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GEICO voice actor fired after insulting tea parties
washingtonpost.com ^ | April 21, 2010 | David Weigel

Posted on 04/21/2010 10:03:25 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Sometimes you have a headline that makes the rest of the story superfluous, but here's the background. Actor Lance Baxter, otherwise known as "D.C. Douglas," currently known as the man who informs you how much GEICO can save you on car insurance, left a message last month with FreedomWorks in which he asked the group how many "mentally retarded" people it had on staff and what it would do when a tea partyer "killed someone." On April 14, FreedomWorks put his voicemail online.

Today, Douglas reports he's been dropped from GEICO's campaign. His dramatic news release is here; he claims to have been motivated by "the recent gay and racial slurs slung by Tea Party members at Congressman Barney Frank and Representative John Lewis during the Health Care Reform Weekend," and says he's "open to any attorneys taking on this case pro bono."

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: again; consequences; dcdouglas; geico; karma; lancebaxter; loser; teaparty
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1 posted on 04/21/2010 10:03:25 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’m guessing this isn’t the Gecko character voice but the voice over guy from the other commercials, like at the end of the cave man variants.

In either case, I’m liking Flo from the Progressive Insurance ads more and more!


2 posted on 04/21/2010 10:06:59 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"says he's "open to any attorneys taking on this case pro bono."

Just like a leftist. Wants a service for free.
3 posted on 04/21/2010 10:07:23 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Free ThinkerNY
This guy?


4 posted on 04/21/2010 10:07:35 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Progressivism, Socialism, Marxism, Communism - it's all shades of black.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Taking on what case? Leave it to a gay to look for a pro bono shyster.


5 posted on 04/21/2010 10:07:43 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I am sure a caveman would not have done what he did.


6 posted on 04/21/2010 10:08:21 AM PDT by pennboricua
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Actors are romantics, they want a king to adore. John Wilkes Booth was an actor. Why are we surprised when another one is a statist douche?


7 posted on 04/21/2010 10:08:59 AM PDT by steve8714 (If Lindsay Graham is a conservative, I am not..)
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To: Incorrigible
" I’m liking Flo from the Progressive Insurance ads more and more!"

Have you ever read about Progressive's founder and former CEO, Peter Lewis. There's a reason he named his company, "Progressive"...
8 posted on 04/21/2010 10:09:01 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: driftdiver

“His dramatic news release is here”

And a drama queen to boot.


9 posted on 04/21/2010 10:09:37 AM PDT by tgusa (Investment plan: blued steel, brass, lead, copper)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I am sure PROGRESSIVE will hire him now...


10 posted on 04/21/2010 10:09:50 AM PDT by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: Incorrigible
In either case, I’m liking Flo from the Progressive Insurance ads more and more!

Why in the hell would you like Progressive more than this guy? The Progressive CEO or founder or whatever is a rabid liberal. I would never, ever get insurance from either....

11 posted on 04/21/2010 10:10:06 AM PDT by Gaffer ("Profling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: Incorrigible
"I’m liking Flo from the Progressive Insurance ads more and more!"

One other thing, do you think she's hot? I don't know how she is in real life, but if it's anything like that character, she'd be a nightmare to be with!!! : )
12 posted on 04/21/2010 10:11:52 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Congressman Barney Frank and Representative John Lewis during the Health Care Reform Weekend,” and says he’s “open to any attorneys taking on this case pro bono.”

Bawney will be glad to give him a little “pro bono”


13 posted on 04/21/2010 10:12:00 AM PDT by jessduntno ("If you want security, go to prison, you're fed, clothed, given medical. But...there's no freedom.")
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...he's "open to any attorneys taking on this case pro bono."

"Somebody sue 'em for me and give me the money." Best of luck with that one, pal.

14 posted on 04/21/2010 10:12:00 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Disambiguator

No, the one that voiced those ads that say “Joanie, a typical Geico client, was in volved in an auto accident. We hired a voice over guy to tell her story.” You can hear him at the video that’s embedded in the story the link in the original post takes you to.


15 posted on 04/21/2010 10:12:07 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discover" Sarah Palin)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I am reminded of the answer to what is the difference between an Ahass or an Ass....I was told an Ahass is a lovely little animal - an Ass(ssss) is someone like Actor Lance Baxter.


16 posted on 04/21/2010 10:12:47 AM PDT by yoe (The "N" word stands for NO...as in NO MORE VOTES FOR IRRESPONSIBLE CONGRESSMEN OR SENATORS.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

GEICO stands for Government Employees Insurance Co, if I remember correctly.


17 posted on 04/21/2010 10:14:25 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: Disambiguator
Now that's gay.
18 posted on 04/21/2010 10:14:36 AM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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To: Billthedrill

LMAO!!!!!


19 posted on 04/21/2010 10:15:16 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Obama wants to raise taxes and kill babies. Palin wants to raise babies and kill taxes.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows
The douche in question: "Lance Baxter," a.k.a. D.C. Douglas.
20 posted on 04/21/2010 10:16:17 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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