Are you a patriot or a vampire?

[spedtr90]

“Are you a patriot or a vampire?” This is the tagline for the new movie Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. While it comes from a book by the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the flap over the Clint Eastwood commercial for Chrysler shows everything is game for political interpretation.

A young conservative relative in his twenties (whom I dearly love, but lament he grew up with Fox “News” always on the TV) commented on Facebook that the vampires are the “takers” and liberals sucking the nation dry, and the patriots (of course) are conservatives and the Tea Party. (Heavy sigh.) I expect we’ll hear more of this.

[ZombieHorde]

1. So, you think all vampires are unpatriotic?

How undeadist of you.

[spedtr90]

4. Ha!! I'll have to use that!

[AsahinaKimi]

2. Wow...

I guess the writers in Hollywood are finally getting creative.. I could almost imagine this being from a
Japanese manga. Then again, Fox was always great at re writing history... It wouldn't surprise me if a few Republicans said this movie was based on fact.

[Brother Buzz]

9. It's from the creative mind of Seth Grahame-Smith

[Proud Public Servant]

2. From what I've herad

The vampires are wealthy white Southerners, and are responsible for slavery -- in other words, they're the forerunners of the GOP base.

Plus, in that tag line, Patriot=Unionist and, therefore, Vampire=Confederate. Works for me.

[sarge43]

6. You heard right.

Among all the other horrors, slaves were food. Also, Booth was vampire.

[Proud Public Servant]

7. I can't wait for the protests

from the Daughters of the Confederacy...

[zbdent]

10. that should blow the young conservative's mind ...

[LadyHawkAZ]

5. I will have to get this and read it now

P&P&Z was hilarious.

[FarLeftFist]

8. The vampires in the movie are the current GOP base.

[provis99]

11. be both! Only suck the blood of Americans!