Zen and the Art of Presidential Campaign Maintenance

Via Oliver Willis comes the greatest campaign video of modern times.

Reason subscriber Mike Gravel (more on that here) has another, more Herzogian video in the queue, but I'm not sure which I prefer.

Comments

DDS | June 14, 2007, 3:14pm | #

.....wow.....that's 2:51 of my life that I'll never get back.

Lamar | June 14, 2007, 3:18pm | #

That's really an extraordinary rock throw. As someone who's throw a lot of rocks, that his rock made such a big splash, after he threw it in the lake. I don't think I have ever seen that before and I have seen some pretty absurd rock throws. I would ask the Senator to withdraw that rock and tell us that he didn't really mean to throw it.

Ted | June 14, 2007, 3:22pm | #

You should have spent that 2:51 contemplating Gravel. That's the point. He isn't trying to ram universal healthcare or any other politics du jours down your throat.

joe | June 14, 2007, 3:26pm | #

I don't get it.

But I feel like that's o.k.

ChicagoTom | June 14, 2007, 3:32pm | #

.....wow.....that's 2:51 of my life that I'll never get back.

I followed the link to Oliver Willis's site and watched the 7 minutes of footage of the fire he allegedly built.

At first I thought it was dumb, then slowly a sort of calm came over me, then it felt like I was back on the East Coast at Xmas time watching video footage of a fireplace burning and I became downright euphoric. Now I think Im gonna go take a nap.

Pro Libertate | June 14, 2007, 3:33pm | #

I think saw that on Germany's Most Disturbing Home Videos last month.

grylliade | June 14, 2007, 3:50pm | #

This proves that Mr. Gravel is for the legalization of drugs. The only thing more trippy than that I've seen are those ONDCP commercials with the dog.

phocion | June 14, 2007, 3:51pm | #

He's certainly saying all the things I want to hear from a politician.

stephen the goldberger | June 14, 2007, 4:02pm | #

that was as awful as the sopranos' series finale

JW | June 14, 2007, 4:04pm | #

His eyes....his eyes...they follow you no matter where you go in the room!

Jonathan Hohensee | June 14, 2007, 4:06pm | #

If it was slightly shorter, I'd like it; and I like the concept behind it. It shows rather than tells.

matt | June 14, 2007, 4:20pm | #

People can stop calling Ron Paul a nut now.

GoRonPaul | June 14, 2007, 4:23pm | #

My god.

Dmitri | June 14, 2007, 4:40pm | #

WAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

de stijl | June 14, 2007, 5:05pm | #

Best comment over on Oliver Willis' blog: Waiting for Godot?

edna | June 14, 2007, 5:52pm | #

marguerite duras would be proud.

uncle sam | June 14, 2007, 5:58pm | #

He made a splash, but after a while, everything was as before.

matt | June 14, 2007, 8:46pm | #

And we have a threadwinner. ^

TheDumbFish | June 14, 2007, 9:44pm | #

I don't get either of them. But I like campfires. And foghorns. So I vote that the "more Herzogian" one is better.

Brian24 | June 15, 2007, 12:29am | #

wtf?

Oh--and the Sopranos finale was perfect.

Doctor Duck | June 15, 2007, 7:32am | #

I cut a :15 out of that if anyone wants it -- much punchier. Plus a radio version.

D.A. Ridgely | June 15, 2007, 9:23am | #

I'm going to wait for the director's cut.

yem | June 15, 2007, 10:04am | #

seriously, it's almost unspeakably beautiful