BRILLIANT: Animator of The Simpsons & Family Guy Creates "Why Obama Now"

[ProSense]

BRILLIANT: Animator of The Simpsons & Family Guy Creates "Why Obama Now"

by The Troubadour

Lucas Gray, the famed television animator, has created the best video I've ever seen to make the argument for President Obama's re-election on economic terms alone.

The three-minute video, narrated by a speech Obama delivered at the Associated Press Luncheon in April of 2012, rips apart the concept of "trickle-down" with swift, precise and visually-helpful animation.

This is a video that is superbly animated, constructed and deserves a wide viewing audience.

Enjoy:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/06/1140986/-BRILLIANT-Animator-of-The-Simpsons-Family-Guy-Creates-Why-Obama-Now

Damn, that's awesome!!!

[BuelahWitch]

1. It also lays out very well why we're in the mess we're in

[WCGreen]

2. Wonderful stuff

[awake]

3. Great find

[AndreaCG]

4. Superb ad!

Thanks for sharing it.

[MerryBlooms]

5. That is a Super-Duper video!

[Kurovski]

6. Holy hot damn on a hickory stick!

That's the sweetest, kindest can of whoop-ass any one ever got.

it reminds me of the educational films from the 60s, the disney stuff.

Quickly! Let us inform the adults and indoctrinate the wee ones!

Brilliant. And true.

[SaveAmerica]

19. That's a great comparison!! No fluff to distract, it lays it out simply and

is entertaining!!

All that was missing was Professor Ludwig Von Drake!

[Cha]

49. +1 There's That! nm

[Generic Brad]

7. I wish every voter could see this

This explains things in simple terms without being simplistic.

[KeepItReal]

10. +1!!

Eom

[dixiegrrrrl]

40. Maybe speeches presented like this would draw in more voters.

Would be worth a try..

[Cha]

50. Yes...have this up on the Big Screen at rallies! nm

[Pirate Smile]

65. It would be great to put on before the rally starts - while they are filling time.

[Cha]

71. Even BETTER!

Pirate Smile

[ProSense]

84. So do I. n/t

[countmyvote4real]

8. Wow!

Fantastic.

[etherealtruth]

9. For whatever reason, I am not fond of watching viedeos ...

I am so glad I clicked on this.

Thank you for posting

[Cha]

52. I know the feeling but I'm usually glad

I have during this campaign.

[spanone]

11. k&r...

[tridim]

12. Really great speech too!

Doing my part to make it go viral.

Pssst JibJab, this is what good animation looks like.

[JuveDem]

13. This is the best video I've seen explaining things in simple terms

without getting complicated.

[redqueen]

20. All he had to do was create graphics to illustrate Obama's speech.

This is excellent.

[Qutzupalotl]

14. Love it. I hope we can get it on the air somehow.

I'll be an expensive spot, but worth it. The speech is clear and convincing. The animation is entertaining and instructive.

[Ohio Joe]

15. K&R - nt

[surrealAmerican]

16. Well done.

k & r

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Damn.

Just damn.

[SaveAmerica]

18. That is fabulous!! The combo of short and sweet facts with the visuals is A++++!!!

[Patiod]

21. WOW - that about sums it up (nc)

[HopeHoops]

22. K&R - very well done.

[Bozita]

23. Terrific video, but somebody should have done a spell check on it - corpopate? insurence?

corpopate?
insurence?

[dooner]

31. I tried emailing

the producer just now...

[dooner]

24. perfect for sharing

smart, quick engaging....

[annabanana]

25. VIRALIZE it!. . . . . n/t

[cilla4progress]

26. Super - found a typo

Any way to let him know about it?

"CORPOPATE" should be "CORPORATE"

- sorry, spelling gestapo

[dooner]

39. got a speedy reply

from the producer about the 2 typos. They aren't happy about it, but can't fix now without losing
momentum (hits/sharing) for that URL. (In order to swap in edited version, they have to assign a new URL on Youtube)

[Cha]

53. Thanks for the update, donner. When I saw it

yesterday they were mentioned by a couple of others..but, it didn't phase me much because I was so enthralled with said Vid!

[peacebird]

27. Shared it on FB

[Cha]

54. Thanks, peacebird!

[ewagner]

28. Brilliant

literally, COMIC-BOOK SIMPLE....even a Tea Bagger can understand!

[formercia]

29. They will also say....

Great Spelling.

[Beartracks]

46. "It's all BS. There was a typo!"

Or something like that. Rightwingers can find any reason not to believe a refutation of their entire fantasy world. Maybe even: "That's bullshit. You used FACTS to make your case, you godless liberal."

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[proud2BlibKansan]

30. That's awesome.

[Populist_Prole]

32. Stunningly hard hitting. Needs to go viral.

I like the way it added a visual pizazz to the president's already hard hitting speaking style. I bookmarked for further reference to show others.

Can't wait to see my neo-right wing friend's ( and major fan of Lucas Grey's shows ) cognitive dissonance on this.

