Obama on between two ferns.

Best episode, I think.

that was great

really funny stuff

It's pretty funny. Zach seemed pretty nervous though.

A very funny way to promote an awful healthcare system to the younger generation in hopes they'll sign up to keep it from flopping.

(03-11-2014 02:30 PM)Dak10 Wrote:  A very funny way to promote an awful healthcare system to the younger generation in hopes they'll sign up to keep if from flopping.

There is a thread for the political side of this is on PR forum. This is the thread for the comedy side.

The President brought the politics into it, not me. Was still funny as are all Between Two Ferns eps.

(03-11-2014 05:36 PM)Dak10 Wrote:  The President brought the politics into it, not me. Was still funny as are all Between Two Ferns eps.

I didn't realize the president posted on this thread to bring politics into the discussion on the People's Forum when there is a thread in the P-R forum to discuss the politics of the video.

So you're denying the video is of political nature? If so, you're probably one of those still going out to dinner wearing an Obama shirt/hat. The video was hilarious, but it was political.

fight, fight, fight!

This would have been even funnier with Nixon.

(03-11-2014 09:02 PM)Dak10 Wrote:  So you're denying the video is of political nature? If so, you're probably one of those still going out to dinner wearing an Obama shirt/hat. The video was hilarious, but it was political.

First off, your reaction is political.

The video isn't political. ACA is the law. Using a comedy show like this to promote a government program isn't inherently political. If he was telling 18 year olds to register for the draft, would it be political considering legally all 18 year old American males have to register?

Not every thing an elected official does is political. Sometimes, they are doing their job as the elected official.

But again, I posted a thread about this in P-R for you to give your political opinions so this one would be about the comedy of the president of the United States being on Between two ferns.

Needs to be on the political board.

(03-11-2014 10:00 PM)eltigre Wrote:  Needs to be on the political board.

If only there were a thread on the political board for those who wanted to give their political opinion.

(03-11-2014 10:54 PM)Latilleon Wrote:  

(03-11-2014 10:00 PM)eltigre Wrote:  Needs to be on the political board.

If only there were a thread on the political board for those who wanted to give their political opinion.

Let this one join it.

Here's the thing. We aren't talking about a mandatory draft, we are talking about signing up for a voluntary health care program that desperately needs young people to sign up for it to succeed. Also, like you said, you made a thread about the POTUS being on Between Two Ferns. How does that not automatically make it political. Everything a President does in public is political in one way or another. When Obama goes on talk shows, it's funny but political. This was no different.

....And I'm not attempting to be a thread nazi who wants things to go into appropriate forums. When I made my original reply I had not seen that you'd made an identical post in the Political forum. Had I seen it first, I would have put my reply in that thread. My tabs open in order of forum listing and People's comes before Political.

I mean I love Ron Paul probably even more than you love Barack Obama (since my love borders on obsession), but when he was doing Leno I wasn't posting double links in both the political and people's forum. Not that you don't have that right; post it in every forum on CSNbbs for all I care. I just don't understand why you're getting upset that I posted what I did in this forum rather than another. Maybe you are the thread/forum nazi, haha. I just don't know why we couldn't have discussed both the political aspect and the comedy aspect in the same forum. Sometimes I forget the majority of the American population and subsequently the majority of posters on this forum prefer to keep their heads buried deep in the sand rather than taking the time to research, learn about, and discuss the issues that have real affect in our everyday lives.

I guess you just don't want the thread to get moved/merged, and I completely understand where you're coming from. Doing so was not my intention when I made the first post. I guess I'll just never understand why a reasonable discussion about the intentions of the video can't be had while at the same time acknowledging it was ******* hilarious and that Obama has and always will be a funny and charismatic human being without it having to be moved to another forum. If Ron had half of Obama's charisma they'd have tried to make him President for life.

But out of respect for you wanting this thread to remain in this forum I'll post on your thread in the political forum if I feel the need to make another comment.

Here's the test I use: if the President of the United States were standing in front of you, what would your reaction be? If it is anything other than shake his hand and say "It is an honor to meet you," then you are probably too far left or right. I say that to say this was funny, plain and simple.

(03-12-2014 02:14 AM)Trapper John Wrote:  Here's the test I use: if the President of the United States were standing in front of you, what would your reaction be? If it is anything other than shake his hand and say "It is an honor to meet you," then you are probably too far left or right. I say that to say this was funny, plain and simple.

This. That's what's wrong with our society today. Everything has to have a side and everyone has to root for one side or another. Whether you like him (or her) or not, a president is still a president. If the president isn't running for anything and campaigning, and they are talking about a GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, that is not political as far as elections and what not. More importantly, 4 minutes of the video was straight comedy and the last minute and a half discussed the GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. The last 30 seconds was part of a series running gag.

There are times elected officials can be discussed without it being a political discussion. If you cannot realize that, I suggest you get a cold beer, turn on the ceiling fan, and get over yourself. It's not always that serious.

I was never a Dubya fan... Doesn't mean he couldn't be funny in a Presidential Coorespondent's dinner video.