comment #1

Nomad says ...

This just proves that the polls showing Obama leading aren't worth a damn considering they represent the majority of voters who will step into the voting booth and wonder is it worth electing someone who has a Arabic last name.....

comment #2

westegg says ...

what a depressing way to start the morning...

comment #3

snackyx says ...

And these are the voters who are determaining our future? God bless 'em---the GOP loves the low-information voter.

comment #4

tommysunshine says ...

Russo is a moron. What he is doing isn't constructive in the slightest. It doesn't shed a speck of light on the election. You get clueless republicans, you get clueless democrats. And in this day and age you get clueless video bloggers. Jeff, these stillborn seals might not be so encouraged to think they can perform if you wouldn't link to them.

comment #5

snackyx says ...

In all honesty, this clan of voters were never voting for Obama anyway. These are the ones who would tell the pollster they are not voting for him because he is black--no "Bubba" effect here. Palin has just given them cover for being accused of being racists.

comment #6

berg says ...

this vid is a wank ... check out the new Reel Geezers instead, they have a critique of political movies including The Great McGinty and A Face in the Crowd ...

comment #7

vansmith says ...

When McCain wins people will say 'wow, i dont know anyone who voted for him.' like pauline kale said years ago after nixon won. plus im reading that theyre throwing away alot of voter registration cards in the swing states, based on "technicalities"
ha..

comment #8

gruver1 says ...

Wells to tommysunshine: Asking these turkeys simple questions about how long they've been aware of Palin and Obama shows (a) they've been blocking out readily available Obama information for months on end, but (b) they somehow got positive reinforcement from the Charlie Gibson/Katie Couric inteviews with Palin, which were received worldwide as testament to what a pathetic, appalling and ill-informed disaster she is as a Vice-Presidential candidate and prospective President. How is it not constructive to point this out with the words of those being interviewed? His questions couldn't be simpler. You're sounding a lot more clueless to me than Russo is. There are ignorant people in all walks of life, obviously, but true ignorance takes vigilance and dedication to attain and maintain, and the people in this video are mind-blowing. They're off the charts. They don't want to know and refuse to acknowledge anything that contradicts what they feel and fear. I heard an observation on NPR last night, which is that to certain fearful low-information white voters, "McCain means more of the same and Obama means the end of life in this country as they've known it."

comment #9

MDOC says ...

Snackyx,

"the GOP loves the low-information voter."

You are right they are the Right's bread and butter. The Left has always been above such nonsense.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10062008/news/nationalnews/homeless_driven_to_vote_obama_132395.htm

comment #10

mitchtaylor says ...

These people remind me of my classmates in High School. They look older, but the attitudes are the same. Go MY TEAM!

comment #11

iamwhoiam says ...

I'll say it again: This is *exactly* how it started in Israel in 1995. It ended with the assassination of Prime-Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a fanatic maniac right winger. The date, by the way, was November 4.

comment #12

Zimmergirl says ...

Yeah, that's right, kill the messenger. Here's something: on the Today Show this morning a McCain/Palin spokesperson said almost exactly the same thing these dough-headed, racist, shallow, ignorant people said - they are sheep and they do not think for themselves. I can't believe anyone would criticize the filmmaker or Jeff for posting it. These people need to be called out and humiliating. How gross.

comment #13

coxcable says ...

These are the people who'd vote for Bush's third term if they could.

comment #14

theultimatebiu says ...

Wilful ignorance is the most dangerous thing in the world. When you can't objectively look at information you are getting and just blindly accept everything is just disgusting.

comment #15

Howlingman says ...

^^ In other words, the "Ideal Voter"^^

comment #16

agrayesq says ...

Lordy, Lordy! Contact the FBI, DEA, etc...We've found ground zero of the crystal meth scourge in Strongville, Ohio. I always thought it was Cincinnati.

comment #17

Monument says ...

quote from Idiocracy:

"the English language had deteriorated into a hybrid of hillbilly, valleygirl, inner-city slang and various grunts. Joe was able to understand them, but when he spoke in an ordinary voice he sounded pompous and faggy to them."

...and here's reality:

ONLY ELITISTS CARE ABOUT PRONUNCIATION....
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_10/015092.php

comment #18

snackyx says ...

MDOC: You are referring to NO information voters, and both sides have plenty of stories about bodies being wheeled to the polls with the promise of a cup of soup. The voters in this video are engaged in the campaign but at a very low level--just enough to know that Obama is "suspect" and probably a sleeper cell--all information courtesy of Caribou Barbie. Trust me--THESE hicks are far scarier that zombies voting for cigarettes.

comment #19

theultimatebiu says ...

Howlingman, yeah I know I just desribed the "ideal voter". People owe it to themselves to really try and get the real information on both candidates.

comment #20

dinther says ...

This is an indictment of Ohio's education system.

These people are too wrapped up in anger and resentment at what they believe are threats to their heretofore comfortable lifestyle, and too intellectually lazy to figure out that they're being hosed by Republican policies, to know better.

These people deserve their angry and miserable lives. It's too bad that we can't segregate the country into two parts: people who vote for Obama get to be governed by his policies; those who support McCain get to spend their lives prattling on about dark-skinned straw men while they spiral into a permanent underclass.

comment #21

BurmaShave says ...

