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Georgia Gov. Candidate Produces ‘Citizen Kane’-esque Technical Breakthrough Of Our Time

A Republican candidate for Georgia governor in 2010, John Oxendine, e-mailed political reporters about some epic YouPorn thing he had just shot, one that would destroy the Democratic candidate, former governor Roy Barnes, politically: “A campaign spokesman said the ad ‘demonstrates John Oxendine’s commitment to using innovative, cutting-edge genre to communicate serious messages in creative mediums.” He would reveal this monumental achievement at an event later Thursday night, according to the press release, “at an undisclosed laser-tag facility … closed to the public. After viewing the commercial, the volunteers will enjoy pizza and laser-tag.” Oh, we’re so making you click the clicky for this one…

HAHAHAHAH. Well we could dissect this, or we could use the time to back up this video, because at some point today, someone in John Oxendine’s campaign will realize, “Oh wait… Wait. Shit. We actually made this thing and invited people to watch it. That was a thing that we did. Wow. We really just should have done the opposite of that.”

(Also, does anyone notice a disconnect between the narration and the events depicted from 1:43 to 1:52? Or from 0:00 to 3:52?)


1:48 PM on Fri October 16 2009
By Jim Newell
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  1. They can do amazing things with clip art these days.

  2. PsycGirl says at 1:55 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Now, who is it that can stop the rat again? I don’t think that was mentioned.
    I’m pretty sure the 6th-grade class group that put this together got a C-.

  3. This is what political campaigns will be by 2012, 24/7. Every commercial break will look just like this.

  4. jodyleek says at 1:56 pm, October 16th, 2009

    My 4 year old son just looked at the screen shot above and said, “The bull burned up the house.”

    From the mouths of babes…

  5. Suds McKenzie says at 1:56 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Creative consultant “SkoalRebel”?

  6. The Ox fixed the problem of the burning house by staring dolefully to the side, then pissing on the flames mightily. Golden showers for everyone!

  7. KilgoreTrout_XL says at 1:59 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I can’t believe he didn’t “explain things to Georgia”. Georgia’s stupid. You got to explain shit to it. Christ.

    Also, nice job on finding the world’s creepiest narrator.

  8. SmutBoffin says at 1:59 pm, October 16th, 2009

    “at an undisclosed laser-tag facility … closed to the public. After viewing the commercial, the volunteers will enjoy pizza and laser-tag.”

    Wait, sane, adult humans are running this campaign, right? I mean, the alternative makes just TOO MUCH SENSE. (I have also seen better animation in episodes of The Herculoids.)

  9. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot was that!
    That may work in Georgia, but not here in the real world occupied by literate people.

  10. Formerly Preferred says at 1:59 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Doesn’t this ad make you think “man, it would be cool to go and see some of the cool sites in the world, like the Eiffel Tower, or the Empire State Building, or the Hollywood sign, or…uh…Turner Field, which is in, where, Atlanta? Or something?”

    God, Georgia sucks.

  11. user-of-owls says at 1:59 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Mike Gravel now has a SILVER medal.

  12. Advocatus_Diaboli says at 1:59 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That’s it. I’m totally convinced the Republic party has been taken over by a troupe of German performance artists.

  13. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 1:59 pm, October 16th, 2009

    It’s like a PowerPoint gone horribly, horribly wrong. Also, needs more cow ox patties. Boo and FAIL.

  14. RoscoePColtraine says at 1:59 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Well, I’ll reserve final judgement for the edited version, but I hope they keep the part about the ox being graceful. That was brilliant. Republicans are cold stealing all the artistic talent in Georgia.

  15. slappypaddy says at 2:00 pm, October 16th, 2009

    what a load of ox-sierra. if that’s cutting edge, they’ve got themselves one mighty dull saber.

    see, this is what happens when you burn a state to the ground (which catastrophe the ox was clearly incapable of dealing with, qv. 1:43 to 1:52). nearly a century-and-a-half later, and they’re still hopelessly benighted. weep for them.

  16. Neoyorquino says at 2:00 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I’ve seen this before–

    Please do not be alarmed.
    We are about to engage…the nozzle.
    Please do not move while the nozzle . . . is engaging.
    Moving will disrupt calibration of…the nozzle.
    Please wait while we calibrate…the nozzle.
    Please do not look away from…the nozzle.
    The nozzle is now calibrating.
    The nozzle is still calibrating.
    The nozzle has completed calibration.
    Thank you.

  17. HipHopOpotamus says at 2:00 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Man, I really have missed Kid Pix. I think this needed more pixelated neon green dripping blood, though.

  18. AbstinenceOnly Ed says at 2:01 pm, October 16th, 2009

    REAGASM @ 3:25.

  19. user-of-owls says at 2:01 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Sly: Fox
    Stealthy: Tiger
    Innocent: Lamb

    Graceful: Ox

    Right?

  20. Aw man that made my week.

  21. problemwithcaring says at 2:02 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Wow. Another bovine head-on-head collision…unexpected.

  22. user-of-owls says at 2:02 pm, October 16th, 2009

    jodyleek: What he should have said is, “I could do better than that.”

  23. Obamaton says at 2:03 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I thought that oxen lacked testicular fortitude?

    @jodyleek - Your son and every school kid in Chicago knows…COWS CAUSE FIRE!

  24. Monsieur Grumpe says at 2:04 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I find the spread eagle pig very disturbing.

  25. Extemporanus says at 2:05 pm, October 16th, 2009

    King Roy.

