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You are here: Home / This is Horrifying on So Many Levels

This is Horrifying on So Many Levels

by John Cole|  January 14, 20162:53 pm| 151 Comments

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This is the most disturbing thing I have ever seen, and it may also double as the whitest thing I have ever seen:

This is whiter than the Oscar nominees.

The only thing that I can think of that might be whiter than this is two klan members having a gunfight over a mayonnaise sandwich in the back of a pick-up truck in an Alabama Wal-Mart on Columbus day.

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  1. 1.

    Sarah

    January 14, 2016 at 2:56 pm

    The faces of the crowd behind them are priceless.

  2. 2.

    Luther M. Siler

    January 14, 2016 at 2:56 pm

    I have a Flash blocker on my browser, so I have to specifically request something to be able to view it– I don’t even get a thumbnail.

    I knew what this was before I clicked on it. Jesus.

  3. 3.

    ruemara

    January 14, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    No.

  4. 4.

    bago

    January 14, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    Not enough blondes for a proper Trump pageant.

  5. 5.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    The little girl on the left will be Trump’s next wife ten years from now.

  6. 6.

    ? Martin

    January 14, 2016 at 3:01 pm

    Something to consider in the federal response to the Oregon Dickweed Rebellion – the feds are facing this in a bunch of places simultaneously, and it’s probably reasonable to assume that there will be a domino effect – that actions in Oregon will immediately spill over into Arizona and Nevada and other places.

  7. 7.

    Amir Khalid

    January 14, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    I could watch only twenty seconds and then I had to stop.

  8. 8.

    dedc79

    January 14, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    The only thing that I can think of that might be whiter than this is two klan members having a gunfight over a mayonnaise sandwich in the back of a pick-up truck in an Alabama Wal-Mart on Columbus day.

    This comes pretty close:

    Sheriff’s deputies in Grayson County, Texas, have not released details about the fatal shooting, but social media posts by right-wing “patriots” associated with militants occupying an Oregon nature preserve identified the victim and shooter as the organizers of the Paul Revere 2016 Final March To Restore America.

    “Dear friends it’s my dearest regrets to have to share this heart breaking new (sic) with you tonight. That OUR fellow patriot and brother Charles Carter is no longer with us. He gone to be with Jesus. Today killed by a fellow patriot Vincent Smith. Who was suppose (sic) to be his brother in arms and friend,” posted online radio host Keith Williams, who described himself as the victim’s next of kin.

    Bill Williamson, another right-wing “patriot” associated with the Oregon militants, said in a Facebook post that Smith shot Carter in a drunken dispute over a gun.

    Williamson, an organizer of the failed 2 Million Bikers 2 DC rally, said he had been communicating with Carter through Facebook messages minutes before his friend attacked Smith.

    He said Carter was intoxicated and pulled Smith’s gun from its holster, but Smith drew a “spare gun” and shot his friend in the head.

  9. 9.

    max

    January 14, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    The only thing that I can think of that might be whiter than this is two klan members having a gunfight over a mayonnaise & Swiss Cheese sandwich in the back of a pick-up truck in an Alabama Wal-Mart on Columbus day on Confederate Heroes Day.

    Fixed that for you.

    max
    [‘ESSENCE OF PURITY! PURITY OF ESSENCE!’]

  10. 10.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    @? Martin:

    actions in Oregon will immediately spill over into Arizona and Nevada and other places.

    The thought of a GOP win in 2016 is horrifying, but a republican president having to deal with these peckers would be somewhat entertaining to see.

  11. 11.

    Shell

    January 14, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    Whiter than a picture of a polar bear in a snow storm.

  12. 12.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 14, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    I’m never getting those two minutes back, asshole.

  13. 13.

    JPL

    January 14, 2016 at 3:06 pm

    I saw that at TPM and they also have another video with Trump losing his cool
    And by the way I don’t like this mic, whoever the hell brought this mic system, don’t pay the son of a bitch who put it in,” Trump said. “No, this mic is terrible, stupid mic keeps popping. Do you hear that, George? Don’t pay him. Don’t pay him! You know I believe in paying but when somebody does a bad job, like this stupid mic, you shouldn’t pay the bastard. Terrible! Terrible!”

    My goodness what will the children think about such behavior…

    TPM

    sorry I messed up the link

  14. 14.

    JPL

    January 14, 2016 at 3:08 pm

    Link to previous comment TPM

  15. 15.

    schrodinger's cat

    January 14, 2016 at 3:08 pm

    Not gonna watch even if you pay me.

  16. 16.

    JPL

    January 14, 2016 at 3:09 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: When I first saw it, I thought maybe it’s going to be a traveling road show.

  17. 17.

    Shell

    January 14, 2016 at 3:09 pm

    @Sarah: Yup, they’re certainly “turnin’ the beat around.”

