Buffalo Rising Decides the Presidency?!
My Buffalo friends could hear me laughing out loud from over 60 miles away this weekend when I received my own personalized copy of a viral video that’s been sweeping the nation like a political landslide. I’d heard about this phenomenon from friends, but never thought I’d really see my own name in a CNN/MSNBC look-alike news broadcast. Yet there I was.
In this broadcast, news anchor “Bill Peterson”—ironically, the same name as one of My Fair City’s most popular TV meteorologists—tells the post-2008 election nation that the selection of the president came down to one voter who failed to vote—me!
I was mentioned by name throughout the broadcast, which said that I had been ostracized by the nation, and even taken into protective custody. Protesters and mobs out for my blood were shown and “interviewed.” In a moment that had me rolling on the floor laughing, the camera focused in on one sweet-looking old lady, “Marcianne Walsh,” who turned ferocious and let out a hilarious stream of bleep-filled invective against me. From the other side, I found myself being praised by political figures from President Bush to Bill O’Reilly, saying I must be a Factor-watching patriot.
The best part was that at the end of the video I was presented with an easy and secure way to pass on the fun to my friends. To test the process, I sent a version to myself naming Buffalo Rising as the culprit. It was a hoot watching Buffalo Rising dominate the national news, get thoroughly cussed out by Marcianne Walsh, and heaped with praise by Bill O’Reilly.
With this video spreading virally, chances are decent that between now and Election Day you’ll have a similar chance to see your own name take center stage, and pass the gag along to your friends. If not, I discovered that you can start your own infection here.
Don’t be the one who forgets to vote on Tuesday, November 4—Marcianne Walsh may know where you live!
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Auburner
http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Sbdibdib&altl=
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PaulBuffalo
^^ Very funny.
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TotallyPOed
Have you really never seen this before?
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STEEL
My wife got one of these, Pretty funny.
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