Barack Obama's latest endorsement scoop: Al Bundy

[FVZA_Colonel]

http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/election2008/2008/10/al-bundy-stumps.html

October 17, 2008
Al Bundy stumps for Obama

Barack Obama Friday found a novel way to appeal to the white blue-collar voters he badly needs to win in Ohio: Get Al Bundy to campaign for him.

And so Ed O'Neill, the actor who portrayed the embattled husband and father on "Married with Children" came to Youngstown, Ohio, to stump for the Democratic nominee.

O'Neill got a big welcome from the crowd at Youngstown State University, which had gathered to hear Sen. Hillary Clinton. "I haven't been here in 10 years," O'Neill said, 'and I usually don't get involved in politics."

Then he recalled growing up here, and urged a vote for Obama. The crowd in this working-class town loved it.

[bluestateguy]

1. You mean Governor Eric Baker of Pennsylvania

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Baker

[rucky]

2. My mom met Ed O'Neill

he's a very bright and down to earth guy. Crappy show, but he deserves to work.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. CRAPPY SHOW?

Are you serious? It was one of the best shows of the 80s and 90s!

[Tribetime]

6. That's my all-time favorite show

[Kahuna]

15. Mine too. It was brilliant. nt

[maxsolomon]

5. please re-evaluate Married With Children

puerile does not = crappy. it was a burlesque that drew knowingly on american stereotypes.

Peggy's maiden name was "Wanker"! getting that word consistently said on american tv is about as subversive as it gets.

[alwysdrunk]

7. BLASPHEMY!!!

[rucky]

9. apparently I touched a nerve

I will never speak of this again.

[Drunken Irishman]

13. GOOD!

;)

[Kahuna]

14. Crappy show??? Did you ever watch it? Best show ever!!

[JeffR]

18. Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[terrya]

4. I love it!

That's just perfect. :-)

[RoadRage]

8. God.. I thought this was "Ted Bundy" at first..

I forgot who the hell Al Bundy was.. just saw "Bundy" and thought :wow: is this is JOKE.

Al Bundy makes much more sense! I hope Peggy endorses next.. :ROFL:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. I'll take Al the Shoe salesman over Joe the Plumber any day.

Or Larry the Cableguy or whomever it is campaigning for McCain these days.

[Cha]

11. Rec'd! This is the kind of thing I

thought would happen as the crunch came nearer. People from all walks of life standing up for the country they love:patriot::bounce::loveya:

[4lbs]

12. "Married With Children" was more representative of middle class families than the show it spoofed

which was "The Cosby Show". In fact, it's original working title was "Not the Cosbys".

"The Cosby Show" had a two parent family, with both parents highly college-educated, and each earning around 6 figures annually. How many American families in the 1980s were really like that? Very few.

The middle-class family in America in the late 1980s and early 1990s was more like Al Bundy's.

"Married With Children" represented many actual American families. Along with "Roseanne".

"The Cosby Show" represented what we "wished" American families to be but rarely were.

[jsmirman]

16. And John From Cincinnati was an abomination, but he was AMAZING in it

the guy actually has serious talent.

[Guaranteed]

17. That's classic. nt