Homer Simpson Tries to Vote for Obama

[NYCGirl]

Run time: 01:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aBaX9GPSaQ   Posted on YouTube: September 30, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 01, 2008 By DU Member: NYCGirl Views on DU: 16450

 
via Oliver Willis

http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/01/homer-simpson-tries-to-vote-for-obama/

[PeaceNikki]

1. K&R

"This doesn't happen in America!! Maybe in Ohio, but not America!"

:rofl:

[Cooley Hurd]

2. OMG! Recommended!

:rofl:

BTW, wasn't that McCain holding the "I Like Ike" sign?:D

[petgoat]

8. McCain doesn't like Ike.

If Eisenhower and Goldwater were alive today, they'd be
demanding Bush's impeachment.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. Very true...

I was riffing on Stephanie Miller's (daughter of Goldwater's 1964 running mate, William Miller) comparison of McCain & Grandpa Simpson.;)

[doublethink]

3. Yep. k&r.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I take it this is from the upcoming Halloween episode.

And here I always thought Homer was a Republican. ;)

Or is he now an Obamican? :D

[YOY]

6. He's the id-level conscious everyman.

Technically, "an independent".

Lisa however, is an unrepentant liberal...bless her little heart.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I think Marge is, too.

Remember, she voted Carter...TWICE!

And she was a huge supporter of Gov. Bailey.

[YOY]

16. Could very well be...

She is actually aware of stuff going on around her.

Flanders though? Hopeless Republicadoodly!

[Kurovski]

75. Flanders even expressed a sense of pride in stealing the election in '04.

It's all for Christ, donchaknow. ;-)

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

70. Lisa would probably vote for the Green or Socialist candidate

:wow: Well maybe not, but at least she has fantasies about it I bet.

[YOY]

82. Perhaps...but she's no fool.

She knows who stands a chance!

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

93. Actually Lisa would probably be the antithesis of the centrist DLCer

The type that tries to whip the Democratic agenda in a solidly progressive direction and prefers confrontation, not compromise, when it comes to dealing with the right wing.

[gmoney]

12. well, he's not one to judge by the color of someone's skin...

another well-deserved slam against Ohio.

[Cooley Hurd]

14. Don't forget Homer & Poppy's bitter battle...

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

"Two Bad Neighbors" is the 13th episode of The Simpsons' seventh season. This episode was inspired by the animosity towards the show by the Bushes from earlier in the series' run.

In September 1990, Barbara Bush said in an interview for People magazine that The Simpsons was the dumbest thing she had ever seen.* The Simpsons Complete Fourth Season DVD set includes a special feature that presents an exchange of letters between the First Lady and show staff. In another address, Bush said that America needed to be more like The Waltons than The Simpsons, causing Bart to say they were a lot like the Waltons, since they were both praying for an end to the Depression.

Evergreen Terrace holds a garage sale. As Homer dances on the tables selling his junk, there is a diversion: the empty house across from Homer's is being moved into. It is occupied by former President George H. W. Bush with his wife Barbara. Bart decides to visit, and Barbara takes a liking to him. However Bart's habit of calling adults by their first names and his overall annoying attitude does not do much for George. Eventually, after Bart accidentally shreds George's newly typed memoirs, the former President takes Bart across his knee and spanks him. Homer, who was already annoyed at Bush for stealing his thunder at the garage sale, is outraged and confronts George. Both men vow to make trouble for each other.

Homer sends bottle-rockets at George's window. George puts up a banner saying "Two Bad Neighbors", which he meant to be in reference to Bart and Homer, but Ned Flanders and Dr. Hibbert believe it was in reference to George and Barbara (Hibbert) or the Flanders family (Ned), so it is taken down. Homer then glues a rainbow wig on his opponent's head just before he is to give an important speech to a local club. George retaliates by chewing up the Simpsons' lawn with his car. Despite Barbara urging her husband to apologize, the confrontation continues. Homer and Bart are just making their way through the sewers to release locusts in George’s house, but he spots them and climbs down to fight, during which Homer learns about the destroyed memoirs, but refuses to make his son apologize. They fight in the sewers and as George is about to finish with a garrote concealed within his watch (remarking "Here's a little trick we learned in CIA") Homer and Bart release the locusts which attack George. Finally, after pressure from his wife and from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was there to visit George, George apologizes, but sells the house as the neighborhood clearly brought out the worst in him. The vacated house is immediately bought by another former President, Gerald Ford, who invites Homer to watch a football game with him, and to enjoy some beer and nachos at his house. The two quickly get off to a good start, due to sharing common ground.

