Party of ideas

1. Thespian24601
   February 25th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

   I’ll not post my political status, but I’ll have to say this was an interesting video, but I could not sit through the whole thing. The “music and singing” made me sick. Sorry Adam, not really that neat.

2. Adam Stanhope
   February 25th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

   Fair enough, Thespian.

   I still want to know who he is.

3. Lc
   February 25th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

   He sounds like a voice actor… hmmmmm I’ll think on it.

   And dag! That dude is annoying and some of those facts are a bit exaggerated.

4. WrapAroundSam
   February 25th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

   That’ll loose you another reader…..

5. Adam Stanhope
   February 25th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

   Oh, Boo-hoo, Sam!

   Do you still think invading Iraq was a great idea?

6. Scarab
   February 25th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

   Is that comedian Ron White from the ‘Blue Collar Comedy Tour’ (Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy,’ etc?

   I’m not sure

7. signslave
   February 25th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

   Watching this video is not worth finding out who he is. Anyone have some Ibuprofen?

8. roger
   February 25th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

   haha Thespian. I was thinking the same thing. With the long introduction Mr. Stanhope gave, I was expecting some neat-o political theater. Now that W is on the way out, this type of thing is getting rather stale (extremely stale, actually). There are only 800,000 Youtube videos rehashing the same themes, along with 9 billion blog entries and 10^10 message board comments to this effect. GWB is a liar and a hypocrite. Ok, next topic? please.

   There’s something about this f-you style of political expression that leaves me weary. Even where I agree with the gist of the political critique, being in-yo-face, calling Dick Cheney “Dick”, is no longer edgy or rebellious. I had to stop this 3/4 the way through, because this flabby dude spitting in my face reminded me too much of the guy who cut me off on the freeway and then gave me the finger the other day.

   So basically, not so-neato.

9. Adam Stanhope
   February 25th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

   Interesting, Scarab.

   Ron White’s photo is here:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_White

   He *looks* like he could be the same guy. More research necessary.

10. Chris
    February 25th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Im pretty sure thats George W Bush in that video.

11. Barb
    February 25th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    I think that it may Toby Keeler. That site (Dognooz) is owned by Fine Cut Presentations, and Toby Keeler is on the FCP site as a voice over person. He looks like that guy in your vid, and a quick Google search shows Keeler into politics.

    David Lynch seems to be tied into this organization too, but I’m not quite sure to what extent.

12. kid_icarus
    February 25th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    heartily agree with the sentiment, but the video gave me motion sickness i think….

13. LA
    February 25th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    Not a good video and not happy to see political garb on this site.

14. Thomas
    February 25th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    biff from Back to the future.

15. Colt Seaver
    February 25th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    Always nice to poop where you eat.

16. Betty
    February 25th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    If you’ve ever seen Ron White, you would know that this is not Ron White. The end.

17. Lex
    February 25th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Adam, it seems to me that you post more of this kind of crap than anyone else. Maybe you should start up your own website. You’re really starting to lower even your low standards.

18. sparge
    February 25th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    Lex, in all fairness, it would be much less effort for you to go to another website for your entertainment than for Adam to start his own. Or even just skip the posts that list Adam as the author. I’ve done that with one of the authors here (although I haven’t seem this particular person post in a while).

    I love it how everyone has their own idea of what Neatorama should be, as if it were their own personal website.

19. Justin
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Neat?

    eek!

    Even though his points have merit, his delivery is lacking!

20. thegiantsnail
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    You see, in our two-party system, the Democrats are the party of no ideas and the Republicans are the party of bad ideas. It usually goes something like this. A Republican will stand up in Congress and say, “I’ve got a really bad idea.” And a Democrat will immediately jump to his feet and declare, “And I can make it (worse).”

    ~Lewis Black

21. Eugenio Martínez
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    There is something curious about the word “liberal”.

    In english (I don´t know if only in US english or also in UK english), liberal are leftish: Communist, anarchist etc.

    But in Spanish, a liberal is a radical neocon.

22. joo
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:35 pm

    As a left-leaning political independent who loathes W just as much as the next guy, I can honestly say that was probably the most irritating thing I’ve seen in a really long time. The irritation was not worth attempting to identify whoever it was. I only lasted about half a minute.

23. Jason H
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    what’s funny about this is, I’m republican and all for this type of thing, it’s freedom of expression … it’s awful but it’s freedom of expression, YAY !!!

    Also if this is the guy that the left wants representing them and the quality of the work product that represents them … I’d rethink it

24. Jason H
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    oh yes one last thing … I really enjoyed the AWFUL attempt at a green screen … nice production quality

25. TiredofIt
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    Seems to me that Adam knows this is inappropriate for Neatorama or he wouldn’t have offered up such a lame excuse/apology in his intro. If he really wanted to know, he would have posted this on one of the “Liberal” sites with likeminded individuals who are probably familiar with this material (and could have answered it quickly). Adam has a background in Guerilla Marketing that fits right in with his motivation to force his personal ideology out to others through any forum no matter how inappropriate.

26. Adam Stanhope
    February 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Oh, please…

27. Tony LaRocca
    February 25th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    I dunno - Joe Piscopo?

28. calan
    February 25th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    i consider myself pretty liberal and honestly, i didn’t watch the video either because i didn’t think i’d like it. is it really that hard to skip past something that you know you won’t enjoy? i guess it’s easier to watch it first and then complain and be dramatic, but my guess is there wasn’t some secret sinister force at work here just to piss you off.

29. Carruthers
    February 25th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    Another winning post from Stanhope…

30. Adam Stanhope
    February 25th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    Thanks, Carruthers! I love you, too!