  18. 18.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:10 pm

    @JPL: Trump’s over-the-top irritation about a popping mic reminds me of every white guy I’ve ever known ready to fly into an extreme rage over the slightest thing. And now they want to carry guns everywhere.

  19. 19.

    Poopyman

    January 14, 2016 at 3:10 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Beat ya. I had stopped at 17.

  20. 20.

    jl

    January 14, 2016 at 3:11 pm

    Emotive strip mall populist fascism.

    Search youtube for Charles Ives ‘They are there’ or ‘He is there’ to get a more palatable version of this kind of thing. One is done by old Charlie himself.

  21. 21.

    pat

    January 14, 2016 at 3:11 pm

    Why is this not child abuse?

    Jesus.

  22. 22.

    scav

    January 14, 2016 at 3:11 pm

    @max: Swiss cheese! good ol “merkan plastic-wrapped Jack cheese, never you mind, and any god-damed holes will be put into it the way god intenteded, with a semi-automatic! Ok, smoothbore if you’re into the old-timey heritage vittles, but still.

  23. 23.

    Caroln

    January 14, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    @dedc79: Friends don’t shoot friends in the head.

  24. 24.

    MomSense

    January 14, 2016 at 3:12 pm

    Nope.

  25. 25.

    Betty Cracker

    January 14, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    There are some things that are just so horrifying that you wish they weren’t real. I’m not talking about everyday slings and arrows like paper cuts, shower curtain mold and death. And I don’t mean things that are merely ill-advised, like Miracle Whip, McRib sandwiches, comb-overs and country rap. I mean things that are just unambiguously unnatural and WRONG — things like the designated hitter rule and child beauty pageants. This abomination of a performance is one of those WRONG things. For shame.

  26. 26.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 14, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    H/T Digby for this delightful clip — evidently from the same event, judging by the people in the audience.

  27. 27.

    dr. bloor

    January 14, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    @Luther M. Siler: DON’T EVER GET OUT OF THE BOAT.

  28. 28.

    Keith G

    January 14, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    @schrodinger’s cat: I only made it for eight seconds. Good god, I wish that I had’nt.

  29. 29.

    pamelabrown53

    January 14, 2016 at 3:15 pm

    John Cole: the only thing I’d change abut your post is Columbus Day to the 4th of July: moar fireworks.

  30. 30.

    Captain Oblivious

    January 14, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    That would be Miracle Whip, not mayo.

  31. 31.

    Josie

    January 14, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    @max: Are you sure it’s not mayonnaise and Velveeta cheese sandwich? or, even better, mayonnaise and American cheese sandwich?

  32. 32.

    GxB

    January 14, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    As soon as I hear autotune, my gut reaction is to flee.

    The fact that I’d estimate a solid third of the voting populace will gladly give this clown their vote tells me that we are too stupid to exist as a species.

  33. 33.

    dr. bloor

    January 14, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    The microphone bit made me more certain than ever that this whole campaign is Andy Kaufman playing the long con. But this…I don’t think even Andy was depraved or sadistic enough for this.

  34. 34.

    Adam L Silverman

    January 14, 2016 at 3:17 pm

    @scav: white American cheese.

  35. 35.

    bemused

    January 14, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    I always feel sorry for the kids when I see crap like this. Their parents probably them to some kind of sick Jesus camp too.

  36. 36.

    gene108

    January 14, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    @Germy:

    The thought of a GOP win in 2016 is horrifying, but a republican president having to deal with these peckers would be somewhat entertaining to see.

    I don’t know, seems like all the militia types that were marching around to protect freedom, in the 1990’s, all of a sudden backed down when Bush, Jr. became President.

    I’m guessing something similar will happen, as America would be in good hands again.

  37. 37.

    Fester Addams

    January 14, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    Whiter than two light bulbs.

  38. 38.

    Adam L Silverman

    January 14, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    @Betty Cracker: this is even worse than Michelle Malkin as a cheerleader.

  39. 39.

    dedc79

    January 14, 2016 at 3:19 pm

    @Caroln: I clicked over to the facebook page for that March to Restore America event and most of the comments express regret at this unfortunate but necessary act of self defense.

  40. 40.

    Shell

    January 14, 2016 at 3:19 pm

    George M. Cohan should sue

  41. 41.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:19 pm

    After Trump wins the election and serves two terms, this will be the next winning GOP candidate:
    A fully-dressed penis

  42. 42.

    Brachiator

    January 14, 2016 at 3:19 pm

    @Germy:

    The thought of a GOP win in 2016 is horrifying, but a republican president having to deal with these peckers would be somewhat entertaining to see.

    So, if Trump wins the GOP nomination, will there be a special episode of “The Apprentice” to pick the VP nominee? Would there be a talent competition like the mess shown here? (and no, I could not watch it. Just couldn’t do it).