* - Babs was lying; the dumbest thing she's ever seen came out of her womb 62 years ago.

[Twinguard]

20. LOL

* - Babs was lying; the dumbest thing she's ever seen came out of her womb 62 years ago.

Now THAT is funny stuff!
:rofl:

[jeff30997]

25. I disagree...

The dumbest thing she's ever seen is her reflection in the mirror...

Oh wait...You are right !

[gtar100]

52. She had the womb of iniquity,

If that family didn't have money they'd be carrying around signs for fred phelps. The walkers and the bushes have been nothing but a curse on America. They better be worried if some day in our infinite, eternal universe justice is served fairly. Everyone of them has a long road out their karmic debt.

[npk]

31. I love this episode

It is one of my favorites. K & R.

[Kurovski]

76. Self-edit.

I cornfused ma'sef.

Gettin' all prepared to have Palin "get back to me with it" tonight. Gettin' my brain all good and ready to take it all in. Trying to keep myself from screaming like a Friday the Thirteenth victim through it all.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

19. He was! Remember his "Hague in 88" shirt? or his love of Fox News?

I think that makes him an Obamican!

[Fearless]

43. Yes he was widely a rethug...

Voting for Burns over Bailey, listening to the Limbaugh knock-off, etc... Although we also know he was no neo-con, he was reasonably anti religion a la the house-burning episode, the bible being "useless" in the movie, his wanting to stop Bart's baptismal. Although after being mauled by a grizzly bear, he may support shooting them from helicopters...

Ahh... slow night...

:kick:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

49. He supported Krusty, a Republican, and voted for Sideshow Bob

But that was mostly for his "Selma killing policy"

[Josh]

80. That's right... he didn't approve of his "Bart killing policy" though

:)

[ghostsofgiants]

96. It was the Selma killing policy that he supported.

[Bicoastal]

5. OMG! We've got the all important Simpson Vote!

[Kurovski]

77. The show endorsed Gore in 2000 by way of the blackboard.

[KellyW]

9. See it now !

This won't be up on youtube for long. Otherwise you will have to wait until the episode airs Nov 2nd.

[peace13]

10. Speaking as someone from Ohio..this is great! n/t

[zbdent]

13. damn, that border between Ohio and Pennsylvania is porous ...

I never had to show my passport ...

I have to go out of the country to gamble ...

[iandhr]

15. K&R

GO HOMER

[bjobotts]

17. ...stranger than fiction. Knowing all that we know about electronic voting and we are doing it anyw

[Catsbrains]

56. Yea...this video actually scares me...it's sad that it's probably true.

[Union Thug]

18. Since when does Homer Simpson star in documentaries? n/t

[leapinggnome]

57. Don't tell Sarah Palin,

she WILL think it's a documentary (like The Flintstones)

[bluesmail]

21. That is how he'll end up winning, along with other incidentals.

[MindMatter]

22. Well, now we know Homer's Springfield isn't in Ohio

[jeff30997]

27. It's now officially in Vermont.

Heh.:shrug:

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/vermont%20town%20is%20selected%20as%20home%20of%20the%20simpsons_1037138

[iandhr]

30. I know Springfield, VT...

... was the home of the Simpson's movie but Springfield is in a state that retains the Death Penalty (Homer was once sentaced to death whole thing was a reality show called frame up) and has a confederate flag within the state flag. Vermont's flag is blue with the state seal in the middle.


