Jack Black’s new project: Lie about Obama to school children

[meegbear]

Meet "Nathan Spewman": comedian Jack Black's personification of the outrageous claims against President Obama circulated by Fox News and Republican-leaning interest groups.

In a new campaign by liberal coalition group Health Care for America Now, Black's character, sporting a mustache and Charlie Brown t-shirt, poses as a grade school student who's paid by interest groups to tell lies about the president and the Affordable Care Act.

"I'm Nathan Spewman, professional misinformant," Black gleefully announces in part one of a planned series. "I've infiltrated dangerous academic revolutionaries, crazy satanic cults and unpatriotic slackers, all for the purpose of helping greedy corporations spread the sweet stink of misinformation all across this great land."

One such piece of misinformation, delivered in what appears to be a first grade classroom: "Hey, did you hear Obama's gonna kill our grandmas? You ever hear of a death panel? Say your goodbyes now. For real."

And another: "Obamacare is a socialist plot to, um ... (he pauses, looking at notes scrawled on his left palm) ... take decisions out of the hands of our doctors so they're all gonna quit. Bye-bye doctors!"

Then Black tells a teacher he's drawing a picture of "Obama in his birthplace ... Tijerkistan."

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/jack-blacks-project-lie-obama-school-children/

Here's the video posted by babylonsister

[tavalon]

1. It is fascinating that so many politically liberal folks have coalesced and then

moved on from The Daily Show. Jon Stewart really took that show in quite the different direction a decade ago and it's been the political comedy heard around the world.

[blondeatlast]

3. Craig Kilborn's sexist stupidity has been the best thing to happen to criticism of the m$m

and political satire possibly ever...

[frazzled]

8. Um, I think you're thinking of Lewis Black

Jack Black was never on the Daily Show.

[blondeatlast]

10. Good point; oops on me but to late to edit!

:rofl:

[tavalon]

14. You totally got that correct

Damn my memory. It's like a steel sieve.

[renate]

2. K&R

It's good! (Jack Black can pretty much do no wrong.) Thanks for posting this!

[groovedaddy]

4. Yeah, but how many people will think his performance is real? They know people (or they, themselves

who actually think like this. Too sad.

[tavalon]

5. Are you saying that Jack Black might be overestimating the discerning

quality of children? They are often far closer to their intuition than those of us older and with more solidified brains. Let's give these kids some credit. Their parents maybe not, but if not the children, who? Aren't they our future?

[groovedaddy]

7. You're right, on their own, the kids will probably get it. It's the adults with entrenched beliefs

that may perceive it as "real."

[SoCalDem]

13. Yep.children have a "stupid" meter that is always cranked up to HIGH

they know immediately when someone is lying to them or saying stupid shit..and they often call them on it :)

[AtomicKitten]

6. That's really creative. And hilarious! nt

[frylock]

9. knr

so i can watch later.

[cap]

11. paybacks are going to be hell

that's all I can say about this!

[immoderate]

12. Actually, quite brilliant.

Some kids (or older) will get it, and for some, it will be a primer on satire.

For those that don't get it in whatever way, there's no downside.

--imm

[hendo]

15. Its pretty funny, but the second video is superior! NT

[Arkana]

16. Haha, Jack Black's all right.