Posted on 10/27/2012 11:14:48 AM PDT by markomalley
A new video from the founders of a celebrated advertising agency features children “of the future” singing about the aftermath of a Mitt Romney presidency: A world where sick people are required to “just die,” the atmosphere is “frying” and “oil fills the sea.”
The children, who stare blankly at the camera throughout the video, even take pains to explicitly mention that they blame “mom and dad” for all those horrors.
The video — from the founders of the advertising agency that came up with the celebrated tagline “Got milk?” and boasts clients like Cheetos, Netflix, the National Basketball Association and Nintendo — asks viewers, “What Would The Children Of The Future Say If We Let Them Down This November?”
Watch:
The two minute 21 second video concludes with black and white text instructing: “Don’t let it happen… vote.”
The brains behind the video are Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein, the founders of Goodby Silverstein & Partners.
“The idea was to have kids from the future sing about a world that’s been defiled by us–by their parents,” Goodby told Co.Create, which reports that he is a registered “lapsed” Republican. “It was meant to be accusatory in some way. Something to put it in the context of some day this decision will be an even bigger one than it appears today.”
The video is not an official project of Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Co.Create reports.
Full lyrics:
Imagine an America
Where strip mines are fun and free
Where gays can be fixed
And sick people just die
And oil fills the sea
We don’t have to pay for freeways!
Our schools are good enough
Give us endless wars
On foreign shores
And lots of Chinese stuff
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we’re kinda blaming you
We haven’t killed all the polar bears
But it’s not for lack of trying
Big Bird is sacked
The Earth is cracked
And the atmosphere is frying
Congress went home early
They did their best we know
You can’t cut spending
With elections pending
Unless it’s welfare dough
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we’re kinda blaming you
Find a park that is still open
And take a breath of poison air
They foreclosed your place
To build a weapon in space
But you can write off your au pair
It’s a little awkward to tell you
But you left us holding the bag
When we look around
The place is all dumbed down
And the long term’s kind of a drag
We’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And yeah, we’re blaming you
You did your best
You failed the test
Mom and Dad
We’re blaming you!
Goodby Silverstein & Partners did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Funny, nothing about maxxing out their credit cards before they finish middle school.
Wasn’t joe Biden complaining Republicams were down on America?
What exactly is this??
I seem to recall a youtube video where kids who were not old enough to vote spoke passionately about the need for us to defend our freedoms and way of life for them. Can’t seem to find it though. Anybody know what I am talking about?
“The Obama Youth. Nice! Most fascist, communist dictators resort to this tactic when they are losing.”
Yeah, Mr. Obama is seriously desparate. He is loosing and all the “nice guy” stops will go away.
I used to think folks that folks that were concerned about Mr. Obama refusing to step down were nuts. I am now beginning to think they may be right. If he looses (God willing), I’m not sure that Mr. Obama will peaceably stand down.
How is this not child abuse? This will backfire BIG TIME on the commies.
I keep expecting some clean cut liberal to show up at the door with one of those Obama pamphlets and ask “Have you heard the good news Brother”?
and if Obama gets reelected these kids will not have to worry ,because they will be aborted
I think they are aiming for this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbRHt5GCGes
(From the 80s miniseries “Amerkia”, or the 2012 DNC convention. I cant tell.)
0bama will stand down when he looses, one way or another.
5.56mm
I don’t see it. (Peacefully standing down). If Barry loses, Americans are going to pay. Big Time. The holidays aren’t going to be pretty this year. Commies never go away peacefully. I’m looking for a scorched earth if he loses.
It’s especially telling that comments have been disabled for this video.
This kind of hit and run tactic says more about the purveyors of this crap than the video itself.
Despicable, using underage children to spread agitprop.
Who would spend that long watching an ad? If it's the web, you click on the X. If it's on tv, you go to the bathroom.
“I swear, these kids really do look like zombies.”
This is child abuse. These children are NOT old enough to participate in this blatant lie. This needs to be pulled immediately.
Folks should complain to YouTube that this is “child abuse.”
Posted @youtube.com :
“Comments were disabled for this video.”
Hmmm.....
If I didn’t know better I’d think the children are lamenting Obama.
1. Reminds me of “Children of the Corn.”
2. If the Communists are so proud of their Marxist Youth, how come comments are disabled.
3. These children of the corn definitely don’t look like the brightest and best, and the parents dressed them as typical leftist slobs.
Well,he could be *absolute* Zero.
Those children will blame their parents alright. For borrowing and spending and saddling the kids with the debt.
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