I find it generally amusing that these goofballs and the Tea Party folks are pretty much bitching about the same things, but coming to completely opposite conclusions about the necessary response. One says that the government should get out of the business of business altogether. The other says that some good old 'eat the rich' communism will save the day. Yet they're both mainly pissed about TARP and unemployment, at least as far as I can understand. (And I don't claim to understand very well.)
I suppose another difference is that not too many Tea Partiers borrowed $150,000 to get a degree in Women's Studies and then complained because there wasn't a cushy job waiting for them, but that's just a hunch. Either way though, I dig the way the 2011 hippies are doing their thing. I've often wished I had been around when you could look like a greasy scumbag and still manage to bang a few stoned broads in the back of a VW Microbus. I think that would have been super groovy and whatnot. Alas, I missed out on that experience. So did these dorks, but at least they're trying to do something to add meaning to their pitiful existence. I'm content to drink beer and watch football on Saturdays.
Back to the point though - This video clip is fake, right? I recall seeing a steady stream of video clips from the Jon Stewarts and Rachel Maddows of the world. Inevitably, some redneck would look into a camera and say something incoherent or racist (or both) about President Obama. Then the narrative would be that 'teabaggers are... (insert insult here)'. It all seemed so blatantly staged to me that I was sure people would see through the charade. But apparently they didn't, as the long term trends in public opinion polling seem to show. "Do you agree with people who think we shouldn't bail out banks and spend trillions more than we have?" HELL TO THE YEAH! "Do you agree with the Tea Party?" HELL TO THE NAW!
Clearly the smears worked for their intended purpose. Which is why I'm not willing to accept that the people in this clip are real. Look at the stupid grin on this nerd's face every time he needs to take a second and think of something else to say. And that girl at the end... oy. My post began with a question but now I think I'm going to end it with a conclusion. This has to be fake.
