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Lee Camp

Posted: October 12, 2010 01:20 AM

First things first -- Many of you may know that I often write satirical "leaked" memos. However, this post is not satirical. It is real.

About a year ago SEIU funded a series of satirical videos poking fun at the GOP for opposing Obama's health care plan. I was one of the writers/producers of those videos along with Negin Farsad, Justin Krebs, Josh Bolotsky, and Katie Halper.

Recently Heritage Action For America put out a video aimed at those who oppose keeping Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy (starring Ron Howard's brother, Clint). And while they don't actually plagiarize any of the writing, check out the mannerisms, the style, and the feel. It's all identical -- down to the failed high-five at the end. And of course they didn't give us or SEIU any credit. Is it plagiarism? Take a look and decide for yourself. Watch our video from a year ago first -- the one on the right.

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03:32 PM on 10/17/2010
It gets worse. A satiric science fiction book called 'Gladiator - at- Law' talked about child gangs taking over the suburbs back in the 1950s. See today's front page story on suburban poverty. The writers were also responsible for the original story of 'Idiocracy', [the Marching Morons]. Saturday Night Live did a joke commercial about a five bladed razor its first year. Mad magazine was the first to come up with the idea of using pop songs in commercials. Finaly, I just saw a re-run of Buffy the Vampire Slayer where the government has set up secret camps to incarcerate werewolves and goblins.

Who said history is first told as tragedy and then as farce? Now the gag comes first.
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ZeraLee
A Citizen's View from Main Street
03:28 PM on 10/15/2010
Original thinking is not a conservative trait.
12:18 PM on 10/15/2010
Wow, disingenuous much? Headline reads, "Right-Wing Heritage Foundation Plagiarizes Comedy Video". Caption and article says (paraphrase 'OK, well they didn't really plagiarize, but They're Right Wing! and GRRR and OUTRAGE and gnashing of teeth.....

Well done, I suggest Preperation H to soothe the pain.
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shamumbo
11:40 AM on 10/15/2010
The Heritage Foundation's name for this project is HAARM? ...now that's funny ...
09:02 PM on 10/13/2010
NewsBusters: Liberal 'Comedy' Writer Gets Paranoid About Heritage Action Ad
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ned-rice/2010/10/13/liberal-comedy-writer-gets-paranoid-about-heritage-action-ad
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LMPE
I connect the most dissimilar things
07:13 PM on 10/13/2010
The right wing has run out of ideas (if they ever had any).
05:48 PM on 10/13/2010
Doesn't look like plagiarism. Have you seen those cable company ads where a boardroom meets to discuss terrible ideas? Looks like a lot of commercials.
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24hourrifle
A time comes when silence is betrayal
01:33 PM on 10/13/2010
like it or not,the bottom line is,cons. just arent funny........when it comes to comedians,musicians,actors,directors,authors,the vast,vast majority are/have always been progressive/liberal........thats why cons. are constantly whining about "Hollywood liberals",and trashing people like the Dixie Chicks and George Clooney........

of course,the few cons. actors,musicians,comedians are always welcomed w/ open arms on FNC or other cons. outlets........Jon Voigt,and Ted Nugent and Frasier and Steven Baldwin

and just about any time cons. attempt to do comedy,they make fools of themselves......
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YeahDonkey
So are you saying I have a small bio?
04:48 AM on 10/13/2010
Ron Howard needs to make a new movie so his brother doesn't have to do this kind of crap.
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George Hanshaw
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
08:32 PM on 10/12/2010
"Right-Wing Heritage Foundation Plagiarizes Comedy Video (WATCH)"

"And while they don't actually plagiarize any of the writing, check out the style, and the feel."

These two statements seem just a MIGHT incongruous, don't you think?

Real whiney, too. If you believe you have a case, take them on for copyright violation. You DID copyright it, correct?
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petef59
my micro-bio is empty
08:24 PM on 10/12/2010
What? You expected originality from the Heritage Foundation? Now, THAT is funny!
08:15 PM on 10/12/2010
The video on the left uses straw man propaganda tactics attacking people for saying things they haven't said while the video on the right is satirizing what was actually said. This is why right wing attempts to create a right wing version of the daily show never work. You need an element of truth for satire to work.
Most of the time all Jon needs to do is play a clip of republicans talking about anything and just sit there listening to set up a joke. Jon is the straight man to the right wing's funny man and they form the best double act ever.
08:01 PM on 10/12/2010
Can someone please explain to me why Orange County, CA GOP leader Scott Baugh is part of the SEIU's legal counsel?

What is the union thinking?
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Spin Sniper
04:27 PM on 10/12/2010
What's so funny about it? All they are doing is summarizing the Democratic positions on the issues in a factual way.
05:48 PM on 10/12/2010
Except for one little thing.

The empirical evidence before us is that the Bush tax cuts led to massive job losses and economic malaise and obscene deficit growth (the Bush years). There is also empirical evidence that when taxes were higher for the very, very wealthy the jobless rate was at its lowest in history, the budget had a surplus, and the market witnessed unprecedented growth (the Clinton years).

Now to rebut me, you are going to make some pseudo-intellectual non-sequitur about how Clinton's successful administration was due to other forces and Bush's embarrassing failure of an administration was due to other forces.

But lo and behold! Under Obama, with the worst market forces in history, market growth! Hmmmm....
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MikeWebster
Always happy.
10:36 PM on 10/13/2010
We won't stand for that socialist empiricism. Just wait until the mid-terms, American's are going to reject liberal pinko socialist facts at the ballot box.

Restore America's purity of essence.
ROFLMAO
(obligatory angry tea bagger maniac laugh)
Impaler
Ride to the sound of gunfire
03:09 PM on 10/12/2010
"while they don't actually plagiarize" sums it up for me.