Althouse: Barackroll.

August 14, 2008

Barackroll.

(Via Bloggingheads, which does a nice job of collecting diverse video clips.)

19 comments:

Ron said...: First off, it's sobering to see Ellen Get Up On The Good Foot better than the possible POTUS! I blame the Michael Jacksonesque-blanching effect of Harvard Law!

But it is comforting to know if this whole campaign thing doesn't work out, he can go on tour with Tears for Fears.; 8/14/08, 8:43 AM
MadisonMan said...: Hilarious!; 8/14/08, 8:45 AM
Anonymous said...: He's obviously a terrorist. And his middle name is HUSSEIN. Did you know he's Muslim????; 8/14/08, 9:00 AM
Peter V. Bella said...: Nice clip. Now we know. Obama can't dance!; 8/14/08, 9:11 AM
Joan said...: I was wondering when you were going to get around to posting this, it's too hysterical to pass up. I've seen it linked 3 or 4 other places already.

Will I be called out as a racist if I note that Obama dances like a white guy? Was it Seinfeld or SNL or someone else that noted that all white guys dance the same way? My cultural literacy isn't up to the task this morning.; 8/14/08, 9:53 AM
knox said...: I like that he dances like a dork; 8/14/08, 9:56 AM
knox said...: I mean, it fits in perfectly with how I think of him. To me, he's pretty naive, kind of a doofus, but still likable. I think as we get closer to the election he's going to start panicking: "How did I get here?" and he's going to look less and less cool and more like the person dancing in this clip.; 8/14/08, 9:59 AM
Matt said...: He may not ever tell a lie, but he may "speak inartfully."; 8/14/08, 10:10 AM
AllenS said...: He's not the dancer I once knew.; 8/14/08, 10:22 AM
Palladian said...: "I think as we get closer to the election he's going to start panicking: "How did I get here?""

This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!

Same as it ever was.; 8/14/08, 10:26 AM
Triangle Man said...: This is a riot! I can't wait for the McCain version. With what song though? I suppose McRolling would provide a direct comparison of the candidates on their merits, but I suspect there is a more humorous ditty out there.; 8/14/08, 11:13 AM
Anonymous said...: He dances like he bowls.; 8/14/08, 11:26 AM
veni vidi vici said...: Half-white men can't dance.; 8/14/08, 2:06 PM
Anonymous said...: That was excellent.; 8/14/08, 2:43 PM
Richard said...: Obama dances like old people fuck.; 8/14/08, 3:00 PM
Anonymous said...: Okay, anti-Obamers. I'm one of you. Let's take off our special anti-Obamer glasses here and judge. Obama looks pretty cool. He has grace. The video itself is executed in a cool way.

Okay, now let's all put our anti-Obamer glasses back on and (through our special anti-Obamer mouthpieces) call him a tax-and-spend leftist who will bring back staglfation and a foreign-policy disaster waiting to happen.; 8/14/08, 3:13 PM
knox said...: Obama looks pretty cool.

uh, the opposite?; 8/14/08, 3:56 PM
Ann Althouse said...: I thought Obama looked really attractive here. This should be counted as pro-Obama post.; 8/14/08, 9:38 PM
vbspurs said...: I thought Obama looked really attractive here. This should be counted as pro-Obama post.

In your eyes. Everyone else knows this is a montage of outtakes set to one-hit-wonder Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give you Up."

Rick Astley was a particular favourite of mine when I was a girl, and was called the white man with the black voice in the UK.

The inference, especially during his white-man-dork-dance is explicit.

Cheers,
Victoria; 8/14/08, 11:48 PM