  43. 43.

    pat

    January 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm

    I don’t get it. I really don’t. A significant number of republicans want to see this vulgar loudmouth in the White House? I can’t wait for the first SOTU.

    We really are screwed.

  44. 44.

    scav

    January 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Superior alternatice note and appreciated.

  45. 45.

    bemused

    January 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm

    @srv:

    Yes, it’s much easier now to identify the bigots who freely tell us how much they resent half of Americans.

  46. 46.

    ? Martin

    January 14, 2016 at 3:22 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Cheez Whiz, from the can if you want all-american.

  47. 47.

    The Golux

    January 14, 2016 at 3:22 pm

    @Germy:

    The little girl on the left will be Trump’s next wife ten years from now.

    Not if Ivanka has anything to say about it.

  48. 48.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    @Brachiator:

    Would there be a talent competition like the mess shown here?

    Miss Universe will be VP.

    @gene108:

    I’m guessing something similar will happen, as America would be in good hands again.

    Or maybe they’ve come too far to stand down. If President Cruz or Trump or even Rubio fails to show the proper respect to them and their tactics, there might be an interesting clash.

  49. 49.

    JPL

    January 14, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: That’s a much longer clip then the one I linked to at 14.
    On one hand he has the white girls sing and then swears in front of them.
    He is crude.

  50. 50.

    Tom65

    January 14, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    @Betty Cracker:

    McRib? YOU TAKE THAT BACK

  51. 51.

    jl

    January 14, 2016 at 3:24 pm

    Only Virgil Fox playing Ive’s Variations on America can follow that spectacle, as a musical palate cleanser.

    Virgil Fox Legacy | Ives | Variations on America
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNpJJLNI6xg

  52. 52.

    ? Martin

    January 14, 2016 at 3:24 pm

    Interesting. That video proves you can breed little girls from a test tube full of jingoism.

  53. 53.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 14, 2016 at 3:25 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Sorry, but the McRib sandwich is one of 20th Century America’s crowning achievements.

  54. 54.

    Keith G

    January 14, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: That one minute clip really does show the artistry of Trump. On one hand it’s, “Hey, I got problems to complain about just like you.” And then he changes to assert his overlord status, “I’ll tell my people not to pay….”

    That is a quality act for the audience he is performing in front of. How very il duce.

  55. 55.

    Smedley Darlington Prunebanks (formerly Mumphrey, et al.)

    January 14, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    That’s utterly terrifying.

  56. 56.

    GregB

    January 14, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    These Trumpistas are also many of the exact same people who see the mild mannered President Obama as an arrogant tyrant.

    That Trump feller has Mussolini written all over him.

  57. 57.

    Bill

    January 14, 2016 at 3:30 pm

    The horror!

    (Also, I’m pretty sure the synth back beat is directly stolen from Blondie’s Heart Of glass.)

  58. 58.

    p.a.

    January 14, 2016 at 3:30 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Without the pickles, I agree.

    The vid isn’t that white: there’s (some) hip movement.

  59. 59.

    Keith P

    January 14, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    Looks like the beginning of”The Interview” with the North Korean kids playing guitar.

  60. 60.

    scav

    January 14, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    Apple’s clearly a part of the general threat to ‘Merka too: turning the screens of all out iphones and ipads vaguely red! Not only just darker and less white, but gateway commie!!!! In order to promote sleep, sleep and a loss of vigilence!!!!

    Clearly the only thing to do is refuse all upgrades, or break the IOS so that the screens remain blindingly superwhite, if not with more lumens than they already blast! Remove all that confusing text that gets in the way of perfect blinding whiteness!

  61. 61.

    Betty Cracker

    January 14, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: I’ll take rock-and-roll and the Internet for $500, Alex.

  62. 62.

    Trentrunner

    January 14, 2016 at 3:32 pm

    It’s all fun and games and laughs now, but Trump has a feasible and scarily simple electoral pathway to the presidency:

    Get disaffected white working-class people who typically don’t vote to the polls, particularly in midwest states.

    Most models showing Dem “firewalls” and electoral superiority use actual voter models, which are fine if only those same past voter groups turn out in roughly the same proportion (including growth since the last election).

    It IS possible for Trump to win.

  63. 63.

    Mai.naem.mobile

    January 14, 2016 at 3:32 pm

    The worst part is that The Donald stands a reasonable chance of winning this election. This is not like the crazy unusual people you see running in the British elections where you know its a big home and they have no chance of winning.

  64. 64.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 14, 2016 at 3:33 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Obviously, as with Fury Road, you just don’t get it.

  65. 65.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:37 pm

    Whiter than a Brady Bunch/Andy Williams White Christmas TV special, with special guest star Mason Reese.

  66. 66.

    rikyrah

    January 14, 2016 at 3:38 pm

    Walking -While-Non-White.