  26. The ox is a steer. Next.

  27. Extemporanus says at 2:05 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The Rat.

  28. ManchuCandidate says at 2:06 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Davey and Goliath was better animation that this shit.

  29. natoslug says at 2:06 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Willard better get his ass back to Georgia and punish that mini cow picking on his rats. Or are the rats in Georgia really as big as oxen?

  30. nbawriter says at 2:06 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Can you blow your brains out with a laser-tag gun?

  31. CapnFatback says at 2:06 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That was the suckiest episode of South Park ever.

  32. Cranky Little Camperette says at 2:06 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Am I the only one who wanted to see the ox head-butt the puppy?

  33. Autochthon says at 2:07 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Um, they *DO* know that’s not an ox, right? A steer, maybe, but not an ox. If the Georgia Repugs are going to pose as “friends of the farmer,” they might ought to actually visit a farm.

    Please note I don’t even bother to point out that an ox is a castrated adult male of this species…

  34. martinette says at 2:07 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Vote for Ox. Lum Ox.

  35. Extemporanus says at 2:07 pm, October 16th, 2009

    King Roy..

  36. Extemporanus says at 2:08 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The Rat..

  37. Ninjacat says at 2:09 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That’s the best clipart I’ve ever seen.

  38. user-of-owls: Well if he couldn’t, it’s time to fire your son.

    We have reached the absolute apex of political advertising, people. Nothing will ever be this good again. The best part of all of this was that the guy who made this video was probably feeling so proud of himself as he edited the epic score and bored narration into this animated abortion.

  39. problemwithcaring says at 2:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    AbstinenceOnly Ed: You just know this all started when someone forward an app on Facebook that allowed someone to cartoonize their favorite picture of President Ronaldus McDonaldus.

  40. user-of-owls says at 2:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Advocatus_Diaboli: No shit, I mean c’mon. You simply cannot convince me that at some point, a major candidate for the office of governor turned to his aide after watching this and said, “I like it. Let’s run with it!”

  41. martinette says at 2:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That dickless cow cold fuckin’ set a house on fire! Man!

  42. CapnFatback says at 2:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Monsieur Grumpe: Particularly the light-colored mystery liquid it appears to be wallowing in.

  43. Save balloon boy from attic. He burn. Fly, balloon boy, fly, way up into the sky.

    Had to get that out of my system.

  44. skee skee skee skee
    fapfapfapfapfapfap
    skee skee skee skee

  45. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 2:11 pm, October 16th, 2009

    ManchuCandidate: Filmation is going to be mighty pissed that Oxendine stole their animators.

  46. norbizness says at 2:11 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Oh, and congratulations on recycling your Pi Kappa Alpha, Emory chapter frat nickname for these construction-paper abominations. Is Ogre running for Lieutenant Governor??

  47. loquaciousmusic says at 2:11 pm, October 16th, 2009

    PsycGirl: I’m a sixth-grade teacher, and a C- would be a gift for an assignment like this.

  48. Extemporanus says at 2:11 pm, October 16th, 2009

    King Roy…

  49. Hey, don’t let the Barnes door hit you on yer way out. Oxymoron.

  50. Extemporanus says at 2:11 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The Rat…

  51. user-of-owls says at 2:11 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Extemporanus: That’s not very graceful.

  52. nbawriter says at 2:12 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Autochthon: Honestly, if Roy Barnes doesn’t refer to him as a castrated cattle for the rest of the campaign, he is missing a golden opportunity. That dude might get so mad that he’ll threaten to take him down to the paintball field and challenge him to a duel.

  53. Also, why are the rat and ox the same size? Is that a huge rat, or a tiny ox?

  54. slappypaddy says at 2:12 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Advocatus_Diaboli: jetzt wir tanzen!

  55. You know it’s funny, about 3 minutes and 20 seconds in there I was thinking, gee, this looks like something Ronald Reagan did while he was having a senior moment and playing with Wall Street Mailer on his Commodore 64 in 1985.

  56. Jim89048 says at 2:14 pm, October 16th, 2009

    What’s with the clipart shot of John Kerry @ 1:05?

    Needs more cowoxbell. Also.

  57. Extemporanus: Also - King Charles, the Spaniel (3:22).

  58. PartyMart says at 2:15 pm, October 16th, 2009

    “NEW YORK CITY?!?…. String ‘em up.”

  59. Extemporanus says at 2:15 pm, October 16th, 2009

    user-of-owls: King Roy.

  60. Blue_in_VA says at 2:16 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That time your house burned down? The ox was there! Goddamn ox with his servant’s heart burned your house down. That’s right.

  61. proudgrampa says at 2:16 pm, October 16th, 2009

    user-of-owls: Precisely. Can’t believe he said, “I approved this message.”

  62. jetjaguar says at 2:17 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Yeah, what is stronger than an ox? A snake? I stoat? An odorable PUPPY???

    What does cartoon Ronald Regan think?

  63. Extemporanus says at 2:18 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Jim89048: It needs more cow ball.

  64. SmutBoffin says at 2:18 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Wait, isn’t Neal Horsely running in this race? I think this video was produced to tempt him with images of hawt, sexay cows.

  65. Autochthon says at 2:18 pm, October 16th, 2009

    nbawriter: Not to mention that “ox” is pretty much synonymous with “slow and dimwitted”…as is, um, amply illustrated by this ad…

  66. user-of-owls says at 2:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Alternate Title: Mad Cow Disease

  67. Doghouse Riley says at 2:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    On the other hand it does make a strong argument about the results of Barnes’ anti-education policies.