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield%27s_state&h=168&w=247&sz=10&hl=en&start=9&usg=__hQ_dOW6ZaKb7NkcvAxXNFUPx9og=&tbnid=ZnxJ1iLhPDowcM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=110&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSpringfields%2BFlag%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX

[Fearless]

42. In the inside the actors studio episode they said it was Kentucky...

But it was edited out from then after.

[iandhr]

45. Springfield's location

I think is it meant to be in a particular state its supposed to be Any town, USA.

The Motto of Springfield's state is "Not just another state." The state capitol is called Capitol City.


During the civil war the battle of Springfield was fought to keep Springfield "in out of and next the union respectfully."

[nxylas]

60. Wasn't the address shown with a fictitious state code once?

I think it was Springfield, TA or something. And there have been a number of meta jokes about the refusal to name an individual state, like a character asking for an airline ticket to "the state Springfield's in" and someone's head appearing in front of the camera just as Bart was about to point out his home state on a map in school.

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

71. Supposedly...

...When Matt Groening was doing the Springfield contest last year, he wrote "The REAL Springfield" on a note to Sid Leiken, the mayor of Oregon's Springfield. This was just after the voting was done. But I can definitely see why our Springfield would be the appropriate one.

[BlueDonkey08]

23. K@R

Hilarious

[BlueDonkey08]

24. Whoops... K&R

n/t

[barack the house]

26. If Homer Simpson endorses Barack it's over. You can't get more American than that.

[Mad_Dem_X]

28. My husband loves The Simpsons

I made him watch the clip, and he loved it. I thought it was hilarious, too.

[FatDave]

29. Please follow the youtube link and help with the comments.

Rate down the freeper morons.

[mcollier]

32. Great Awareness Ad

Vote Vote vote...


We can do it!

It is time for All Americans to put a stop to this BS... For our's and the next generation...

We Can Do It, Yes We Can!

Check this out if you believe in America - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUSDjd3BGng

[myrna minx]

33. K&R. n/t

[Kurovski]

78. Hi, MM

I thought of you when there was a recent episode where the "Kissing Lincoln" penny was minted when a worker accidentally caught sight of a woman's ankle. :hug:

I think the Simpson's lifted one of my ketchup packet bits I presented here as an economical measure. Marge squeezes pilfered packets into a bottle. ;-)

[myrna minx]

87. Hello my dear.

It's good to see you. :hug:

Well, we do know McCain, like Grandpa, has pieced together his understanding of history from sugar packets. :D

Speaking of economic measures...I told phrigndumass in one of his widget threads that I've been hoarding champagne and bon bons since the Y2K panic, so my cardboard box will have the most divine and decadent parties in my McHooverville. I have my priorities, dahrling. You're always welcome in my McShanty. :rofl:

[Kurovski]

89. I was merely hoping to live out my days in an abandoned station wagon...

but being with you will make it seem like one of The many McCain mansions. I can make Bally shoes out of leaves and moss and It's not that difficult to create Arts & Crafts-styled furniture from toilet paper rolls and cast-off campaign posters.

We'll be living the good life, and I can tell you that with a great certainty born of absolutely nothing at all.

[myrna minx]

90. We could crack open a fire hydrant and have an improvised

Frank Lloyd Wright "Falling Water" cardboard home, adorned with your famous arts and crafts "vegetable motif" made with turnip tops and cantaloupe rinds. Our flaming barrel will be the envy of the McShanty town, because it's spray painted circumference will be imitations of Aubrey Beardsley prints. Let the good times roll. :D

[Kurovski]

91. We can artistically enliven others' McShanties in exchange for mouldering rags.

We'll be richer than ten Fred Sanfords!

[Maestro]

34. There's a reason I am 40

and still watch the Simpson's. Go Homer!

[offog]

38. Hey, Maestro, don't feel nerdy

about being 40 and still watching The Simpsons. I'm 49 and I still watch The Simpsons. (Really, I'm 49. I turn 50 in April.) I can't wait to see the entire episode.