    That was this man’s crime.

    PHUCK.OUTTA.HERE!!!!

    ………………..

    Judge throws out case against police officer charged in takedown of Indian grandfather
    Jan 13, 2016

    There will not be a third trial.

    Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala just threw out the case against Madison police officer Eric Parker, who faced up to 10 years in prison for excessive force in the sidewalk stop of an Indian citizen.

    Judge Haikala late Wednesday filed a 92-page opinion, ending with: “The Government has had two full and fair chances to obtain a conviction; it will not have another.”

    A team of three federal prosecutors had twice tried Parker last year for the takedown of 57-year-old Sureshbahi Patel on the morning of Feb. 6, 2015. Both trials ended with a deadlocked jury.
    […]
    Key excerpts from the judge’s analysis and opinion:

    Regarding the check subject call: “The record demonstrates that a reasonable officer in Officer Parker’s position would suspect that the individual who the known caller described was involved in a burglary.”

    Regarding Patel, a permanent resident, not having identification: “…Mr. Patel, a resident alien, violated 8 U.S.C. § 1304(e) when he left his son’s house without identification. That is a misdemeanor crime for which Officer Parker could have arrested Mr. Patel.”

    Signs of resistance: “The slow motion clips from the Government’s enhanced dashcam video supply objective evidence of resistance. The clips show that immediately before Officer Parker took Mr. Patel to the ground, Mr. Patel took a step to the side with his left foot and turned to face Officer Parker.”

    On not speaking English: “Trial testimony indicates that Mr. Patel had the opportunity to become familiar with simple English commands like ‘stop’ and ‘come’ because Mr. Patel had visited his son in Alabama twice before Mr. Patel moved to the United States, the more recent visit lasting eight months.”

  67. 67.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    @srv: Jeb couldn’t find three little girls to do a Jeb Jam, but he hired one boy with a slide whistle. And cymbals strapped to his knees. It was a small rally; only a dozen or so onlookers.

  68. 68.

    Citizen_X

    January 14, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    Nice Trumpler Youth rally.

  69. 69.

    Steeplejack

    January 14, 2016 at 3:43 pm

    I was able to hang on through the nosebleed, but I blacked out at about the 1:30 mark. Now decompressing with some Paul Davis. Baby steps.

  70. 70.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    January 14, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    @Shell: I am not clicking on that link. Let’s just say the critics have spoken. But what Cohan song is in it?

    PS Republicans finally gave up on finding a rocker whose music they can use?

  71. 71.

    GOVCHRIS1988

    January 14, 2016 at 3:45 pm

    Governor Pappy O’Daniel singing “You Are My Sunshine.” with the crowds in Mississippi is less white than that.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWD2vq-Z5EM

  72. 72.

    Bobby Thomson

    January 14, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    @ThresherK (GPad): it’s to the tune of Over There.

  73. 73.

    Steeplejack

    January 14, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    FYWP!

    I was able to hang on through the nosebleed, but I blacked out at about the 1:30 mark. Luckily I had a dead-man switch to stop the video. Now decompressing with some Paul Davis. Baby steps.

  74. 74.

    Steeplejack

    January 14, 2016 at 3:48 pm

    Redacted. But FYWP.

  75. 75.

    Steeplejack

    January 14, 2016 at 3:49 pm

    Redacted. I give up.

  76. 76.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:50 pm

    Trump supporters:
    Here comes your man

  77. 77.

    Captain C

    January 14, 2016 at 3:50 pm

    @Germy: And he’ll be cheating on her with the other two.

  78. 78.

    Bobby Thomson

    January 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm

    John, he’s trolling us. People point out the Notth Korea/Third Reich overtones; he says “it’s interesting to see who has a real problem with a patriotic song about freedom”; he gets press, his voters eat that shit up; rinse and repeat.

    I’m telling you, he could call for a final solution in the election – which Hitler never did – and he’d still poll at least a solid 30 among Republicans.

  79. 79.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm

    Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana slams current spouse Melania: ‘She can’t talk, she can’t give a speech’

  80. 80.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 14, 2016 at 3:53 pm

    @Keith G:

    Yes. That “Don’t pay them” is very much of a piece with “Get her outta here, now!” and “Don’t give him his coat! No. Do NOT give him his coat.”

  81. 81.

    Germy

    January 14, 2016 at 3:55 pm

    What a man

    Hear the roar of the crowd as he calls some faceless audio technician a son of a bitch. Witness the howl of approval as he insists he won’t pay that bastard for the shoddy work. The people that come to these rallies are there to be entertained, but they’re also there to see Trump take someone—anyone—on. It can be Hillary Clinton, it can be weak aristocrat Jeb Bush, it can be some guy in the crowd. It’s Trump who says the things they want to say and gets away with it, who sticks it to someone they cannot and never faces the consequences. He makes the rules. He decides where the line is.