31. CheeseDuck
    February 25th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    That was really annoying, even though I agreed with him.

32. ted
    February 25th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    I admire the intestinal fortitude of those who were able to stick through it for longer than 15 seconds.

    Beating a dead horse, yes. Why bother trying to find out who it is? Looked and sounded awful. They can’t all be Stephen Colbert, but please…

33. John_B
    February 25th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Wow. Not so neato, but I think I may have seen the actor before on the tv show “Mr. Show.” If so, he’s fallen a long ways.

34. Dave
    February 25th, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    Ummm… He kinda looks like he could be Bill Clinton’s long-lost brother, Zeppo.

    No worries, Adam; sinister coastal liberal elite though you may be, I’ll still read your stuff. I’ve heard it said that a social liberal is just a conservative who hasn’t had kids.

35. john.302
    February 25th, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    This coastal liberal became more liberal after he had kids. All the more reason to want the future of this country not be pissed away by war-mongering, fat-cat catering, religious zealots.

    But this video sucked. Was it supposed to be funny?

36. Geekazoid
    February 25th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

    Whaa, the video hurt my political feelings. Somehow I don’t think these whiny people would get offended by topics that are critical of the policies and actions of other governments. Hypocrisy methinks.

    Anyways I don’t care for this video because it plain sucks as others have pointed out it’s no different than countless other videos of political oriented themes. This guy isn’t entertaining or funny he’s annoying.

37. Patrick
    February 25th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    That was crap. Plus, there are a billion sites for politics of any persuasion - I come here for the neat. Political stuff should be extra-neat (or at least subtle) to share a page with Elmo’s mugshot and hibernating tortoises.

    Save the crap choir-preaching to the pundits.

38. Adam Stanhope
    February 25th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    I’ve been a parent for almost 16 years. Truth be told, parenthood made me more of a liberal.

    As far as preaching goes, if I wanted to use Neatorama as a soapbox for anti-Bush propaganda, don’t you think I’d pick a better video clip than this? Or at least one that isn’t several years old?

    I just want to know who the guy is. I know I’ve seen him before, but I can’t place him. A wacky guy that looks like Gilbert Gottfried who accentuates his speech by banging on pots and pans? Come on, people - that’s priceless, regardless of what he is talking about.

39. Christophe
    February 25th, 2008 at 11:56 pm

    isn’t that Michael Moore long lost cousin?

    Wow Adam, some heat you get there With post like this I’ll never doubt global warming

40. drinkyclown
    February 26th, 2008 at 12:00 am

    That video is awesome. Stuff like that makes me miss public access tv. The only person that guy resembles to me, though, is ‘TV’s Frank’ from Mystery Science Theater.

41. Pony
    February 26th, 2008 at 12:47 am

    Lol, totally Bif from Back to the Future, also kind of like a Gary Busey thing going on. I liked it. Maybe the ideas are as dated as the guy’s six-pack, but it was kind of crazy beat poetry. Or maybe gong-politics. Perhaps a rant-solo, like a drum solo, but with more cymbals and no flow.

42. duende2517
    February 26th, 2008 at 12:57 am

    This definitely was very misplaced. I’m only hoping this barrage of comments doesn’t actually encourage Mr. Stanhope!!

43. Alex
    February 26th, 2008 at 1:45 am

    I was going to say Garey Busey too, but I was too scared/distracted by his yelling and the inane tick-tock background music.

44. Dave
    February 26th, 2008 at 6:58 am

    john.302 & Adam: A corollary to that quote is that a social liberal who is still a liberal after having kids doesn’t really like them. Or hasn’t thought very hard about their future.

    Anyway, have a nice day!

45. bad baby69
    February 26th, 2008 at 7:57 am

    Anything that needs such a long disclaimer probably doesn’t belong on this website. I’m all for free speech, but the reason I enjoy this site is that it is an oasis from political discourse. There are plenty of places to go and find this sort of thing. Keep neatorama neat!

46. johnk
    February 26th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    @ Dave:

    My love for children inspires my liberalism.

    I don’t want them to have to grow up in a country run by narrowminded, backwards, bible thumping, nativist rural rednecks. (social conservatives)

    Or a country run by day-trading, trickle-down crapononomic professing, Larry Kudlow loving lobbyists for multinational corporations. (economic conservatives)

    Or a country run by empire building, unilateral action taking, no-bid contract giving (with kickbacks), diplomacy-shunning, cowboy commander in chiefs. (neo-cons)

    My worst nightmare of all is a country ran by an evil coalition of all three. Repiglicans. So, that explains my “lee-buurr-awl-ism”.

47. vanderleun
    February 26th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    I’m a west-coast radical programmed at the University of California, Class of 1967, and I invented guys like you.

    Keep it in your pants, Adam, you’re not that bright.

48. phoenix
    February 26th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    Hah! Good on ya Adam for not being scared to take those politics out of your pants.

49. Adam Stanhope
    February 26th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    What’re you up to these days, vanderleun? Is it internet day at the nursing home?

50. vanderleun
    February 26th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Now now Adam, keep it neat and not nasty.

    I regret that one cannot always control one’s creatures.

51. Adam Stanhope
    February 26th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    Somebody needs a nap!

52. JET
    February 26th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    Heart in the right place, brain in neutral. I hate the marriage of no accountability + across the board fuckups of the Bush administration as much as any other reasonable person, but that video was just annoying to the nth degree. About as “neat” and subtle as The Half Hour News Hour.

53. Lex
    February 26th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    I love kids so I’m a communist…..

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