[BarackTheVote]

33. Facebooked! No fluff, straight-up, brilliant infotainment! nt

[trailmonkee]

34. is there a super PAC for the video? if ago, i would like to throw a few bucks their way....

This is prefect for the low information voter... Don't you think?

[CheapShotArtist]

35. Too bad the very same people who should see this video

are the same ones who are likely to tune out within the first 5 seconds.

[beac]

36. Wish I had 10,000 recs to give this!!

And wish it could be seen by EVERY voter.

[bluecoat_fan]

37. Send this video to all you know.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

38. So excellent, it gave me goosebumps!

Wow, that was truly beautiful. Inspiring. Unforgettable.


Wow.

[RainDog]

41. k&r n/t

[LiberalLovinLug]

42. Very good!

I recommend Liking it on YouTube and Faving it as well. That will help it go viral.

[TeamPooka]

43. please go viral, please go viral nt

[proverbialwisdom]

44. K&R!!

http://whyobamanow.org/

[silverweb]

45. Wonderful!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Sent to my list, with instructions to post/share far and wide.

K&R

[Beartracks]

47. Amazingly awesome, well-done! And well-spoken, Mr. President! K&R n/t

[Cha]

48. Oh Wow, ProSense.. I saw that riveting beauty yesterday but

did not know it was from this guy.. "Animator of The Simpsons & Family Guy", Lucas Gray! No wonder it's so Awesome!

Thanks!

[reflection]

51. Love it, but

I notice they spelled 'insurance' wrong at one point. I wish these things were proofread better. Other than that, it's masterful.

On edit: 'corporate' is spelled wrong also. What the hell? This needs to be fixed and redistributed.

[Cha]

55. I read upthread that..

The poster got a speedy reply:

from the producer about the 2 typos. They aren't happy about it, but can't fix now without losing
momentum (hits/sharing) for that URL. (In order to swap in edited version, they have to assign a new URL on Youtube)

[reflection]

58. Yeah, saw that after I posted also, thanks

Stuff like that drives me batty. The whole thing is so well done, you just wish someone would take the time to review the spelling. In fact, spelling seems less important with the passing of each day. I wish it were not so. All in all though, the video is so good and the message is paramount.

[Melissa G]

56. Truly Awesome!

Deserves to be widely viewed!

[flyguyjake]

57. Brilliant! Fantastically created, plain and simple!

Get this on TV!!!

[Aldo Leopold]

59. Absolutely fantastic.

You can really hear the professor in him.

[Tanelorn]

60. Surely this speech alone should be the econmic campaign strategy alone

'...we have tried their way'

[sevenseas]

61. Thank you

It seems as if, unbelieveably, a lot of people do not remember the trickle-down theory was tried TWICE before, and failed both times.

Now they talk about tax cuts for the rich like it is a new idea, and people seem to be falling for it.

So THANK YOU for showing the fact that it has been tried twice before!

If this can be drilled into people's stupid heads it could make a world of difference.

I love this poster and DU- You give me hope!

THANK YOU AGAIN!!!

[Catch2.2]

62. I went...

to school with the guy that made this. Really good dude and extremely talented. Excellent work! I'll be sharing this with everyone I know.

[McCamy Taylor]

63. Excellent!

[calimary]

64. NICE! Shared it to Facebook!

I said "You've heard of '...and the children shall lead'? How 'bout '...and the cartoons shall teach'? Next up, Big Bird!"

[yends21012]

66. Very nice

This is the first one that I have ever shared to Facebook. I'll get negative hits from the family, but along with the excellent graphics, President Obama laid out the argument so well.

[porphyrian]

67. Brilliant choice of fonts throughout, as well. n/t

[flamingdem]

68. K&R

[E-Z-B]

69. Excellent!

[handsofthedevil]

70. Excellent

Hopefully his next debate performance can match the power of some of the ads being done for Obama.

[liberalla]

72. Loved it! Really, really good.

[drm604]

73. I put it on FaceBook.

[FSogol]

74. K&R. n/t

[sabrina 1]

75. That is very well done.n/t

[NYC_SKP]

76. Credit where due: http://whyobamanow.org/

http://whyobamanow.org/

[caraher]

77. Great, but...

I wish they hadn't misspelled "insurance" (they had an "e" in place of the "a&quot .

Perfect otherwise!

[Douglas Carpenter]

78. just posted on Facebook - hope everyone does

[GTurck]

79. NOW....

if we could just stop using "God Bless America" at the end of each speech. It is meaningless and certainly does not make us better or more holy.

[Stuart G]

80. Wonderful...nt.

[6502]

81. Just posted to Facebook and Google+!

... and forwarded via email to friends.

This is truly epic!

[Mary in S. Carolina]

82. Love It!

This is great!

[Overseas]

83. K&R. Loved it!

[ZombieHorde]

85. That is actually pretty good. nt

[TomCADem]

86. Awesome video and explanation from the POTUS