    He would’ve told the cable guy to go fuck himself when he was four hours late last week. He would’ve told your boss that you’ve been working for 35 years with nothing to show for it, so kindly get lost while you have this cup of coffee. But at night’s end, Trump packs up the carnival and disappears in his private jet. The people file out and get in their cars and go home, and then they wake up and go to work, same as yesterday. It’s just a show, after all.

  82. 82.

    JPL

    January 14, 2016 at 3:56 pm

    @Germy: nice

  83. 83.

    PghMike4

    January 14, 2016 at 3:57 pm

    Wow, why do I think I’m watching a scene from The Man in the High Castle, despite all the (real) American flags?

  84. 84.

    chopper

    January 14, 2016 at 4:03 pm

    I can’t even.

  85. 85.

    Botsplainer

    January 14, 2016 at 4:05 pm

    Nixon Now Commercial

  86. 86.

    The Moar You Know

    January 14, 2016 at 4:07 pm

    It’s not like you can say you weren’t warned.

    I wrote some additional lyrics:

    “Obamacare, just ain’t fair
    Open carry, shoot some Freedom in the air.
    Stand You Ground with a trigger
    If every white guy shoots five niggers
    We’ll have made America Great again!”

  87. 87.

    JPL

    January 14, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    @The Moar You Know: Actually the term is the others. At least that’s what
    the guy who fixed my septic used.

  88. 88.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 14, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    @JPL:

    Yeah, sorry, I didn’t see your link until well after I put mine up. It’s all over the place now — TPM, Digby, Esquire, and I have no doubt that Booman will put up a link at some point. Other blogs too, I expect.

  89. 89.

    cmorenc

    January 14, 2016 at 4:20 pm

    @John Cole:

    The only thing that I can think of that might be whiter than this is two klan members having a gunfight over a mayonnaise sandwich in the back of a pick-up truck in an Alabama Wal-Mart on Columbus day.

    You forgot to say it was a white pick-up truck.

  90. 90.

    Central Planning

    January 14, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    I watched the whole thing. I’m pretty sure they were lip syncing.

  91. 91.

    catclub

    January 14, 2016 at 4:35 pm

    @pat: I just winder whether those kids will embarassed or proud in 15 years,
    when that video is still on the internet.

    Somebody else also pointed out that Columbus day is not the whitest.

  92. 92.

    catclub

    January 14, 2016 at 4:38 pm

    @Captain C: In the SNL, “Meet your second wife” skit, the men were at least embarrassed. Trump would not be.

  93. 93.

    lurker dean

    January 14, 2016 at 4:39 pm

    @rikyrah: pisses me off, but at least it went to trial.

    some other interesting points in the article:

    “The first trial ended with a jury split along race and gender. Ten white males pushed to acquit and two black female jurors pushed for guilty.”

    “The officer who pulled up as Patel hit the ground testified he observed no threat: “To me, he appeared to be in his 70s.”

  94. 94.

    Adrian Lesher

    January 14, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    Looks like something that might come out of North Korea.

  95. 95.

    WaterGirl

    January 14, 2016 at 4:47 pm

    @Amir Khalid: I didn’t even make it that long. Maybe 10 words in, and I bailed. Ugh.

  96. 96.

    gocart mozart

    January 14, 2016 at 4:57 pm

    Trump should have gone with the midget with a broom.

  97. 97.

    Les Smith

    January 14, 2016 at 5:00 pm

    The only thing whiter than that is the population of commenters on this blog entry falling over themselves to demonstrate their self-hate.

  98. 98.

    David *Rafael* Koch

    January 14, 2016 at 5:01 pm

    @@John Cole:: Columbus day isn’t white. It’s Italian, making it a swarthy day.

  99. 99.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 14, 2016 at 5:10 pm

    As I said over at Wonkette:

    “Live, from the Zeppelinplatz in Nürnberg, it’s the Bund Amerikanishe Mädel!“

  100. 100.

    mak

    January 14, 2016 at 5:23 pm

    @dedc79: jheezoss kriste, am I high? I must be high, even though I’ve ingested no hallucinogens of any sort. Between that freaking video, which really, REALLY comes across as parody, especially the lyrics, and that story – which actually missed a couple of sics – things are starting to look unreal around here (or is it “dis-real?” or “im-true (sic)). So, this detachment is what aging feels like. Hmm.

  101. 101.

    joes527

    January 14, 2016 at 5:23 pm

    @dr. bloor: What could Trump possibly do/say to tip off the rubes that it was all a gag, and that he’s tired of it and ready for the big laugh so he can go home and do something else?

    I mean other than what he has done/said already.

    Poe’s law is going to make that man the republican nominee.