[Hydra]

35. Man I hope that doesn't happen to me when I vote! n/t

[valerief]

36. Super Kick!!

:kick:

[Bjorn Against]

37. The Simpsons is still brilliant after all these years

[greenmutha]

39. If the first link goes bad, here's a different one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTYRckJTuFw&feature=related

K&R! :thumbsup:

[FlyingSquirrel]

47. That one's gone too :-(

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

40. Now I know why this clip has 73 rec's

Bravo!

[sonias]

41. Brilliant!

Matt slams one out of the ballpark.

The other clip "5 Friends" on Oliver Willis' page is a great one too.

:bounce:


Sonia

[jeff30997]

44. What episode is that from ?

The first one this season was 3 days ago and I haven't seen it yet.:shrug:

[girl gone mad]

46. Actually..

I think it's a voter awareness ad..

[Hippo_Tron]

48. Damn McCain's own son doesn't even want to vote for him

Hell apparently McCain doesn't want to vote for himself. He likes Ike I guess.

[orleans]

50. wow. n/t

[snot]

51. WHY ARE RATINGS & COMMENTS DISABLED ON YOUTUBE. This is the second time

I mean, I haven't gone to many videos tonite through DU, and I don't see what's so awful about either this or the other video for which ratings and comments were disabled.

[emlev]

55. I'd like to know the answer to that, too! n/t

[Chovexani]

67. Likely to prevent freeper assholes from trolling the comments.

[lisainmilo]

53. The truth FINALLY getting out in mainstream America!

K&R!

[Spiffarino]

54. Matt Groening gets it

I wish some in the corporate media would follow his lead. After all, aren't they supposed to care about ratings? An election-stealing scandal of epic proportions would make them soar!

[mod mom]

58. "this kind of thing doesn't happen in America, maybe in Ohio, but not in America"

Great line!

[penndragon69]

59. Unfortunitly

this is how our voting system Really works.

[loyalkydem]

61. maybe

he should have pressed the McCain button

[FourScore]

62. People know.

So why don't the dems do anything about it? I firmly believe, if they steal it again, there will be riots.

[BlooInBloo]

63. After 1 brazillion years, the SImpsons STILL keeping it real.

[rabid_nerd]

64. Best... Episode... Ever...

Made me post again, lol.

[madmom]

65. I knew it!!!! I always said I was in some god forsaken piece of the world!

[Chorophyll]

66. Gripping. Nightmarish. Chilling. Kicked and rec'd. :)

[deepthought42]

68. Genius!

This is why I still love The Simpsons. Can't wait for the Treehouse of Horror episode. :evilgrin:

[bagrman]

69. Mmm the smell of burning voiting machines in the morning, or is that a magnet fring its brain.

[Ellipsis]

72. Doh! K&R

[Pooka Fey]

73. OK cute and funny, but why do we still vote on rigged machines???

:mad:

[Kurovski]

74. I never realized history was so filthy.

K&R

[mod mom]

79. Got posted to Cincinnati Enquirer's blog. PLS leave comments:

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=blog02&plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aec38bb2b-982e-46ba-819a-da01a547e8eaPost%3a7fe6f9bb-0369-4e5c-9778-703c846c843f&plckCommentSortOrder=TimeStampAscending&sid=sitelife.cincinnati.com

[bukowskiforever]

81. I haven't watched "The Simpsons" new episodes in awhile--was this on the show or did they just do it

for Obama's campaign? I love it, although it is way too realistic to completely laugh off, unfortunately.

People: if you have a choice in methods, pick paper ballots!

[ayuh]

83. This won't be so funny when it actually happens

:-(

[OwnedByFerrets]

84. Would be funny if it weren't so damn true....nt

[mdmc]

85. at least news corp warned us

:shrug:

[OwnedByFerrets]

86. Lots and Lots of warning.....you should listen to the podcast of

Thom Hartmanns show today. Its maddening how the Ohio votes were blatantly stolen.

[BrklynLiberal]

88. Just one more Kick..

[Sodan]

92. K&R

[yurbud]

94. kick

[ricko]

95. Thanks

What a pity the video is no longer available.