This sounds like something dismissive and elitist, but it is my sincere belief that the blonde who keeps antagonizing him is high on meth.

comment #22

Rich S. says ...

Frankenstein's Monster: "Arrgh! D BAD! R GOOD!"

Jeffrey Wells: "Arrgh! R BAD! D GOOD!"

comment #23

115thDreamer says ...

Yikes - the lady who gets most of the speaking time in this sure does have a lot of hate in her eyes. As someone who was born and raised in Ohio, I can't say I'm surprised by this video, but it certainly is depressing. But, as someone else noted, these aren't undecideds/independents being interviewed - these poor rubes are part of the Republican base and were never going to vote for Obama anyway - not a chance. If Hillary were the Democratic nominee, they'd be aiming their invective at her right now. But, since it's Obama, a (my God!) black guy with a funny name, they've really got something to get worked up about. And oddly enough, they deserve Sarah Palin, as she really is one of them - a soul-less, narrow-minded asshole who takes direction well from the GOP masters.

comment #24

snackyx says ...

I think they may all be Ohio State University students and faculity.

comment #25

Howlingman says ...

Maybe if we all made our candidates actually earn our votes, we'd have better candidates.

comment #26

Jimmycrackcorn says ...

This is in an urban area, so I hope, for once, we can use this as an excuse to stereotype how stupid urbanites are.

comment #27

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

Jimmycrackcorn - looks pretty suburban to me and so it's no surprise you could find such a target-rich environment of these folks. And someone is right, they do sound exactly like the il-informed, intellectually lazy, barely middle class white people I went to high school world who feel owed every government entitlement they can get while they rant about minorities getting the same.

comment #28

moorish says ...

Terrifying morons. TERRIFYING. MORONS.

comment #29

Deathtongue_Groupie says ...

Here is what is disturbing about the video (which I agree with tommysunshine that perhaps giving them a forum isn't the best idea) - it shows the seeds of what is going to become murderous, traitorous underbelly that the GOP is going to do everything it can to encourage for the next 4 to 8 years should Obama win.

What's truly despicable about what McCain is having Palin (she who sleeps with successionists) say is that is going to damage the office of the President. Because McCain can't wave a magic wand Nov 5th or pull a Jedi mind trick to erase the fact he pushed the idea that the President of the United States is a secret terrorist.

If you truly believed "Country First" then you don't do things that could tear it apart. Republicans like to talk a good game when it comes to "we live in a time of war," but only when it is to their benefit. Things like this are a constant reminder that when it comes to real Patriotism they so full of shit.

comment #30

westegg says ...

Would McCain in his heart really want to embrace this crowd? Yet he has to.

Whatever, I'm voting for Obama.

comment #31

MDOC says ...

snackyx,

"Trust me--THESE hicks are far scarier that zombies voting for cigarettes."

I agree with you.

comment #32

JaySmack says ...

The Republicans have cultivated the "low information voter" by spoon feeding them talking points from right wing nutbags.
They regurgitate the line and feel smart. Then when they're exposed as ignorant the Republicans try to protect them by saying "leftists/Democrats are ELITISTS!"

Yeah, because bothering to read, write and actually educate yourself on the issues --instead of waiting for Fox, Rush, O'Reilly to do it-- is the mark of the undeservedly pampered.

I LOVE how this guy sets them up. Talk about hoisting the bastards on their own petard.

comment #33

GKLondon says ...

Truly frightening.

'Well sir, you can proves anything with them thar facts...."

Am I the only one who thinks Palin is on McCain's ticket cause he wants to stuff her? Look at his wife, she shouldn't be married to him, she should be caring for him.

Yes yes, he's a veteran and was the most noble prisoner of war of all time and whatever other soundbyte shit you want to eat with your cornflakes, but I bet, with those crazy shoulders, he dances a mean robot.

comment #34

agrayesq says ...

Wait a minute! Wait one minute!! I've heard rumors that John McCain was collaborating with communist soldiers in North Vietnam for almost five years during the war. Do we really know he was just a prisoner? Is there some correlation between the USA's fortunes reversing in Vietnam and McCain's five year rendevous with the north? Hmmmm...He was "captured" just before Tet '68 right? Coincidence??? Or Treason? Hahahaha...

comment #35

astrophore says ...

these videos conjure up all of the usual distasteful feelings for me when i see the ignorance, xenophobia, fear and just plain racism on display -- proudly on display, no less.

what takes this to a new level, as glenn greenwald in salon points out so effectively, is that this lynch mob atmosphere is being constructed amidst a backdrop of profound and widespread economic catastrophe.

the gop's strategy goes beyond throwing sharp elbows or cynical political calculation or recklessness.

it is dangerous. they are fomenting fascism.

comment #36

D.Z. says ...

van: "When McCain wins people will say 'wow, i dont know anyone who voted for him.' like pauline kale said years ago after nixon won."

McCain won't win, because he wasn't as young as Nixon, and hasn't made any promises to end the war.

MDOC: "The Left has always been above such nonsense."

Yes, the poor are incapable of being intelligent. It's nice to know you support class warfare.

iam: "This is *exactly* how it started in Israel in 1995. It ended with the assassination of Prime-Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a fanatic maniac right winger."

Different issues.