a limo to a staging area where he got into a pickup truck and drove to his appearance, after which he drove the pickup truck back to his limo)—well, you get the drift
***
As opposed to b o’s bus tour where he flew to just outside the next town had the bus flown in military transport, got into the bus and rolled into town for his appearance, got out of the bus, and had it driven to airport where his military transport waited, while he took limo to airport and started the whole fraud over again. Yeah, love the transparency there, man!
sacwoodpusher
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:14amRonald Reagan, however, really had a truck. I know, because a guy I have breakfast with near Sacramento still has it. An old ranch truck.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:53amVANCEUPPERCUT
Report Post »You either intentionally spread lies, or you’re naive. Bush had more vacation days? Probably. But do you remember how his whole office moved to Waco, along with the media? Do you remember the press conferences from his home, the world leaders who visited? Bush worked on those “vacations”. Do you see the same for Obama? Obama works 9-4 on a regular day, and spends more hours traveling on Air Force I then he does at the office. There are no world leaders or press conferences from his home. When he goes on vacation he doesn’t work. Of course, he doesn‘t work even when he’s not on vacation….he campaigns. As far as his spending goes…..your link is garbage, as is this whole line of bull. This whole campaign to make it look as if Obama is frugal leaves out all of his 2009 spending. It’s a lie, like everything liberals touch. You know this…so I’m not sure why you continue passing this crap on.
countryfirst
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:36amWhat a perfect add, Putting more democrats in congress the country will continue going downhill.
Report Post »Kerbouchard
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:02amVanceUpperCut, wrote:
“Here‘s a link to an article about Obama’s low spending contrary to being labelled as a big spender:
http://www.alan.com/2012/05/25/politifact-distorts the truth when claiming]-rise-in-spending-under-obama-lowest-since-eisenhower/”*
VanceUpperCut doesn’t take the time to fact check the (liberal) fact checkers! Try reading a bit more, from various sources, and have an open mind. Isn’t that what liberals claim they do anyway? Please don‘t tell us it ain’t true!! Obama and the Democrat controlled Congress of 2006-2010 (2007 to early 2011) have been spending like drunken sailors and playing the blame game ever since. Bush and the Republican Congresses were not saints when it came to spending but they’re looking more and more like paupers in comparison. At this rate, imagine how good Bush’s years would look by 2016 with four more years of Obama and Democrat spending. Vance’s upper cut here turned out to be a swing and a miss.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/05/barack-obama-fiscal-conservative.php
*[VanceUpperCut's link won't work here because I edited it - see original post and link if you really want to read it]
Report Post »usedCZARsalesman
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:38amGuys, you know VANCE isn’t interested in the “truth” or “facts”, these words have no meaning to a liberal. He just sits in his parents basement quietly making out with his signed portrait of Dan Savage and waits for his e-mailed instructions from media matters as to what his next post should say. Then, when confronted by “an inconvenient truth”, he frantically emails back “quick, give me another blatantly false and unresearched talking point to spew…I haven‘t responded in hours and I’m sure they are starting to realize that I just don’t have any counter arguments!!!”
