Obama fucking slammed Hillary Clinton responding to her claims this weekend that she was a hunter. I love it when he gets snarky like this.
“She’s running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she values the Second Amendment, she’s talking like she’s Annie Oakley! Hillary Clinton’s out there like she’s on the duck blind every Sunday, she’s packin’ a six shooter! C’mon! She knows better. That’s some politics being played by Hillary Clinton. I want to see that picture of her out there in the duck blinds.”
Here’s the video.
Update: By the way, I don’t care if he’s a snob. I’m glad for it. I’m a snob. And I don’t want someone to be President of the United States who thinks they’re just normal folk. Come on. They should be the smartest person in the room. And if they’re not, they should be able to hold their own with the smartest person in the room. We’ve had 8 years of a president who’s just a guy. Fuck that. Intimidate me with your brilliance, my self esteem can take it.
I’m going to just assume that you all know about Improv Everywhere. If you don’t, do your part and find out about it. A few years ago This American Life had a show about a few of their pranks (they like to call them “missions”), one of which was giving a band their best gig ever. They found a band, Ghosts of Pasha, in the local NYC listings that had a super shitty time slot (Sunday 10pm) and went to their website, bought their brand new EP and had a bunch of their “agents” memorize every song. They were on their first tour and didn’t have many (if any) fans in the city. The agents crowded the club, sang along to every song, danced and acted super excited to be there. The This American Life story (because they’re obsessed with drama and narrative over there) were drawn to the story because the whole thing backfired. The band were confused when it was happening and genuinely hurt when they found out it wasn’t real. When I first heard the story it struck me as more than a little bit crybaby-ish; some earnest dudes from Vermont just trying to make some beautiful art, man, who got their feelings hurt.
And this totally confirms it. This is a recent “mission” they pulled off, Best Game Ever, and it’s a clear picture of why kids from Hermosa Beach are 873 times cooler than overly earnest rockers from Vermont. They turned an average, Saturday afternoon little league game into a really real major league baseball game. Superfans with their shirts off, peanut and hot dog vendors, legendary sports caster Jim Gray and a Jumbotron. And the kids were stoked. No one got their feelings hurt, they just thought it was awesome. And it was awesome. Probably because Conor Oberst didn’t play little league.
In case you haven’t noticed, the Hillary Deathwatch operates a lot like the health meter in Gears of War. As long as you’re not getting shot at, your health goes up. In Hillary’s case…
Video game political analysis. So, Micael, just be smarter, funnier and better looking than the people who don’t play video games.
And this is awesome (from the bottom of the page):
