VL and Lambert will now definitely vote for Obama! I mean, if that ad doesn't convince them, I don't know what will.

Exactly what I expected.

Good to see ol dude from Boy Meets World is still alive and seemingly not headed for rehab.

Only positive thing I can take from this.

I guess they are just embracing the whole Kool-Aid talking point against them.

yum, mmmmmmm, try some of this kool aide!

seriously, I couldn't watch it.

... without hope, you get a handy source of food. With hope, you only get a handy source of food if you feed it and clean up its shit for a long time.

Now I get it!

stick with their issue advocacy.

I cannot see how McCain wins this election. But I also don't think I've ever seen someone fly so high fueled by so little as Obama has and not come crashing to earth one way or another. It looks like it isn't going to happen before the election, but life is a humbling experience for everyone and I worry we're all going to pay when Obama gets brought back down to earth.

... of this advertisement."

There was content?

Well, except for the "Sorry, Mom [italics mine]". That was a nice touch. They just can't help themselves, can they?

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Because, you know, the election of the first woman president didn't give my 68-year-old mother any hope at all.

These people are assholes. And the sexism (and ageism) is not going away any time soon is it? They take these cheap shots because they enjoy them.

Hey, another reason why UHC needs to include mental health. Perhaps it could help all these boys out with their mother issues.

Plain nasty, that "Sorry, Mom."

Is the music in the background "Don't Worry, Be Happy"?

Seriously, this is the most shamelessly vacuous propaganda I ever recall seeing.

Incredibly, several "comics" told the NY Times recently they're having trouble thinking up jokes about Obama.

What next? Subliminal ads flashing: Don't fight it, just give in, you'll feel so much better, so much better, so much better...

the GOP brings up the drug issue now. After all, that was what that ad was famous for--and the confession stuff too...yeah "sorry mom" mother issues anyone, I agree with you all...
but I especially agree with G (Dr. G!) because Obama "should be" doing waaay better than he is. Which would be no guarantee either, but he still isn't hitting it.

But ... it's _not_ a parody. Dear God.

Honestly - imagine that money shot as part of an SNL digital short parodying The O'Movement. (The first half, unfortunately, doesn't even meet SNL's lowered standards.). That finale, and the amateur feel of the first part, was what had me 100% convinced this was a needling parody by a pro-PUMA site.

And as for "Sorry, MOM", well, just insert a string of foul-mouthed invective right ----> here.

Incredibly, several “comics” told the NY Times
recently they’re having trouble thinking up jokes
about Obama

My ability to watch Jon Stewart 4x a week fell off dramatically at the end of the primary season. What I've seen in recent episodes trying to get back on that horse is that stuff JS does, clearly aimed to get you to laugh AT BO is generating instead wild applause and cheering FOR him in the studio audience. They're full-on in the O'Movement: anything he does is wise and a smooth move to be encouraged.

On one recent episode, JS even went off-script and said point-blank to a confused live audience: "It's okay to laugh at him."

I may start watching again, as I think this is the sort of thing that presents a unique challenge, and if JS is still worth watching, this audience behavior will get his back up and he'll try harder.

Which goes to show you, self-knowledge ain't an OFB strong suit.

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I'm still in rehab -- can't watch TDS 4 times a week just yet -- so they may have. But when BO went before AIPAC at the tail end of the primary (you know, where HRC had to go lend him some nonexistent cred), TDS DID go after the fact that Mr. NoFlagPin decided on a shiny new US/Israel double-flag pin, basically taking him down a peg or two for the pandering. Money shot was that they photoshopped him into a multi-colored flag suit.

Genuine irony:

Remember Allen Toussaint's musical admonition, "Show respect to women of the world. Remember, you all had mothers."?

That song? "Yes We Can Can". Still fills me with genuine hope.

I really, really want "Yes We Can." back.

I think many of you are big time over-reacting to the "Sorry Mom" comment. If anything, it's a joke about gay people coming out of the closet to their parents, not anything about Hillary Clinton. And before you attack me, let me say that I probably dislike Obama more than you, so don't go acting like I'm an Obama shill.

I've also noticed that I now view the word "hope" with absolute revulsion. Scientists could hook up electrodes to my brain and gauge my response to various words. They would be baffled at a human specimen who views the word "hope" as a strongly negative term.

I have to agree with Voodoo Chile's sentiments about the word 'hope'. And let me add 'change' to the list as well.

And Amber Benson, I thought you had more sense than this.

...for my generation. This reminds of being in my development geography class, taught by a teacher who detailed the use of propaganda and the way the insidious little Village system worked, and being told that because I supported Clinton over Obama I didn't understand 'the concept of hope.'

Lived too long with 'hope' as a former evangelical christian (now turned atheist). This rings a little like 'waiting for God to show you His promises.'

Yes, using Occam's Razor the "sorry Mom" comment seems more likely to be a riff on closeted gays than a jab at mom-aged HRC supporters. Your mileage may very depending on your sensitivity to such things.