White House Debuts Iraq War Infomercial

[meegbear]

WASHINGTON, DC—In an attempt to gain support among idle and sleepless Americans, the Bush Administration made its case for the continuing war in Iraq in a one-hour paid program that premiered early Tuesday morning.



The infomercial, cohosted by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Dynasty star Linda Evans, was shot in a Burbank, CA studio before an audience of approximately 60 tourists and college-age Republicans.

Produced by the White House Communications Office in collaboration with Excelsior Direct Marketing International, the infomercial was characterized by White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as "an effort by the administration to show the public that the occupation of Iraq is an unbelievable success, and if they don't understand that, they are missing out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

The paid program, called Amazing Policies, opened with a splashy title sequence, then cut to the audience greeting Rumsfeld and Evans with applause.

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http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45116

[w13rd0]

1. Good god...

...sad as it is, until I saw the URL, I said, "Yeah, it was just a matter of time before they tried something like this."

[htuttle]

2. Got me

This is so totally 'their style', I was sure this was for real until I saw where it came from.

They already do those cheesy 'video news releases', and it seemed like a natural extension of them.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. You can download it on any decent P2P network

I got Tony Robbins' Unlimited Power and Get The Edge, several NLP courses, Dick Todger's Incredible Penis Power!, the complete series of Babylon 5 DVDs, Fiddy Cent's next album, as well as the whole Iraq War that way.

--p!

[SillyGoose]

4. You know what's sad? I actually believed that until I saw it was the Onion

It sounds exactly like something they would do.

[LynnTheDem]

5. ROTFL!

Don't give em idears, Onion!

[marmar]

6. How fucking pathetic....

When does the "Come to Iraq, it's nice here" tourism campaign begin? :crazy:

[Spazito]

7. Linda Evans??? She is the best they could come up with?

ROFLMAO, I guess it fits. A third rate has-been helping a third rate asshole.

[niceypoo]

8. "Amazing policies"? LMAO

it never fails to amaze me how tacky and clueless these people are. Perhaps they should have had Wink Martindale instead?

[Maru Kitteh]

9. Bwahhhahahahaha

In a scene from the infomercial, Ahmed Chalabi, Vice President Cheney, and friends talk policy.


:rofl:

[cyberpj]

10. Thanks Onion. Any admin who would create the Pentagon News channel

to broadcast their propaganda is totally capable of this!

[rodeodance]

11. it is so believable--that is the scary part

[Lerkfish]

12. who says its satire? real picture enclosed.

[LibDemAlways]

13. That's funny.

Isn't Rummy sneaking a peak at Spider Man's package? That pic deserves its own "Caption Me" thread. Hilarious.

[Ilsa]

14. Ya know, I was wondering the same thing! eom

[Ilsa]

15. I bit. Hook, line, and sinker. ROTFLMAO. eom