  68. PrairiePossum says at 2:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    If Mr. Rogers had swallowed a handful of percocet and washed it down with a fifth of vodka, he would sound like that narrator.

  69. Slow Fish says at 2:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    loquaciousmusic: Thanks for calibrating.

  70. AbstinenceOnly Ed says at 2:20 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Now Roy Barnes knows who’s been scribbling him all those death threats in crayon.

    In typical RepubliFail fashion, King Roy the Rat will probably become a lovable cartoon hero, appearing every week to flummox & fluster his archnemesis, the big dumb Ox. Seriously, no one roots for Wile E. Coyote or Elmer Fudd. We love our pesky cartoon scoundrels.

  71. Jim89048 says at 2:20 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Extemporanus: Or Trucknutz.

  72. takes12no1 says at 2:21 pm, October 16th, 2009

    see, Georgians ain’t so swift either.

    /signed a SC resident

  73. Scruffy_The_Janitor says at 2:21 pm, October 16th, 2009

    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

    I’m ready to vote. But where’s the Spanish matador??

  74. Extemporanus: Darling, as a hick I must correct you. Cows have teats (correctly pronounced “TIT” - really), bulls who have not been castrated (that would make them steers) have balls. Sorry for boviating. Go on….

  75. chaste everywhere says at 2:22 pm, October 16th, 2009

    ” . . . Ox . . . bud . . .”

  76. Thechansen says at 2:22 pm, October 16th, 2009

    nbawriter: Paintball? that’s too rough and tumble for a ball-less beast of burden. After their awesome laser tag birthday party (which you are SOOOOOOO not invited to) he will will dual the King Roy….THE RAT, to a brisk game of D&D. 20s will be rolled, and I dare that bastard Rat king to throw a save. The liberal prick.

  77. doxastic says at 2:23 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Why are we paying millions of dollars for firefighters when we could just let cows standing outside burning buildings put out the flames by harnessing the mystical power of Zombie Reagan?

  78. Extemporanus says at 2:23 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Click: The Rat.

  79. GideonGlib says at 2:24 pm, October 16th, 2009

    It was lame for sure, but it did a great job of saying “I am for the old confederate flag” without having to say it, as well as visually splitting “liberal” north Georgia from “conservative” south Georgia.

    Sadly, it is both stupid, and it might work.

  80. Advocatus_Diaboli says at 2:24 pm, October 16th, 2009

    slappypaddy: Ah hah! I thought so. But I’m sorry Mr. Ox, your story has become tiresome.

  81. Suds McKenzie says at 2:24 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Chris Christie would take that pansy Froggy tower down!

  82. Extemporanus says at 2:25 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Click: Roy.

  83. If that Ox is always there when disaster strikes, has it not occurred to anyone that maybe the ox CAUSED those disasters? Look at that son of a bitch standing by those burning, broken houses. Why is he there? Why would an ox be at the scene? And he’s the only one there, apparently. Very suspicious.

  84. El Pinche says at 2:26 pm, October 16th, 2009

    This the most un-funniest Tim & Eric skit ever.

  85. CapnFatback says at 2:26 pm, October 16th, 2009

    My fuhrvorite part is when the $tate of Georgia inseminates the piggy with $weet, $weet $emen.

  86. Okay, I’ve actually seen oxen. And there’s not a lot about them that could be considered graceful. Besides, the rat looks like he’d be a helluva lot more fun at parties.

  87. doxastic says at 2:28 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That rat gave animation the plague.

  88. Also, and I forgot to mention this before, but the ox is normal sized, apparently, while …The RAT is gigantic. How would a normal sized ox stand up against what is clearly a mutant… The RAT? If …The RAT can grow to such epic sizes, might it not also have healing powers? Why not? I don’t think the battle with …The RAT is quite as straightforward as the ox guy thinks.

  89. Wonder what that servant’s heart would taste like served up with a nice chianti and some fava beans?

  90. Crank Tango says at 2:29 pm, October 16th, 2009

    isn’t an ox just a bull without balls? i.e. all the bullshit and no balls?

  91. the ‘castrated’ angle is a smart move for the GOP. it’s a guarantee that he won’t be caught having sex with little boys/airport stalls/appalachian trails

  92. qwerty42 says at 2:30 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Extemporanus: this looks to be a reference to the 2002 campaign in which the Republican candidate had commercials picturing the Democratic candidate (Roy Barnes, running for re election) as a giant rat and called him “King Roy”. Exactly how these were related to the to each other, let alone the race was unclear, but Barnes was behind the move to get the Confederate flag off the state flag and the neo-confederates did not forgive him for it (the Republican who won, Perdue, didn’t help them either and they were very po’d with him on that score).

  93. user-of-owls says at 2:31 pm, October 16th, 2009

    jetjaguar: I’m pretty sure the stoat is the Green Party candidate.

  94. Is the state of Georgia HUFFING GLUE? The Raaht. The Raaht. The Raaht. Oh I see it’s a metaphor.

  95. DirtyHarriett says at 2:32 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Watch it with the volume off, it makes more sense, for some reason…this way you can add your own narration.

  96. user-of-owls says at 2:32 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Trace: Plus, he’s royalty!

