Perhaps the most weird promotional video done by a Presidential Candidate, EVER. He’s got my vote!



  1. soundwash says:

    ah, i believe you guys posted this already within the past month or less.

    -s

  2. Reposted says:

    1. Stupidest commercial yet for a prez candidate.

    2. Repost of not even a couple weeks ago.

  3. noname says:

    Let me make it easy. I just copy the comments from 12070

    1. Heh, somebody push the dead dude over.
    Comment by mark — 6/17/2007 @ 11:22 am

    2. Seriously does anybody have a clue what thats about? I have to say I am curious.
    Comment by mark — 6/17/2007 @ 11:24 am

    3. Someone call the retirement home- grandpa got out again. I think he forgot to take his afternoon meds too.
    Comment by Bob — 6/17/2007 @ 12:43 pm

    4. Oh, he’ll get the Betazed vote. We agree with his positions.
    Comment by James Armstrong — 6/17/2007 @ 1:00 pm

    5. My favorite kind of politician……speechless!!! 🙂
    Comment by joshua — 6/17/2007 @ 1:02 pm

    6.That was a big rock not GRAVEL.
    Comment by RiotRyan — 6/17/2007 @ 1:16 pm

    7. As best i can tell, this was an attempt to do something out of the ordinary. As a way of setting himself apart from the other candidates. We all know Gravel is not your ordinary candidate, with his progressive thinking, and his ideas of *gasp* diplomacy with other nations.
    I see where he was going with this, but he better be careful, acting a little crazy can get you in trouble (see. “Howard Dean”) …. but i do wish him the best, and i thank Dvorak for blogging this. People may be looking at him because he is acting weird, but at least now they are looking at him. my 2 cents.
    Comment by Denver — 6/17/2007 @ 2:08 pm

    8. This is what happen when you get 2nd year film school students to make your political ads…. ahhh the ennui
    Comment by Jon — 6/17/2007 @ 4:02 pm

    9. That’s some 2m 50s I will never get back…. 🙁
    Comment by Jägermeister — 6/17/2007 @ 4:43 pm

    10. #8, Jag, I guess I’m luckier then you. My wife just woke me up saying something about it’s over now.
    Comment by Mr. Fusion — 6/17/2007 @ 5:04 pm

    11. #7. Yeah, I’m looking at him, I could use a new landscape contractor, got his phone number? Better work cheap though.
    Comment by mark — 6/17/2007 @ 5:13 pm

    12. #10 *lol* Lucky you, man! 🙂
    Comment by Jägermeister — 6/17/2007 @ 5:41 pm

    13. Now here is candidate who spoke no lies and you know where is stands (in the park)!!!!! Can’t say that about any other candidate can you? Why is it so hard to say the truth?
    Comment by noname — 6/17/2007 @ 6:45 pm

    14. #14—Who can deny if he honored the promises made in this bit that his two year term would cause less harm than BushCo?
    Comment by bobbo — 6/17/2007 @ 7:26 pm

    15. Ya gotta stick with it and watch closely. Towards the end, as he fades into the distance, the assasanation team moves in just as he approaches the tree. What emerges into the picture from the other side of that tree is an EXACT REPLICA of Gravel so cunningly devised as to be identical to the original, right down to the cellular level. As you can see, the CIA guy comes from the Grassy Knoll and up from the rear, a Gray enters the picture coming towards the tree and then the switch is made. God help us! These things happen so quickly.

    I think he knew it was coming though and had resigned himself to his fate. What’s there to say in a situation like that?

    My hat’s off for the courage he’s shown. It kinda leaves ya wondering – Who’s next?
    Comment by BW — 6/17/2007 @ 8:21 pm

    16. Ok, Listen to the background sounds…
    Comment by ECA — 6/17/2007 @ 8:46 pm

    17. He gets my vote. As far away from Texas as possible. No matter how crazy, there has never been a war created and run by an Alaskan president. How many can Texas lay claim to? Lets leave those alcohol drenched sun burnt sneaky brains out of this election, and all future ones. No movie actors who spend their lives pretending to be someone else, and end up as pretty faces on a podium speaking the party line. Lets have a real person this election, and so far Gravel is as real as they get.
    Comment by qsabe — 6/18/2007 @ 6:15 am

    18. How do you tell if a politician is lieing? -answer this for yourself
    Now you’ve finally just seen an add by a politician that isnt lieing about something.
    Comment by Arrius — 6/18/2007 @ 6:28 am

    19. someone steal his campaign money?
    Comment by soundwash — 6/18/2007 @ 9:30 am

    20. He’s throwing a rock… could this be some weird comment about Iraq (a-rock)?
    Comment by Rick — 6/18/2007 @ 9:54 am

    21. He is trying to tell you that something is sinking like a rock. If you don’t know what is sinking than you better start looking.
    Comment by Mike — 6/18/2007 @ 12:46 pm

  4. Vegas Ryan says:

    Is this a best of?

  5. iGlobalWarmer says:

    Mike could be the best candidate ever. He already looks like a safer choice than any of the Democrats and most of the Republicans.

  6. laineypie says:

    he’s a nutbag. did you know this is the same guy that earmarcked alll that money for a bridge to connect an island that holds 50 people to the mainland so him and his rich buddies have easy access to the airport?
    why the fuck would anybody vote for him.

  7. iGlobalWarmer says:

    And he’s a Democrat too. Must piss off the rest of the communists to no end.

  8. mark says:

    7. Oh thats the guy. I heard about that, thanks for putting a face to it, so I know who not to vote for.

  9. Kballweg says:

    #7: I think you are confused. It was Alaska’s Don Young, chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure who sponsored the Gravina Bridge (aka: Bridge to nowhere), with the support of Sen. Ted “Tubes” Stevens. Wiki Gravina Island Bridge if you have doubts.

    If you can’t get such simple facts straight, why the fuck should anybody pay attention to you?

  10. mark says:

    10. OK He’s back on the ballott. laineypie?

  11. hhopper says:

    Seems he/she can’t tell the difference between Gravina and Gravel. I hate it when people dis others when they don’t have their facts straight.

    And this is just John’s April Fool joke.

    Wait a minute… this is July 4th.

    Hmmmmmm.

  12. Matthew says:

    has he ever explained what the heck this video means?

  13. JimS says:

    His advisers told him that if he ever wanted to move up and be considered a top tier candidate, he would need to start using national media, and really make a big splash.

    If you think that it’s hard to understand the TV commercial, you should hear his big splash radio spots.

  14. TJGeezer says:

    He’s not exactly a front-runner, so he had a very limited budget – only enough to shoot a single take of the ad. But he just doesn’t get video cameras, or anything newer than a ’39 Ford coupe, and he thought the red light over the lens meant to wait. So he waited, watching for the red light to turn green. Finally he decided the camera wasn’t working, so he went off to chunk a boulder into the lake. Then he wandered off in search of ice cream, and the shoot ended. His PR people said it was something deeply symbolic about actions resulting in ripples. They’re trying hard to put a good face on it now that the video has gotten out.

  15. Mr. Fusion says:

    #12, h

    Agreed.

  16. hhopper says:

    TJGeezer – That’s the best explanation of the video I’ve heard yet.

    Actually it’s the only explanation of the video I’ve heard.


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