(press aide to House Republican Whip) Cantor Apologizes for AFSCME Spoof Ad

[Omaha Steve]

I'm an AFSCME member in Local 251.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/12/cantor-aide-apologizes-afscme-spoof-ad/

Thursday, February 12, 2009

A press aide to House Republican Whip Eric Cantor has apologized for circulating a profanity-laced Web video spoofing a major union that was critical of the GOP.

The video was sent Wednesday in response to an ad from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees that pressured congressional Republicans to support the economic recovery package.

The original ad singled out Cantor, R-Va., accusing him and other Republican leaders of "playing politics" with the stimulus plan.

Cantor spokesman Brad Dayspring countered with a Web video of his own mashing up a labor ad from the '70s with a voice-over by a make-believe, wise-guy union boss.

"There's a union out there called AFSCME and they're bustin' their balls for you doing all the s--t work you take for granted," the narrator says. "We pick up your f-----g garbage ... we plug up the holes in the road so you don't f--k up your car."

FULL story at link.

Click here to watch the spoof of the AFSCME ad. (warning: explicit language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mw49mk_x0

Click here to watch the original AFSCME ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThMCMMfqlTQ

[bluestateguy]

1. Whoop de do: A forced apology from some staff bureaucrat

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