  97. One Yield Regular says at 2:32 pm, October 16th, 2009

    With apologies to Gopherit, who posted this first, but it just seems like the axiomatic reply to this bizarre new Republican embrace of cud-chewers:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw1_uNerox8

  98. Blue_in_VA says at 2:33 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Apparently, Republican websites pumping up this vid as The. Best. Ever have failed to see the disconnect between the message and the imagery used to convey said message. GOP: Still politically tone deaf.

    http://republicancandidates.blogspot.com/2009/10/ox-vs-king-roy-rat.html

  99. Sussemilch says at 2:35 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That sounds like Al Gore. Is this a sequel to that global warming movie?

  100. Crank Tango: Okay, I had to look it up since the term is used more broadly now. Appears “ox” can be any kind of cattle - long as it’s a bull without balls. However, this ox also appears to be dickless. So is it a heifer?

  101. assistant/atlas says at 2:35 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Someone….someone was paid to do this? It wasn’t, like, Trig?

    Say what you will about liberal Hollywood, but at least we have some sense of production values.

  102. snideinplainsight says at 2:36 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I am the walrus.

  103. CapnFatback: Her slit was sickening.

  104. Let Me Wet My Beak says at 2:36 pm, October 16th, 2009

    As the Duke so eloquently put it in Huckleberry Finn, “If that don’t fetch ‘em, I don’t know Arkansaw!”

    Or in this case, Jawga.

    The guy who first came up with this “King Rat” tag for Barnes was Sonny Perdue - who defeated Barnes and is now the current governor.

    So yeah, this will work.

  105. DirtyHarriett says at 2:38 pm, October 16th, 2009

    snideinplainsight: Koo koo Kachoo!

  106. user-of-owls: You’re not from around these parts, are you?

  107. predilectrix says at 2:42 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That’s one dark chocolate Barry head, at least 72%.

  108. PsycGirl says at 2:43 pm, October 16th, 2009

    PrairiePossum: I thought it might have been electronically slowed down. It’s got some of that sound we older ones recognize as “tape dragging”. But no, it’s probably just Jaw-Juh.

  109. finallyhappy says at 2:43 pm, October 16th, 2009

    See, once again I underestimated the stupidity of an elected official(or someone who wants to be an elected official) in the South. The content is bad and the “art” is worse.

  110. Why does Georgia have such a little wang in its southeast corner? They must HATE Florida.

  111. wait…france is a state?

  112. Let Me Wet My Beak says at 2:45 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Gregg Toland, eat your heart out.

  113. SayItWithWookies says at 2:46 pm, October 16th, 2009

    And Reagan’s philosophy was what? I’d watch it again just to be sure (except that I wouldn’t be able to stand it) but I’m pretty certain he said that “faith, family and strength” (or some shit like that) was a philosophy. And while three nouns and a conjunction probably qualify as a philosophy of Kantian nuance in Republican circles, everyone else out here in realityland knows that’s nothing more than some nitwit fingerpainting with pretty ideas.

  114. Crank Tango says at 2:46 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Click: but a titless, er teatless heifer? udderly macowbre!

  115. So this is what? The sequel to Ratatoulli?

  116. Lascauxcaveman says at 2:49 pm, October 16th, 2009

    THIS IS SO AWESOME! I’ve been waiting FOR YEARS to see the original animation for Tom Petty’s “Running Down a Dream” video!

  117. Judas Peckerwood says at 2:50 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That is hands-down the funniest thing I’ve seen in recent memory. Though on a serious note, he just nailed down the inbred Georgia retard vote, and thus will win by a landslide.

  118. OReillysVibrator says at 2:51 pm, October 16th, 2009

    “That may work in California… that may work in New York… that may work in France.” Then why wouldn’t it work in Georgia?!

  119. slappypaddy says at 2:52 pm, October 16th, 2009

    i dozed off at my desk after lunch (i’m an air traffic controller) and had the strangest dream. i dreamed i was at a crossroads at midnight, a full moon shining above. i saw in front of me two shadowy animals, one small and one large. the small one was a rat, and it looked up at the large one, an elephant, and it said, “are you out of your foxtrotting mind?” then i woke up. i have no idea what this dream means.

  120. I predict a lot of write-in votes for “Ox People” and “Rat People”. Georgia is the new Minnesota.

  121. snideinplainsight says at 2:54 pm, October 16th, 2009

    What’s funnest is all the Ox-related videos Utube pulls up after the video ends.

  122. Crank Tango: Well, I hear they’re not big on MLK in Georgia, anyway.

  123. user-of-owls says at 2:55 pm, October 16th, 2009

    From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

    State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine made a move on the 14-year-old Game Boy vote last night, with this cartoon slam below aimed at former Gov. Roy Barnes.

    And that’s from the reporter.

  124. southerngeek says at 2:55 pm, October 16th, 2009

    So a mongoose, a snake, a puppy, and Ronald Reagan walk into a bar …

  125. King Roy! Thuh Raaaat.

    You have to admit, it’s a compelling argument.

  126. pink triangles says at 2:58 pm, October 16th, 2009

    god why do I live here?

  127. PancakeBreakfast says at 3:01 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Why is the cow headbutting Remy from Ratatouille?

  128. Crank Tango says at 3:04 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Click: oh well, where I come from they want to breed chickens with four wings, so I can’t really talk. And I have too much of a headache too keep up with your puns! Where’s that medical mj…

  129. the problem child says at 3:06 pm, October 16th, 2009

    DirtyHarriett: Well, I have yet to see it with sound. I can’t say it makes a great first impression, though.

  130. Game Boy vote?

  131. PuffAdder says at 3:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Dear Mr Oxendine,

    THAT’S NOT AN OX YOU DUMB SOUTHERN FUCK.