  102. 102.

    trollhattan

    January 14, 2016 at 5:24 pm

    Holy crap, Trump’s having tiny prop girls sing an altered song popular in fvcking World fvcking War One? Are the rights to “Dixie” tied up in litigation? “Oh, I wish I was in the land of Trumpie…”

    I hate the use of children, especially young ones, as campaign props.

  103. 103.

    mak

    January 14, 2016 at 5:26 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Was that two minutes? Felt like 10, at least.

  104. 104.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 14, 2016 at 5:26 pm

    @joes527: Here’s the rub:

    Should Trump actually do that…tell them it was all elaborate political performance theater on his part, they will turn on him like piranha on a wounded cow.

    The GOP has created a monster they cannot control. Trump is riding the tiger now, but any slip up on his part will result in the tiger feasting on him. The thing is, I’m not sure he’s aware of this. People in crowds can do things that they as individuals would not consider doing.

  105. 105.

    NorthLeft12

    January 14, 2016 at 5:26 pm

    I would call that video a libel on caucasians everywhere, but I can rationalize the horrifically awkward dance moves, ear torturing singing, and just generally turgid lyrics by observing that this ….production/spectacle…was written, choreographed, and performed by Republican RWNJs or their children.

    John, you should have a stronger warning on that video. I plan to have dinner in an hour or so. Hopefully my stomach will have stopped turning over by then.

  106. 106.

    joel hanes

    January 14, 2016 at 5:32 pm

    whiter than this

    In the running :

    http://www.yaf.org/uploadedImages/Blogs/8049243280181_ORIG.jpg
    (Young Americans For Freedom group pic, Obama years)

    I can’t find the news photos of the YAF contingent at the 1972 Republican National Convention (all decked out in straw boaters and flags) but they were so white one needed shades.

  107. 107.

    catclub

    January 14, 2016 at 5:35 pm

    @joes527:

    and that he’s tired of it and ready for the big laugh so he can go home and do something else?

    He has a line in his speeches where he says that Hillary is tired and will quit. She has been a workhorse for 20 years
    and he has been doing this for 6 months. I am voting on her staying power.

  108. 108.

    HeartlandLiberal

    January 14, 2016 at 5:37 pm

    And here I thought Goebbels and the Hitler Youth Movement and their songs were dead.

    Guess I was wrong.

  109. 109.

    goblue72

    January 14, 2016 at 5:40 pm

    This is about as interesting as your average Karen Finley performance piece.

  110. 110.

    different-church-lady

    January 14, 2016 at 5:40 pm

    That’s so white it’s clear.

  111. 111.

    goblue72

    January 14, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    @? Martin: What Federal response?

  112. 112.

    A Ghost To Most

    January 14, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    Prussian Blue: The Next Generation.

  113. 113.

    Baud

    January 14, 2016 at 5:43 pm

    What adorable little fascists.

  114. 114.

    joes527

    January 14, 2016 at 5:46 pm

    @dr. bloor:

    But this…I don’t think even Andy was depraved or sadistic enough for this.

    Lessee … Andy Kaufman dropped out of sight 30 years ago, so he would be older now … In fact he’d only be 3 year younger than this “Donald Trump” is supposed to be.

    Add 30 years, some makeup, a ridiculous toupe …. you might just have figured it all out.

  115. 115.

    The band that played California Lady

    January 14, 2016 at 5:51 pm

    Of course, this isn’t disturbing at all, is it?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=116&v=TW9b0xr06qA

  116. 116.

    Kat

    January 14, 2016 at 6:04 pm

    Whiter than… Wait, what about that woman in black — behind the woman in the yellow jacket?

    To actually see the woman in black, I had to click the title to go to youtube, and then click for the full-screen version. I think I deserve compensation for this brave act.

    Kat

  117. 117.

    bupalos

    January 14, 2016 at 6:29 pm

    I. Uh. I, I…

    Wow.

    It’s not real. If it’s real this is the first actually real thing that I ever really truly believed was not real.

    There has to be more to this. This can’t just be regular old real. Someone watch it and post the lyrics. I don’t believe this is real.

  118. 118.

    mclaren

    January 14, 2016 at 6:31 pm

    So I guess Trump is going for the pedo vote?

  119. 119.

    Jack Carter

    January 14, 2016 at 6:47 pm

    Oh look, it’s Trump’s third, fourth and fifth trophy wives.

