… That’s Just Silly. Yes, that fun game where you look the stuff that your own side does and shake your head in disbelief. OK, so it’s sort of the first installment, although we’ve played games like this before. They say that confession’s good for the soul – albeit rarely on public property, these days – so we’re probably overdue for a good bout of painful admissions and confessions.
The rules are simple: go find something done by somebody on your side that’s so goofy it makes you roll your eyes, confess it here (with appropriate links) and walk away feeling better. This is explicitly a game for admitting to silly stuff done by your side, not the Other’s; attempts to score points against political opponents are forbidden in this thread, and will probably be deleted, although the temptation to mockingly edit them is a strong one. Best not to force a decision, there.
So, to show willing, I give you… “W” Ketchup! Ollie North’s crowd came up with this winner* – how shocking, huh – and they’re touting it as an alternative to ‘Democratic’ ketchup. Umm, right. I’m struck now with this image of Ollie North somebody to be determined doing the remake of The Manchurian Candidate, pounding the podium with one hand and holding a Heinz bottle in the other, all the while shouting about the Commies.
Sheesh.
(Via Boi from Troy)
Moe
UPDATE: A call to the charity – which, by the way, seems decent enough – has indicated that they haven’t gotten a donation from these guys yet; they’ll look into it and let me know one way or the other. I still retain the right to mock this as a Right-wing goof, until such time as it’s been shown to be otherwise.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Got an email from the charity; the group making this is an actual company who will be donating to said charity, which argues against a satire site. The mocking of W Ketchup may now resume.
*I’m guessing, but it seems a reasonable one, given the charity. As of this moment, I dunno who’s behind it.
The Google bomb. Although I know this was by no means an original idea on the part of the Democrats, that it was used at all almost beggars belief. (I say “almost” because this is politics, after all.)
On the flip side, I hate to say it, but I may have to take “W Ketchup” as a hit for my side too. The Freedom Alliance makes no mention of it on their website, that I can find, and the W Ketchup website is has a few weirdnesses that are making my satire-sense go all tingly. (Consider, for example, that not only is the bottle on the front page of the website a Heinz bottle with “W” labels – badly – Photoshopped in, but that the W on the label is backwards…)
On the flip side, I hate to say it, but I may have to take “W Ketchup” as a hit for my side too.
Honestly, my first thought was: Ketchup by the same people who brought us “The Heavenly Bed”?* I gotta go get me some!
I am, perhaps, an idiot.
*The W Hotels/Westin Hotels.
On the flip side, I hate to say it, but I may have to take “W Ketchup” as a hit for my side too…making my satire-sense go all tingly.
I have to agree. Given the often quoted charge from my side that the Reagan administration wanted to count ketchup as a vegetable in school lunches*, only the stupidest of conservatives would proudly picture a tribute to Reagan on the “about” page for “W Ketchup.” This has got to be a satire.
* Much as I didn’t care for the Reagan presidency, I never thought it was a fair charge to hold him personally responsible for an idea some mid-level functionary in the FDA was considering (before it got leaked to the press).
Using “The Day After Tomorrow” to “raise awareness” about climate change. Let’s see–the scientific consensus is now clearly on our side, and it’s becoming overwhelming.
How do we convince the public of this? Page the makers of Independence Day!
Tony, that’s what was bothering me about the Reagan tribute – thank you!
How do we convince the public of this? Page the makers of Independence Day!
Katherine, I still think “Waterworld” probably did more damage to our cause in that regard. At least folks think the more recent film is fun, if completely brain-dead.
What’s my side? Seriously, how do I define it?