  132. bureaucrap says at 3:11 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I feel like they’re trying to make some kind of reference to Chinese astrology here, to capture the all-important Chinese-American vote in Georgia. Perhaps they think that the vast majority of Georgians eat at cheap chinese restaurants with those paper placemats.

  133. One Yield Regular: Was that a Rat driving that train? Had a Georgia accent, for sure.

  134. guerilla-nation says at 3:12 pm, October 16th, 2009

    This was totally made by some Georgia College Republican while he was at home not getting laid on a Saturday night and thought he would do something righteous for the cause.

  135. tootsieroll says at 3:13 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Judas Peckerwood: skoalrebel?

    This would’ve been a lot funnier if “The Ox” woke up in Candy Mountain missing a kidney.

  136. eclecticbrotha says at 3:13 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Wow, this reminds me of that time I was playing Grand Theft Rodent and the sinister nOx syndicate was kicking my ass because of low frame rate.

    Who am I kidding? That horrible vid was funny as hell.

  137. OReillysVibrator says at 3:13 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Man, that loserbus just threw in every single buzzword that make the monkeys dance, didn’t he? Put that ox on the health care train tracks!

  138. I would apologize for Georgians, since I feel vaguely responsible as a long-time resident of Atlanta, but these things just happen too often. By now, I’m like “Oh, more retardation. Whatever.”

  139. Monsieur Grumpe says at 3:17 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Disney it ain’t.

  140. CapnFatback says at 3:18 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Feel free to tell me if this gag’s already run its course: The GOxP

  141. eclecticbrotha says at 3:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    That might have worked in Obama’s White house….
    That might have worked in Hollywood…
    That might have worked in France…..

    C’mon. That is some clever shit people.

  142. eclecticbrotha says at 3:20 pm, October 16th, 2009

    CapnFatback: That shit still plays, son.

  143. problemwithcaring says at 3:22 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Crank Tango: That’s not a headache. That’s self worth.

  144. Way Cool Larry says at 3:24 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Wait, who is King Roy again? I forget.

    MAN, that piece o’ shit is about as cutting edge as a piece of wet toilet paper.

  145. Cheesepuff says at 3:26 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Oh, sweet! This reminds me of some really badass animation I made on my school’s Apple II back in 6th grade. Great to see GA public school computer labs are continuing the grand tradition pushing technology to the limits.

  146. AggieDemocrat says at 3:27 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The ox is so awesome that he’s actually a cow.

  147. UncleTom says at 3:27 pm, October 16th, 2009

    For the last 15 years Ol’ John has been our insurance commissioner. He was pretty much invisible in the job, no one was ever really sure just what the insurance commissioner actually did…I figure it involved a lot of lunch meetings with executives from GEICO or Nationwide or the like… Since he was never indicted or on the 6-O’Clock news associated with a major scandal we kept re-electing him. With qualifications like these he is at least as good as anyone else currently running for Governor.

    Maybe that would make a good campaign slogans…

    Vote for John Oxendine, he’s never been indicted.
    –or–
    Oxendine for Governor…You’ll never notice he’s there.

  148. Cathangover says at 3:32 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I think he could really drive his point home if he just had a few more large things flying through the air at buildings in Manhattan.

  149. Crank Tango says at 3:32 pm, October 16th, 2009

    problemwithcaring: well i think i am still gonna go get high anyway…

  150. mocowbell says at 3:34 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Nice and all, but I strongly recommend a claymation treatment for the sequel.

  151. geminisunmars says at 3:35 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Man, that must have been one heckuva party. Feel so bad I wasn’t invited. But at least I got to see the state-of-the-art ad here, and now I’m thinking maybe I’ll leave the state of Balloon Boy, and go to the land of. . .Tttthhhhe Raaat. Or TTTThhhhheeee OOOxxxx.

  152. CapnFatback says at 3:39 pm, October 16th, 2009

    mocowbell: That ox is gonna headbutt the shit outta those California Raisins.

  153. Extemporanus says at 3:40 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Way Cool Larry: The Rat.

  154. Cubilist says at 3:40 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Sweet teaser trailer for “King Roy of Redwall.”

  155. Robotmonster says at 3:41 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Art Explosion Exploded! GAAAA!
    What the fucking fuckety-fuck was that? Also?

  156. CapnFatback says at 3:42 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Click: That’s one frightful bacon strip.

  157. yanquilandia says at 3:47 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Is it me, or does the cartoon Reagan look like he belongs in “Planet of the Apes”?

  158. Mad Brahms says at 3:49 pm, October 16th, 2009

    “Heeeee’s baaaack!” will haunt my dreams forever.

    I love the part where the (clip-art) state of Georgie opens its gaping maw and vomits forth money, though. Fuck Piss Christ, send some NEA money to Oxendine pronto, we need a sequel (”The Ox Goes to Washington”, perhaps?).

    Also, Oxendine sounds like some sort of pharmaceutical, maybe to treat bladder control issues or something.

  159. Only the Ox has human emotions. The Rat has no human emotion.
    The Ox cares about families. The Rat only wants to tax families.
    The Ox is enraged that Rush Limbaugh was not allowed to buy The Ram.
    The Rat believes that the NFL has the right to decide who can buy The Ram.
    The Ox is The Son of God.
    The Rat is Satan, himself.
    Good Night Childrens.

  160. couchbound says at 3:52 pm, October 16th, 2009

    yanquilandia: That, or Robert Smigel came down with Parkinson’s.

  161. DemmeFatale says at 3:58 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I think the narrator imploded his vocal chords (trying to sound all deep and sinister).