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:32pmhttp://goldcountry.static3.adqic.com/uploads/inline/1337989720_687d.jpg
Annualized growth of federal spending from the Reagan years up to now. See how Obama has the lowest number (1.4%), and the next two lowest periods were Clinton’s two terms (3.2% and 3.9 % respectively)? Did you also notice the two periods of largest increase were Reagans’ first term (8.7%) and Bush II’s second term (8.1%). But yeah, it’s those crazy Democrats drunk with spending. Two of the sources sited are the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. Check and mate.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 8:45pm@VanceUppercut
The Obama regime has presided over the expenditure of almost 6 trillion in 3 1/2 years. No one else spent even close to that so your fake stats are obviously concocted. Numbers are easily fudged. Oldest Liberal trick in the book. What a moron. Blind devotion. The Democrats are bankrupt morally and ethically and now they have bankrupted us all. I know you’re very pleased to be a part of it.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 9:09pm@VanceUppercut
Here’s a link to a CBS article (no right wing outfit!) which blows your lame lies out of the water. Your party has betrayed you and you are riding on a dead horse. Sorry, my above stats are old. He has spent much more than that by now! This article is two months old too. In that time Obama has spent the gross national product of Lithuania. ;)
Report Post »http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57400369-503544/national-debt-has-increased-more-under-obama-than-under-bush/
Xpressed
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:27amNot a big Bush defender but if I recall he had two terms where as Mr. Sotero is fouling us up with his first. That would leave more oppertunity to vacation.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 10:06am@Nathaniel Horn
The question was not whether the national debt had increased (and you’re right, it has), the question was the increase in Federal spending compared to past administrations. On the subject of the national debt, many people much more knowledgeable than me on these matters have expounded on the various reason why the nation debt has ballooned so much (though it hasn’t “doubled” under Obama, as some have claimed). What was the primary cause of the ballooning of debt? The recession that began under Bush. The economy was put into a tailspin and (surprise!) the national debt grew quickly. Here’s a graph that “shows the length of each recession in our time period, in months. It also assigns a recession to the party of the President who happened to be in the Oval Office at the time the recession started”:
Report Post »http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8UVGnCIfOVk/S9YGL-gD4PI/AAAAAAAAABU/17sGhhItTRs/s1600/Figure_1,_length_by_party.bmp
Gee, I see a whole lotta Republican red there. In fact the Reps have the top four spots.
Plutos_Pal
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 1:21pm@vanceuppercut
Even the Washington Post which is hardly a bastion of conservative thinking gave the report you reference 3, count ‘em 3, Pinocchios. The also pointed out that Obama wanted to spend billions more than he actually did but the Republicans blocked him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-facts-about-the-growth-of-spending-under-obama/2012/05/24/gJQAIJh6nU_blog.html
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 2:22pm@VANCEUPPERCUT
Bla, bla, bla… yeah, different day same old bull**it. The problem is that you get your information from the Far Left and they have all read Saul Alinsky’s book which is dedicated to Satan and preaches how to defeat good with evil, basically. A no win situation in the long run but does provide the illusion of superiority in the meantime. So your information will always have a tiny grain of truth with a big fat helping of distortion, disinformation and bald face lies. You choose to ally yourself with evil. It’s a crappy job, but hey, somebody has to do it. Otherwise how would truth stand out so starkly? Good luck with that. I don’t envy you or the life you will have if you continue on your current delusional path.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on May 27, 2012 at 3:21pm@Nathaniel Horn
“The problem is that you get your information from the Far Left”
On the Congressional Budget Office (one of the sources cited in the graph showing the increase in federal spending): “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government that provides economic data to Congress.The CBO was created as a nonpartisan agency by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.”
The current director of the CBO is Douglas W. Elmendorf, “an American economist who is currently the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner.”
Is this the “Far Left”?
“they have all read Saul Alinsky’s book which is dedicated to Satan and preaches how to defeat good with evil”
Hey, he stole my idea. I’m writing a book right now preaching good over evil, and I was planning on dedicating it to Satan. I think now I’ll dedicate it to Bob Saget.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:00am@VANCEUPPERCUT
Bla, bla, bla… You see, that’s exactly what I’m talking about; “On the Congressional Budget Office (ONE of the sources cited in the graph showing the increase in federal spending)” You guys always take a grain of truth and twist it until it is unrecognizable from its source and leave out important information that disproves your contentions. You people love to cite official sources that make you sound like you’re ‘all that’, but you’re not. You prove my point that the Left is full of sh*t- and you bore me. Who would read a book written by a boring & not very clever person like you?
Report Post »felix
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:12pmand if you get there you wont be allowed to change a fng. thing. you will be just another one of them !!!!
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:35pmThere is truth in what you say. I found that his ad was interesting and entertaining. Before I can decided whether I would vote for this man I need a great deal of information. Lets stop making rude comments about this man until we learn more about him. I DON’T vote for demos because I have not found any in my State I can trust. That does not mean I will never vote for one. I don’t care if a person is a lib or conv, as long as they believe in our Constitution, Bill of Rights and our BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. I won’t vote for baby killers, no matter what else they may be.
