Barry Hinckley, 5-Year-Old Son Hudson Talk To Fox News About Campaign Ad (VIDEO)

Barry Hinckley, a Rhode Island Republican mounting a challenge to Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, had an awkward Fox News interview alongside his 5-year-old son Hudson on Thursday.

Hinckley recently gained attention for a campaign ad starring his son in which Hudson takes on the usual concerns of our nation's 5-year-olds: the national debt, the Balanced Budget Amendment, even career politicians.

In the ad, Hudson gives a lecture on "Economics 4 5-Year-Olds." Using handwritten charts, Hudson points out the path of the national debt since he was born. "YUCK!" exclaims the precocious little boy. He states in the campaign ad that "career politicians have been spending all our money." Near the end of the video, young Hudson asks a crucial question: "5-year-olds: Are you better off now than you were 5 years ago?" The ad concludes with a political plea. "Tell your mom and dad to vote for my dad Barry Hinckley, cause he's been balanced the budgets."

WATCH THE CAMPAIGN AD BELOW (via YouTube/hinckley2012)

Barry and his son discussed the commercial on Thursday with Neil Cavuto, and the strange interview has to be seen to be believed. When Cavuto asks Hudson what his friends' reactions to the video have been, Hinckley's son responds, "Um, I don't know right now." Cavuto continues, "You haven't talked to them? Have they seen you?" "I think," says Hudson.

Barry explains to Cavuto why he chose to use his son in a campaign ad:

Neil Cavuto: "What gave you the idea to use your son?"

Barry Hinckley: "Well he's been campaigning with me for a year. His sister and he both have. Every single weekend he's out there. And he loves it. And he's met, you know, hundreds of people across Rhode Island, actually thousands. He really enjoys it, he likes being part of the program. And I think he understands that it's an important thing that we're doing, and so, my campaign has always been based since the beginning on our children, my children, your children and the fact that we have way too much debt. So it just made sense that we cut a video with Hudson talking 5-year-old to 5-year-old about what the stakes are."

When Hinckley's son is questioned about whether he's "worried about our debt" and "worried about paying back the money," he offers a simple answer: "Um. No."

As the boy's concern about decreasing the national debt becomes more and more questionable, his father is forced to defend his son's devotion to the cause. "He's worried about it. We do talk about it actually in the car. He understands it actually."

When pressed by Cavuto about whether he's worried about the future of the United States, Hudson makes his final case with two well-chosen words: "Kind of."

You said it, Hudson. You said it.

WATCH A CLIP OF THE INTERVIEW BELOW (via Mediaite)

Comments

[Matt7678]

10:01 AM on 03/06/2012

I am so glad this backfired on this idiot for using his kid. Give me a break this kid is barely out of crapping in his diaper and you are telling me he has opinions on our national debt.

[Larry Motuz]

02:11 PM on 03/05/2012

Quote: "career politicians have been spending all our money."

Of course, DAD, that's not YOU.

[childerness]

10:10 AM on 03/04/2012

This is simply a boy who loves his Daddy. He's only five people! and Neils questions were the awkward part not the boys responses.

[Another Lynda Fisher]

01:08 PM on 03/03/2012

Edgar Bergen taught Hinckley well; his lips still move. Clearly the man has issues using his child to satisfy his own ego. Pathetic. I think when Hinckley says, "He's been campaigning with me for a year now", referring to his five year old son, those words actually translate to, "I've been carrying him around in my suitcase for a year now." Hinckley obviously played a bit too much with his Charley McCarthy doll, and is now incorporating new technologies with his mini-mic and earbuds. No doubt Hinckley will blame his kids when he loses. Where is protective services?

[PeaceLoveAndHarmony]

11:11 AM on 03/03/2012

This is so weird. Watch Barry Hinckley's lips move as his boy is speaking when the boy says, "I wanna be a new war and save the country." The sentence is nonsensical, but what is truly bizarre is that Mr. Hinckley's lips are mouthing the exact same words as his son is speaking them. Did they have cue cards, or was someone mouthing the answers off camera or speaking to them through earpieces? Or is his son really just an animatronic ventriloquist doll? What is going on here?

[MaObi Lawrence]

07:00 AM on 03/03/2012

this video will make jeff dunham blush.....

[Sam Buckalew]

05:43 AM on 03/03/2012

This article doesn't even adderess the creepiest part of the interview. Has the author even viewed the video before writing this article?

[Matthew Val Hall]

12:11 AM on 03/03/2012

Was that a child or a ventriloquist's doll? That was one of the creepiest things I've ever seen.

[Christina Topchyan]

11:51 PM on 03/02/2012

what child says they want to go to war and save the Country... that is so creepy!

[Christina Topchyan]

11:43 PM on 03/02/2012

Republicans are creepy creepy people....

[glitz]

05:00 PM on 03/02/2012

Just like 5 year olds who don't buy cars, furniture, mattresses, etc. who appear in those ads and are used for their cuteness; Hudson, come back when you can buy the product or vote.

[Yorksgal]

04:31 PM on 03/02/2012

Hinkley, thank you for playing ventriloquism for dummies - you failed.

[MsLMPride]

03:29 PM on 03/02/2012

That was beyond creepy.

[Caroline Eveningstorm]

03:21 PM on 03/02/2012

What is the deal with Dad lip-syncing with junior's answers? CREEPY!!!

[conservatoire]

03:06 PM on 03/02/2012

Ok, I just caught this over on Yahoo News. That is one of the creepiest interviews I have ever seen. It actually looked like the dad was doing some sort of ventriloquism. And what's with the demonic dark circles under the dad's eyes?

Wow...just wow.