  162. graysong says at 4:02 pm, October 16th, 2009

    So what is with the republicans and relating to bovines lately? The cow, the ox, etc… I mean besides the obvious cud-chewing.

  163. After spending over THREE AND A HALF MINUTES watching this soporifically narrated slideshow, I’m left with the following: the Ox is strong, loud, and graceful (!), whereas the Rat is ginormous, can fly, and has a really cool prehensile tail. I gotta tell you, at this point, I’m leaning Rat.

  164. the problem child says at 4:10 pm, October 16th, 2009
  165. earnestcivilservant says at 4:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Cranky Little Camperette: No, I wanted that too.

  166. house of the blue lights says at 4:11 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Wait. I thought Michael Steele was the cow.

  167. Jukesgrrl says at 4:13 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Did Peggy Noonan write that?

  168. earnestcivilservant says at 4:15 pm, October 16th, 2009

    SmutBoffin: For real? We need a follow up video, with the Ox headbutting the Horse. OMFG.

  169. earnestcivilservant says at 4:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Crank Tango: “Vote for the Ox: All the bullshit and no balls” Now that’s a campaign slogan for you!

  170. slappypaddy: Somehow I’d rather believe air-traffic controllers nap at their desks than spend all day commenting on Wonkette.

  171. whiskey tango foxtrot says at 4:27 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The Ox: strong. graceful.(?) lacking a strong grasp of narrative storytelling. totally burning your shit down.

  172. earnestcivilservant says at 4:27 pm, October 16th, 2009

    tootsieroll: Oxendine’s first name isn’t Chaaarrrrleee by any chance?

  173. proudgrampa says at 4:33 pm, October 16th, 2009

    So — could the Ox be a metaphor for Oxycontin? Isn’t that the drug of choice for Republitards? Just sayin’.

  174. digibal235 says at 4:35 pm, October 16th, 2009

    What about the bulldog? This whole thing is going down because he didn’t placate to the Georgia mascot.

  175. trondant says at 4:36 pm, October 16th, 2009

    +1 for the Cyclorama.

    Oxendine himself is the John McCain of Georgia motoring.

    Our current goober-in-chief is a jesus-goblin who doesn’t want you to drink on th’ lawd’s day and has done nothing else in eight years except stocking trout ponds, attempting to redraw state borders with our kissing cousins in Tennessee, and fuck teachers out of guaranteed-by-law bonuses for extra certifications which they paid for out-of-pocket. Wait, he’s also furloughing state employees, so he has that going for him, which is nice. Never mind the unsecured sweetheart loans he got while in office to expand his own business. Or that his party has spent eight years giving Cleveland Steamers to public transportation (WHERE’S MY TRAIN YOU FAT BALD GREEDHEAD MOTHERFUCKER?)

    Given that his praying for rain at the capitol a year or two ago is now turning into too much of a good thing, I am confident that Oxendine will add Chinese astrology to the mix when he is elected. Next time there’s a drought, fuck watering restrictions and bust out that copy of the I Ching.

  176. eclecticbrotha says at 4:39 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The quick, brown ox headbutted the lazy rat. And that’s the fact, jack.

  177. Finally, something to make us Georgians feel proud. I think we’ve finally arrived. Yea!

  178. eclecticbrotha says at 4:46 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Man, the image at 1:11 is priceless. Only someone from the GOP would think of an image of a giant rat dry humping the Capital building as sperm rains down from the skies. “And the Academy Award for Mindfucked Multimedia Presentations goes to…”

  179. trondant says at 4:53 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Perdue’s praying; I don’t know if the ox was there but it wouldn’t surprise me a bit.

  180. Tundra Grifter says at 5:06 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I was quite taken with the Confederate flag at 0:37.

  181. DeLand DeLakes says at 5:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    This is what happens when your creative team gleans their best ideas from Chinese restaurant placemats. (This would have been wayyyyy better as a Cock vs. Tiger fight, BTW.)

  182. Lazy Media says at 5:14 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Oh, Lord. For y’all who don’t follow Georgia politics, here is a primer:

    Roy Barnes was the last Democratic governor of Georgia, and made the huge mistake of letting everybody in the state legislature know how stupid they are, while ramming through a MAMMOTH amount of legislative reform (nearly all good), to do stuff like fix the transportation system and schools. But being that smart had the effect of making him an arrogant SOB, and he pissed off the teachers, who didn’t turn out for the election, and let Sonny “Pray for Rain” Perdue get elected. Perdue was the Republican candidate because no competent Republicans thought there was any chance of beating Barnes. Sonny had recently become a Republican only because The Coloreds hadn’t given him the leadership job in the State Senate he wanted.

    Roy also got beat by the Flaggers, because he put together a back-door group to change the state flag to something inoffensive by taking the big Confederate battle flag off it, saving the state tourism industry from the sort of boycotts that have hurt South Carolina. Flaggers are far more patriotic to the CSA than to the USA or Georgia (which refused to send state troops to fight in Virginia, btw, during The Wah). Sonny infamously created the King Roy the Rat commercials, which were widely ridiculed until he shockingly won.

    Oxendine is an effeminate crypto-mulatto, who has faithfully served the insurance companies for many years as the state’s insurance commissioner (when not carrying their water, he likes to pretend to be the State Fire Chief, too, right down to having lights and siren on his car). He does not realize that a) an ox is a particularly stupid, neutered beast of burden, and b) the Homestar Runner guys live in Atlanta and could probably be hired to make him some competent flash animation.

