RNC Pulled Video Of Mock-Obama Criticizing Troops, Thanking Ayers

UPDATE: The RNC confirms that the mock Obama video it put up on its site -- in which a voice impersonation of the president pledges to hand the census over to ACORN and offers thanks to Bill Ayers -- was never meant to be released to the public.

"After checking on this I found out that this was an internal concept that inadvertently got posted on you tube and was taken down shortly after the error was realized," emails RNC Communications Director Trevor Francis. "The concept you saw lacked substantiation, proper internal reviews and approval, and in the end isn't something that we are going to release. I don't know if we will use impersonators in the future."

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Marking Barack Obama's 100th day in office, the Republican National Committee published a video that uses an Obama impersonator to mock the president as beholden to a teleprompter and a hypocrite on a range of policy issues.

The web ad, which has an off-sounding Obama voice commenting over footage of the inaugural address, was briefly posted on the RNC's YouTube page on Wednesday. But shortly after its release, the spot was unceremoniously removed from the site.

After a request for comment, RNC spokesman Trevor Francis said the committee planned on releasing a new version of the video with better editing and citations. He said the updated version will likely come out later today.

The early, unreleased version of the video shows the faux-president pledging to increase spending and hand the census over to ACORN, as well as celebrating a Treasury Secretary who failed to pay his taxes. There is even a shot at Obama for his association with former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers, with the president thanking "Professor Ayers" for clapping after he pledged to put together "a report that characterizes our returning service members... as people who may become terrorists."

"100 days ago, a man read a grand speech from a TelePrompter," the text at the beginning of the RNC spot reads. "What if the Teleprompter had accidentally switched to reality-mode?"

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Beyond pushing a greatest hits list of attacks on the president, the video also provides a window into the anti-Obama anger that still consumes much of the GOP. Chairman Michael Steele has been the target of criticism from some senior party members who believe he hasn't gone far enough in attacking the White House's agenda.

UPDATE: The House Republicans, meanwhile, released their own incendiary ad attacking the president. The spot, titled "Day 101," includes footage of the Pentagon burning on September 11th alongside clips of terrorist training videos and violent protests in the Middle East.

Complete with dreary background music, the video challenges Obama on his decision to close Guantanamo Bay and release memos detailing the Bush administration's policies on torture. The video also shows Obama's handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, airs a bunch of headlines and news clips about CIA interrogations and flashes of terrorist training videos.

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Comments

[ebanks84]

I don't hear Obama asking ANYBODY what to do with those prisoners because he knows already what he's going to do. The republicrats are TOTALLY INSANE WITH HATE.

We really need to give them their walking paper out of this country on the basis of pure treason! Get the heck out you creeps.

[hennigansc]

The GOP just keeps making fools of themselves. Lindsey Graham is right, their party is tainted. Tainted with racism, bigotry and antiquated ideas. America is moving, changing for the better, they are stuck in the past. It is time they grew up and stopped behaving like little spoiled kids. No better yet, keep it up. It's good for showing the people what you really stand for. Keep on showing your true colors. Come next election, the GOP can see how many more Repubs they have converted to Democrat

[Jaxy]

It's got to be official: The GOP has formally lost its twisted, fugly mind.

[lagumbo]

The GOP has sunk so low, they now are going to their fear tactics again. They have nothing. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA is driving them insane. I am loving every moment of it. They can't not grasp the fact that this man is to smart for them. They will never take him down.

[MossyOak]

Talk about putting words in someone's mouth. So I guess if you can't debate what the president actually does say, you just play make believe about what you want him to say and call it "Reality." The Teleprompter video was just another botched and infantile GOP production. At least this time they didn't steal someone's music so they could appeal to the hip hoppers. What a mess.

[aFlyoverPerson]

Ayers
ACORN
Teleprompter
9/11
Teabagging
Tax cuts for the wealthy

That is the sum of their ideas for solving our very serious problems. Keep up that ideological purity folks. It's supported by 100% of democrats.

[jymfrancais]

this is soooooooooooooooo pathetic

[Shieldmaiden]

The Republicans do yet another s.tupid and slimey thing? In other news: Water is indeed wet.

[mimigrammy]

These idiots can't even get something like this done right.

[Waitaminute]

The most impressive thing thats happened in the last three years, the republican party has been exposed for what they really are. Confederates whistling dixie. Now its time for the last 2 or 3 moderates to leave. So they can put on their gray uniforms and hoods.

[LiberalAndGDProud]

If the sheet fits...

[zeezan]

There are apparently no depths to which this bunch will not sink.

[Waltfl]

Well, besides this Ayers thing, Republicans had some really great talking points in the past months:

- the tele prompter
- the plane scare
- Obama re-education camps for young people
- Obama bowing down to the Saudi king

Considered the state this country is in, all these things really matter to most people.

[roshni]

ROFL.
Yup, there's a flu situation in the country, but who cares. The president uses a teleprompter.

[Waitaminute]

This is so outrageous it could be intended to incite harm to come to our president. On rightwing radio hate talk its almost 24/7. I have heard at least three of them say after the election that "we have to stop him, we can't let this happen". Which begs to question, with all the hatred and outright lies that only impress rightwing haters, what do they mean by those statements? Considering Obama has already won the election and both houses are controlled by Dems? Whats their motive?

[IllinoisTexan43]

Anybody notice on the video how they alloted 20 seconds to read a whopping 2 sentences? Speaks to their base...

[Rharte]

I know. I thought my clip was still buffering.­.LoL!

[Shavano]

Now that shows the intelligence and political savvy of the GOP. Have a white southern guy try to talk like the Prez, while putting together a video that looks like it was done in Michael Steele's basement with 1960s equipment. This is the type of stuff you would have seen in a high school presidential election back in 1964 Arizona. They definitely want to cling to their base and alienate everyone else, keep up the good work. I can see this leading to the Democrats controlling the legislature and the presidency for at least 20-24 more years.

[GunneraGirl]

my prediction is that this is what the republican party will remain: a marginalised, hated-filled, racist, stupid bunch of fascist theocrats. meanwhile, intelligent conservatives will continue to defect, and will form a new conservative party which will out number the members of the republican party by a 3 to 1 margin. and the real political game will then be between the Conservatives and the Democrats while the republicans mewl and puke in their sandbox.