  120. 120.

    bupalos

    January 14, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    I’m guessing this was the point of this, to bait a lot of people into making fun of it and then later announce it was penned by a cancer-stricken gradeschooler so don’t you feel dumb…but I can’t help myself. I had to copy and post the lyrics so people who don’t watch it or duck out after 8 seconds don’t get off easy.

    cowardiiiiiiiiice
    (are you serious?)
    apollo-GEEES, for freeDUMMMMM
    (I can’t handle this!)
    Whe-enn fredum-rings
    ANSWER THE CALL!
    On your feet
    STAND UP TALL!
    Fredums on our shoulders
    Yue Ess AAA!!!! (reverb)
    Enemeeeeeeees
    Of free-DUMMMMMM
    face the music
    come on boys, take them down! (childslave points the enemies the way to the dust)
    presiDENT donald trumpknows,
    how-to make Ameri KA-great
    Deal from strength or get crushed everytiiiiiiiiiiiime

    Over Heeeeeeeeeere
    Yue – Ess -AAA!!!! (reverb)
    Over Theeeeere
    FreeDUM-and
    liberteeeeee, everywheeeere
    Ohsaycan YOUUUU see,
    Its not so Eeeeeeezeee
    But we have to stand up tall
    and answer freedums call

    Yue-ess-aaaaaaaaa
    YueEssAA
    Yue-ess-aaaaaaaaa
    YueEssAA
    We’re the landofthafree and the home ofthabraaave
    Yue-ess-aaaaaaaaa
    YueEssAA
    The Stars and stripes are flying
    lets celebrate our freedom
    inspire freedum proudly to the wuuuuuurrrld
    Amerituuuude (?)
    YueEssAA
    Americanpriiiiiiiide
    It’s atituuuude it’s who we are stand up taaaaallll
    We’re the red, white ANDBLUE,
    Fiercely free, THATSWHO
    our col-lors don’t ru-un, nosireeeeeeeeee.

    (short funky break, childslaves pretend they are going to do something appropriately funky but then decide not to.)

    Over Heeeeeeeeeere
    Yue – Ess -AAA!!!! (reverb)
    Over Theeeeere
    FreeDUM-and
    liberteeeeee, everywheeeere
    Its not so Eeeeeeezeee
    But we have to stand up tall
    and answer freedums call

  121. 121.

    Summer

    January 14, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    I’m so sorry I missed this thread because a friend posted the best response on Facebook:

    “No one doubts Trump’s commitment to Sparkle Motion.”

  122. 122.

    SiubhanDuinne

    January 14, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    @bupalos:

    Got lyrics from Digby. No way I’m going to transcribe them myself.

    Cowar-dice
    Are you serious?!
    Apol-o-gies for freedom
    I can’t handle this!

    When freedom rings
    Answer the call!
    Stand up tall!

    Freedom’s on our shoulders
    USA!!!

    En-u-mies
    Of free-dum
    Face the music!
    Come on boys!
    Take ’em down!

    President Donald Trump knows how
    To make Ameri-ca great
    Deal from strength or get crushed everytime!

    Over her
    USA!
    Over there
    USA!
    Freedomand liberty everywhere

    Oh say can you see
    It’s not so ea-sy
    But we have to stand up tall
    An answer freedom’s call

    USA, USA!
    USA, USA!
    Land of the free and the home of the brave
    USA!
    The stars and stripes are flying
    Let’s celebrate our freedom
    Inspire proudly freedom to the world

    Ameritude
    American pride
    It’s attitude, it’s who we are
    Stand up tall

    We’re the red, white and blue
    Fiercely free!
    That’s who!
    Our colors don’t run, no siree

    Over here
    USA!
    Over there
    USA!
    Freedom and liberty, everywhere

    Oh say can you see
    It’s not so easy
    But we have to stand up tall and answer freedom’s call

  123. 123.

    J

    January 14, 2016 at 7:01 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Wie schoen!

  124. 124.

    ruemara

    January 14, 2016 at 7:02 pm

    @lurker dean: at least it went to trial?

    Yeah. Big fucking whoop. You have a judge blaming the man for being attacked due to not having id on him like this is East Germany and because the man didn’t speak English. Miss me with “at least it went to trial”.

  125. 125.

    J

    January 14, 2016 at 7:04 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Thanks for this. Words fail me.

  126. 126.

    J

    January 14, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    @Germy: I hope this is a joke. ‘Every white guy…’ a pretty sweeping generalization, unless ‘every white guy I’ve ever known’ is a very small, and therefore unrepresentative, group of white guys.

  127. 127.

    gratuitous

    January 14, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Now that there is some Grade A, undiluted love for America. At least, that’s what I’ve heard from Trollville.

  128. 128.

    BruceFromOhio

    January 14, 2016 at 7:23 pm

    The only thing that I can think of that might be whiter than this is two klan members having a gunfight over a mayonnaise sandwich in the back of a pick-up truck in an Alabama Wal-Mart on Columbus day.

    This broke my unpacking gadget, so clearly it was time for an upgrade. Even MrsFromOhio thought it was pretty bleached.

  129. 129.

    tones

    January 14, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    @gene108: exactly if there was a republican president they would go back to being happy as pigs in shit and calling us traitors for not supporting infinite wars enthusiastically enough.

  130. 130.