    I bring up the mixed-race heritage only because Oxendine spazzes out when people mention it; he think he white.

  183. dr.giraud says at 5:30 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Monsieur Grumpe: Yes, that is a dirty dirty image of the pig. Republicans! (sigh)

  184. problemwithcaring says at 5:32 pm, October 16th, 2009

    eclecticbrotha: lol. Or showing a picture of Ted Turner Ballpark while saying the rat is bringing liberals back to Georgia - oh, you mean and bring back the millions in revenue and the jobs created by commie boosters like Ted Tuner? Who would want that?

  185. hobospacejunkie says at 5:36 pm, October 16th, 2009

    You know who else enjoyed pizza & laser tag? Hitler.

  186. skoalrebelsdad says at 5:51 pm, October 16th, 2009

    This is sooo recycled, I first saw it at my local Chinese restaurant in Georgia when looking up my Chinese horoscope sign.

  187. Toomush Infermashun says at 6:17 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The Ox…. strong enough to stand in front of the train…. and graceful, too!!!!

  188. Lazy Media, you’re right about the Republicans, they’re brain dead. But you’re wrong about Barnes. He was an arrogant jerk-off and he deserved what he got. Now let’s see if he’s learned anything. I doubt it.

  189. hockeymom says at 6:30 pm, October 16th, 2009

    my favorite part was when all the georgians got crushed to death by giant stacks of money.
    cause that could really happen.
    the end.

  190. user-of-owls says at 6:32 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Lazy Media: One Night Only! King Roy and the Crypto-Mulattos!

  191. He wants to promote “Minoan Bull Worship”? It’s a really great religion and all, I particularly like the maidens vaulting over the horns thing they do, but it will be tough sledding to get them Georgians to leave behind all that “loving Ja-Hee-Sus” and such.

  192. Violenza says at 6:53 pm, October 16th, 2009

    This must have all begun when he realized that his name started with “Ox”. So was this guy the ox that started the Reichstag fire or whatever happened? With all this Republican cow-referencing as of late, one wonders which Senator is about to be caught fondling Bessie’s udder (Chuck Grassley) or soliciting cow furry sex (all of them).

  193. WickedWitch says at 6:53 pm, October 16th, 2009

    PartyMart: Props for the Pace Picante sauce reference!

  194. DustinXP says at 7:04 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The ox needs to get his money back from the community college art students that created this.

  195. Dicentra says at 7:29 pm, October 16th, 2009

    DustinXP: ABED Pictures Entertainment and Cool Abed Films presents: Six Oxen/Rat Smashes.

  196. Tommmcatt says at 8:16 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Lazy Media:

    You follow that shit? Dude, there are better ways to abuse yourself….

  197. Hunger Tallest Palin says at 8:54 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Um. Dude. What the hell is up with the piggy bank? Why is it laying like that? Why is the slot on its belly? AND WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT PUDDLE?

  198. PrairiePossum: There is an element of Fred Rogers in the voice over, but also a Al Gore/Forrest Gumpish intonation and timbre to it also, Add valium and delete percocet and keep the booze in the equation. And yup, it is just a wee bit creepy, in that liquored-up slightly retarded, horribly awkward middle aged uncle with a little too much booze sense.

  199. Dude, the grass at stone mountain is never that clean. The laser show is cool though…

  200. DustBowlBlues says at 9:16 pm, October 16th, 2009

    FMA: “That may work in Georgia.”

    And here in Oklahoma, no doubt. “I mean, shit fahr, Junior. Let’s go git us some a’ that free pizza and laser tags.” “That works, Leroy.”

  201. PsycGirl says at 9:19 pm, October 16th, 2009

    DustinXP: Worse than that, a friend said he remembered a lot of the clip art from reports he did in middle school.

  202. MonaLisa65 says at 10:10 pm, October 16th, 2009

    I was strong enough to click the clicky, and graceful enough to hit pause after he pulled the O’Leary thereby forestalling the incineration of Georgia.

    Vote for me!

  203. DoctorCulturae says at 10:55 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Rejected slogans: The Ox: as in dumb as an. The Ox: I failed finger painting. The Ox: castrated male cattle pulling a heavy load of poo. The Ox: Let’s be the new South Carolina. The Ox: It’s what’s for dinner.

  204. lib tard says at 11:02 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Who the hell were the mongoose, snake, and the puppy supposed to be?

  205. couchbound says at 11:13 pm, October 16th, 2009

    The Larch.

  206. couchbound says at 11:17 pm, October 16th, 2009

    Hunger Tallest Palin: The Puddle is Georgia. The Slot is its Cloaca. Apparently, it both poops and reproduces with Georgia, in the form of Money.

  207. pinkocommiefag says at 12:31 am, October 17th, 2009

    god he’s such a creep! his solution to congested traffic in atlanta is to expand the highway system and totally ignore any mass transit. he (and this horrific excuse for whatever this you tube video cartoon monstrosity is) is such an embarrassment! living in atlanta makes you forget that the rest of georgia is fucked up on a more insane level than atlanta is. atlanta’s got corruption down but the rest of georgia’s got crazy like no one else (well, maybe sarah palin…)

  208. JooJoo Bee says at 1:52 am, October 17th, 2009

    LEMMIEWINKS!

  209. StoneAge says at 4:00 am, October 17th, 2009

    This looks like the type of shit people who adore the Crying 911 Eagle would dig.

  210. LowerdPeninsula says at 5:00 am, October 17th, 2009

    Fucking b r i l l i a n t. The Ox for Govenah! I say, boy, the South shall rise again!