Report Post »felix
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 9:43pmWHY IS IT RUDE ? america is losing, thanks to the communist democrat party. all of the wonderful things you refer to are hated by these so called “people”
Report Post »justsayin
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:12pmI think he’s going to be able to add to his life experience: “got pregnant and gave birth” any day now.
Report Post »NuRelic
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:20pmThat was my good laugh for the day!
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:00am@justsayin
Report Post »Boy do we need a “like” button on this story!
Mike Benton
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:12pmLove the ad! Love that belly! He is secure in his own skin, (even if it is stretched tight)…..which is great for politicians. He got my vote!
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:16pm…“part of the problem” just identified himself.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:39pmGee Mike you want handouts too??? Hes a LIBERAL!
Report Post »Watchingtheweasels
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:53amRight you are, disenlightened. If people would vote for ideology over personality on the right (like they do on the left), everything would fix itself.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:12pmHe had some good fiddle playing in the background.
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:40pmYeah, fiddles played while Rome burned!
Report Post »jmlsmb
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 2:47pmThat was David Bromberg’s rendition of “Yankee’s Revenge.” He is a string virtuoso, a real master.
Report Post »DaneChile
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:10pmSmooth ad, nicely produced (except the shadow of the camerman at the end). Nice twist in the presentation of visual “memory aids”. Not in agreement with the contents but it´s a good ad!
Report Post »PapaPatriarch
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:09pmI want my 5 minutes back. He told his whole life, shot a gun, and he still somehow bored me, YAWN.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:57pmIt’s funny because he never even fired the gun, it was all effects and poor ones at that, fake flame out of the barrel and fake expended rounds coming from the wrong side of the rifle, I know the M4, the sound was not even close either, LOL!
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:52pmBOB R OATHKEEPER, It doesn’t matter considering our government is a fake and a fraud.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:51pm@Bob_R_OathKeeper: Hahah… I like the way the casing just kinda dripped out, as you said… out of the wrong side of the rifle. The sound wasn’t eight either.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:54pmSorry… typo… eight=right.
Report Post »Mom_of_5
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:57pmI’m with you, Papa. I want my 5 minutes back, too.
Report Post »I felt the same way I did when my 12 year old (at the time) daughter asked me to watch “Napoleon Dynamite” with her. I told her I wanted my $1.99 back. But, I digress.
He told us every aspect of his life except what is important in a political ad……….
And 5 schools, 5 high schools and 4 colleges? WOW!!!! Still sounds pretty uneducated to me.
chazmo
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:08pmI always love how everyone acts like conservatives to get elected. :)
Report Post »trappedinwv
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:53pmi can’t believe people still get fooled.
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:08pmSounds like a well traveled big spending moron.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:07pmWow! – So many accomplishments (I didn’t find one that would indicate how he would govern – except that he may be a quitter – 5 high schools-wow) and that he can walk a descending path. I would vote no on greatest political ad ever.
Report Post »one.dakine.howlie
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:22pmHis dad was in the CIA. Of course he’s going to move around a lot. Hence why he went to so many different high schools.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:25pmYeah, I was wondering how he planned to fit that experience of riding an ostrich into congress. Now, had he mentioned feeding pigs at the trough while down on the farm…
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 1:10am@RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:25pm
Yeah, I was wondering how he planned to fit that experience of riding an ostrich into congress. Now, had he mentioned feeding pigs at the trough while down on the farm
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He can always organize Ostrich Rides in the park, if he can get the occupy crowd to back off enough. I seem to remember a Bill Cosby spy movie where he rod ostriches to protect every one. Can’t remember the name.
RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 5:32amMIL MOM, LOL, Leonard Part 6! This guy seems to be about as affective. Ad is cool, but add up all that he is talking about, and it equals pure BS.
Report Post »DJ in AZ
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:05pmThat’s a mighty cool ad. He sounds like he might be a Democrat, but he has a lot of Republican and Libertarian views in what he said. I guess the people in his district will figure out if they want him or his opponent this fall.
Report Post »churchlady
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:02pmI think I’ve got motion sickness now.