    MCA1

    January 14, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    I’m re-re-re-reconsidering my guess as to whether or not Trump’s campaign is the greatest piece of performance art of all time. But if it is, I don’t know what happens next, because it’s basically become “The Producers” in real life.

    I mean, Jayzus H Key-rist, look at the comments on the youtube thread someone above linked to with the rant about the microphone and not paying the AV vendor. The reaction to this over the top vindictive lashing out is not in any way “Wow. How incredibly unpresidential.” I kid you not, their take on this is “Fuck, yeah, fuck that asshole! This is how it’s done. MY MAN wouldn’t stand for a $500M healthcare website that didn’t work right for like 2 weeks. Anyone who criticizes this is a rotten PC pansy.”

    He could honest to goodness lower his pants and take a fucking dump on stage and the audience would howl in laughter and 15% of this country would perceive it as genius.

  131. 131.

    J

    January 14, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    I’ve been struggling to come up with something comparable,’The sidewalks of New York’, or ‘East Side, West Side’ (Al Smith’s campaign song), no not quite. ‘This Land is your land, this land is my land’, ‘We shall overcome’… Still struggling.

  132. 132.

    PurpleGirl

    January 14, 2016 at 8:30 pm

    @A Ghost To Most: Yes, very much Prussian Blue. I watch part of it with the sound off because as soon as it started I thought of Prussian Blue.

  133. 133.

    Brendancalling

    January 14, 2016 at 8:36 pm

    @max: Velveeta ftfy

  134. 134.

    Gus diZerega

    January 14, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    Like so many others I couldn’t finish. I think the music was better in the 1930s German version…

  135. 135.

    sloan

    January 14, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    @Shell:

    YES.

    I need to watch Yankee Doodle Dandy just to rinse my brain.

    Over There!

    https://youtu.be/wbggEGUaE28

  136. 136.

    Karen Crosby

    January 14, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Ditto

  137. 137.

    Death Panel Truck

    January 14, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    The only thing that I can think of that might be whiter than this is two klan members having a gunfight over a mayonnaise sandwich in the back of a pick-up truck in an Alabama Wal-Mart on Columbus day.

    Would that be a mayonnaise on Wonder Bread sandwich?

  138. 138.

    Tom Q

    January 14, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    Very sorry I didn’t see this earlier, to comment. The thing that amazes me about it — even above the general cheesiness — is the sheer incompetence on display. Music and lyrics are supposed to mesh; the stressed syllable in the word is supposed to match the highlighted note of the music. Occasionally a song will have a problem making one word or line fit together, and you get an awkward mispronunciation to fit the beat. Here, though, a solid 40-60% of the song falls into that category. It’s parody-level bad.

  139. 139.

    Aleta

    January 15, 2016 at 1:07 am

    Brought https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FN7r0Rr1Qyc
    to mind.

  140. 140.

    Betsy

    January 15, 2016 at 1:33 am

    Decoration Day. They don’t celebrate Columbus Day in Alabama.

  141. 141.

    NotoriousJRT

    January 15, 2016 at 3:39 am

    Gross.

  142. 142.

    The Other Chuck

    January 15, 2016 at 10:28 am

    @PurpleGirl: Except Prussian Blue grew up and broke up, and now they’re both pot-smoking liberals. Actually they still strike me as pretty damn stupid people, but they’re recovering at least.

  143. 143.

    Paul in KY

    January 15, 2016 at 11:04 am

    @srv: Did they dab during the performance? Couldn’t make it to end.

  144. 144.

    Paul in KY

    January 15, 2016 at 11:06 am

    @pat: Pensacola Florida is DEEP RED (except for the poor black people that have to live there). Lot of people there too. Trump would be hard pressed to find another location where he’d get 10,000 yahoos to come out.

  145. 145.

    Stardus614

    January 15, 2016 at 11:24 am

    Been done before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Mg6Gfh9Co

  146. 146.

    Paul in KY

    January 15, 2016 at 12:35 pm

    @JPL: ‘If every white guy shoots 5 others, then there’ll be no more brothers’

    ‘Others’ is hard to rhyme.

  147. 147.

    Paul in KY

    January 15, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    @Les Smith: I love myself, cracker. It’s the stupid & evil & people like you that I hate.

  148. 148.

    Paul in KY

    January 15, 2016 at 12:41 pm

    @The band that played California Lady: Nope, now fuck off.

  149. 149.

    Paul in KY

    January 15, 2016 at 12:42 pm

    @mclaren: He covers all bases. I’m sure he has something up his sleeve for the necrophiliac vote.

  150. 150.

    Paul in KY

    January 15, 2016 at 12:46 pm

    @Gus diZerega: It makes the ‘Horst Wessel Lied’ seem like ‘Rhapsody in Blue’.

  151. 151.

    gex

    January 15, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    @Bill: Yes! I thought so too!

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