  211. peggynoonansrickshaw says at 8:06 am, October 17th, 2009

    hahaha it is lemmiwinks! jesus christ.

  212. So bad, so very bad. Georgia is a dumb ass.

  213. knobwurst says at 11:33 am, October 17th, 2009

    Is this what McGrampy meant when he said “We are all Georgians now”? Cuz i don’t wanta be a Georgian if this is what passes for clever…

  214. Obama looks very dark in this otherwise dead-on accurate masterpiece.

  215. lulzmonger says at 1:21 pm, October 17th, 2009

    Holy Sweet Saint Mohinga & begorra, `tis a heinous lump of phlegm!

    I suppose people are letting their pets produce their own YouTube videos too now … & if only this had been one of them - the thing would probably have less of that putrid-queef ambience.

  216. Darkness says at 6:05 pm, October 17th, 2009

    Lazy Media: Didn’t Perdue win the year the guys at the warehouse storing the voting machines for the state alleged that the software had been changed in the week before the election? Diebold for the win!

  217. Gumboz1953 says at 7:30 pm, October 17th, 2009

    What’s stronger than an ox? A fucking slaughterhouse.

    And it wasn’t even an ox. Dumshits.

    He should have picked something really invincible, like Saint Michael the Archangel. And Roy could have been a Satanic dragon. See? Now that would have been cool.

  218. Gumboz1953 says at 7:37 pm, October 17th, 2009

    knobwurst: I keep waiting for Russia to attack. If they really want a “Georgia,” they can have this one. As a bonus, they can have South Carolina too. I’d even unlock the door for them, but no. They’re such pussies.

  219. I’m in favor of small government, so I think I’ll go for the rat. Oxen are big and scary, but you can put a rat in a cage and raise it as a pet!

  220. pinkocommiefag says at 2:18 am, October 18th, 2009

    Darkness: why yes he did. his wife also invited the UGA mascot (a bulldog named UGA, pronounced ug-ah) to the governor’s mansion for sexin with their dog. perdue was a veterinarian. TOTALLY qualified to be gov!

  221. pinkocommiefag says at 2:21 am, October 18th, 2009

    whiskey tango foxtrot: i’m going to go out on a really long limb and guess that by graceful he means 1) he was educated in GA and 2) grace= some kind of bible/ jesus/ lord and savior/ god reference.

  222. pinkocommiefag says at 2:24 am, October 18th, 2009

    Lazy Media: oooh! good call on that one! who’d get his panties in a wad quicker—-Bob Barr or John Oxendine? i say the Ox because he’s so graceful and what not. Barr would likely have to drop off someone at an abortion clinic and be a little distracted

  223. Jim89048 says at 12:26 pm, October 18th, 2009

    pinkocommiefag: Just like John Ensign–he’s a veterinarian too, which is apparently the new standard by which to judge politicians. That, and wealthy parents.

  224. What’s with the GRACEFUL stuff? The ox just stood there trying to look all, what? a house on fire? I don’t know anything about it… And the photo op with in the trailer park .. at least TRY to look like you care. If he’s so graceful, he should have been wearing a tutu, like the hippos in Fantasia.

  225. The advantage of the laser-tag afterwards must be that you can point it in your face and never have to watch this thing again.

  226. ShortShadey says at 1:09 am, October 19th, 2009

    Gawd-DAMN! That there castrated ox in his logo sure has the cutest, tightest little butt ah’ve EVER seen…

  227. zhubajie says at 3:32 am, October 19th, 2009

    What happened to that donkey-fucker who was running for governor as a Rep?

  228. thursday says at 3:59 am, October 19th, 2009

    Ha ha ha ha HA HAAA HAAA HAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  229. NopantsMcGee says at 1:06 pm, October 19th, 2009

    OX versus THE RAT! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

    Next week: The OX and The STEELE COW Versus the HEALTH CARE TRAIN!

  230. lawrenceofthedesert says at 1:20 pm, October 19th, 2009

    I hereby endorse John Oxendine’s candidacy for governor of Nickelodeon.

  231. Flanders says at 7:01 pm, October 19th, 2009

    Trace: Exactly!

  232. zhubajie says at 7:34 pm, October 19th, 2009

    slappypaddy: No, don’t weep for them. Southerners waste way to much time demanding everyone else pity them already. It’s not as if no one else has ever stubbed a toe!

  233. Flanders says at 9:59 pm, October 19th, 2009

    Trace: Another excellent observation. I think I like you.

  234. zhubajie says at 12:51 am, October 20th, 2009

    UncleTom: vote for John O, he’s never fucked a mule?

  235. Repuke bag o' says at 1:11 am, October 24th, 2009

    zhubajie: you just answered your own question…he found an ass that he couldn’t resist. I wonder what he’ll make of the “ox” hmmm…gay/beastial scandal anyone?

  236. Repuke bag o' says at 1:15 am, October 24th, 2009

    what is it with the republicans in georgia? one fucks mules another thinks he’s an ox and ralph reed is a serial killer/viper…well, when kids open their 100% evo-lution free text books after ox is elected, they can thank saint reagan for such a maginficent walking/shitting beast of burden…oh and, gayest video since “big john” cornyn’s queer (in more ways than one) western-themed campaign commercial…all I got out of this is the only way to fix Georgia is a three-way of reaganzilla, the ox and the corporate lobbyist hamster…who’ll slide up Georgia’s proverbial ass, never to leave.

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