Report Post »roy3331
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:15pmLol lol me toooo
Report Post »phrogdriver
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:02pmIt’s imaginative but he lost me when he started through the laundry list of things Christi Nome voted against. A) I like Christi Nome and B) I would have voted against those things, too.
(Psst- Blaze editors folks: To answer your question, he’s a democrat who will “fix” things with more gov’t.)
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:20pmI think he just wants his chance to get ‘up there’ to get his cut of the pie while he becomes even more a part of the problem.
Report Post »Imagination and even more spin is not we we need more of in DC.
Treeview
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:01pmSimplistically creative. Great timing. But… So, what if he shoots a gun. Will he back my right to do so? So he plays chess well. Does that mean he will be good at putting freedom in checkmate? So what if he’s lived in and traveled the world over. Does that mean he values this country’s history and uniqueness, or does it mean would know how to guide us all into a one world order? Complaining about the people in Washington in a creative way does not guarantee good thinking from the one complaining.
Report Post »PapaPatriarch
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:05pmAnyone can give a list of our problems, who can lay out a plan to fix them?
Report Post »NuRelic
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:19pmTREEVIEW wrote, “Simplistically creative. Great timing.”
Total agreement!
TREEVIEW wrote, “But… So, what if he shoots a gun. Will he back my right to do so?”
Prolly not and to make matters worse he didn’t even fire the gun, it was edited in. Most likely with After Effects.
TREEVIEW wrote, “So he plays chess well. Does that mean he will be good at putting freedom in checkmate?”
Clearly, not.
TREEVIEW wrote, “So what if he’s lived in and traveled the world over. Does that mean he values this country’s history and uniqueness, or does it mean would know how to guide us all into a one world order?”
He’d prolly go with the latter.
TREEVIEW wrote, “Complaining about the people in Washington in a creative way does not guarantee good thinking from the one complaining.”
Amen!
Report Post »Right as Rain
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:01pmWOW….unconventional, anti-Tea Party, but I have to admit, the AD itself was pretty damn good! THATS the kind of ad I expected FROM the Tea Party to be quite honest.
Report Post »phrogdriver
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:15pmThat’s true. You don’t see many ANTI-Tea Party ads that include an AR-15.
Of course, you don’t see many PRO-Tea party ads that include and AR-15 either. Probably because if you did one, you would end up on the Southern Poverty Law Center Watch list.
Report Post »flsnipe
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 8:13pmLooked like 22lr Chiappa version. BARTH= DEMOCRAT that’s all you need to know!
Report Post »PapaPatriarch
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:00pmHe is a spam braggart. (he is fatter than that horse too).
Report Post »OperationNorthwoods
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:58pmPoor Ostrich.
Report Post »Rohawk
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 4:05amThat is so not nice!
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:58pmI liked it. It wouldn’t change my vote, but I liked the ad.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:57pmI have no time for democrats, not the kind operating in this country now. Thanks, but no thanks.
Report Post »PapaPatriarch
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:57pmWas it me or did he call us “horses @ss@s” at 3:51. Screw him.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:57pmI saw a lot of smoke and mirrors in this ad, and a guy who talked more about himself than the issues. I especially enjoyed the fake AR-15 and the horse’s ass stuff.
Report Post »jackbauer
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 7:43pmIf he wanted to prove he was good with an AR he should have at least given us a real double tap.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 10:27amHe’s not a very good shot; He shoots off to his right and the rubber chicken falls straight from above! He‘s some kinda’ kook but it was a good ad IF you’re trying to get the gullible uninformed vote. Oh c$#@! That’s most of the electorate!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:56pmHe still wants handouts…Nuff said…
Report Post »CK1911
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:55pmI keep watching to see when he’s going to go into labor.
Report Post »Millionaires and Billionaires…..wonder where he got those talking points?
PapaPatriarch
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 4:17pm@CK1911
Report Post »You said “I keep watching to see when he’s going to go into labor.”
Labor party mayby….
ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 3:54pmIts original…. to say the least. I do not know anything about this guy.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on May 25, 2012 at 6:55pmAfter reading these comments you should at least know he’s a farce.
Report Post »northtexastea
Posted on May 26, 2012 at 7:34pmit’s NOT original : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnSIp76CvUI
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