spidergoat
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? I searched all over, but I can't find the reason...
Why Clinton nicknamed Hilldog?
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I thought it was a South Park thing.
spidergoat
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Yeah, but was that her secret service codename?
It's a term of insult. Because she panders, like a dog, to both sides, instead of being consistent to the supposedly liberal views of the Democratic Party.
When, in reality, the Dems aren't liberal. They're jackasses who've betrayed true liberalism, to centrism.
spidergoat
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Southpark is not Republican. They always make the worst characters Republican, like Cartman and Mr. Garrison.
I'd take her over Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, or Nancy Reagan, for straight looks and probable bed gym. Which isn't saying much, maybe.
Probably the nickname cuts three or four ways, like a good one should. She has a reputation for tearing the occasional new one, and a focussed persistance in doing so.
Probably the nickname cuts three or four ways, like a good one should. She has a reputation for tearing the occasional new one, and a focussed persistance in doing so.
superstring01
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Both the creators are admitted Republicans. Though the show leans towards libertarianism, they are the hardest on Democrats.
The reason that "the worst" characters are Republicans is a parody of the fact that Republicans are always demonized as the worst. The overall theams of the show are far more "Republican" leaning than the "Democrat" leaning episodes. A perfect example is the "Something Wal-Mart This Way Comes".
~String
Bed gym? You jump into bed with Hilldog and you're likely to be the one getting fucked.
but before that happens Dick Cheney will shoot us all down
I just watched that episode the other day. It was a pretty good one.
It's good to see someone around here gets the joke.
superstring01
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I just watched it the other day too-- the best part was the last five minutes where they find "the heart" and it turns out to be a mirror. Then when Stan's dad acts like he figured it all out, Stan says, "well... duh"... like it was so fucking obvious all the time. Then when whole thing starts anew with that little drug store and it runs the same cycle! Perfect!
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spidergoat
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Nonsense, I'm not buying that.
Trey Parker was asked about the term "South Park Republican" in an interview for his feature film Team America: World Police, and what he thought about it:
Q: I don't know if you've heard about this, but there have been essays written about the concept of the "South Park Republican."
PARKER: Yeah, we have seen that. What we're sick of—and it's getting even worse—is: you either like Michael Moore or you wanna fuckin' go overseas and shoot Iraqis. There can't be a middle ground. Basically, if you think Michael Moore's full of shit, then you are a super-Christian right-wing whatever. And we're both just pretty middle-ground guys. We find just as many things to rip on on the left as we do on the right. People on the far left and the far right are the same exact person to us.
In another exchange from the same interview:
Q: You seem to feel free to roast everybody equally.
PARKER: Everybody needs a good roasting.
STONE: It's been pretty funny on both sides.
PARKER: And it comes from an honest belief we have, which is... George Bush doesn't know what's going on. Michael Moore does not know what's going on. And Alec Baldwin definitely does not know what's going on. Basically, this shit is gigantically complicated.[6]
In an interview with Rolling Stone, they stated that the "South Park Republican" tag was a "dumb notion."[7]
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superstring01
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Uh... okay. Well, the creators themselves go to republican fund raising events and I saw them interviewed by Neil Cavuto where they ripped apart the Democratic party. It may hurt you to believe and/or admit it, but they are what they are.
How about the eposide where they made fun of "The Day After Tomorrow" and the whole global warming issue, or the epispde where they made fun of San Francisco liberals... or the episode where they made fun of Jesse Jackson and race baitors.
You can believe whatever you want, and I'm certainly not going to attempt to undo whatever self delusiong you've been engaging in for so long, but I'm afraid that Matt Stone and Trey Park are very conservative leaning libertarians-- just read what they write and/or pay attention to the messages of their show.
~String
Then you're not paying attention. Did you see the rainforest episode? By the end, the guys bulldozing the rainforest were the heros. Or the Wallmart episode? Or any number of other episodes. There are a whole category of Republicans known as "South Park Republicans" From Wikipedia:
By the time I finished my post, it became obvious you already knew about "South Park Republicans". Obviously no one says they're towing the Republican party line, but they're relatively conservative libertarians. Sadly, there isn't much room for libertarians in the Democrat party.
spidergoat
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I like how Cartman is the most devious, unprincipled, selfish, phony religious, racist, anti-semitic, and Republican of the characters. They make fun of stereotypical liberal hysteria because it is worthy of ridicule. My personal political views, on the other hand, are always reasonable and nuanced.
More than in the Republican Party.madanth said:
But few self-styled "libertarians" walk the walk. Dislike of taxation is the essential core of their "liberterianism", and the Republican rhetoric appeals to that core interest. The drug laws, spying, corporate hegemony, warmongering, religion, morals regulation, gay marriage bans, etc etc etc, - the dozens of issues in which the typical Dem is more libertarian than the typical Rep, that's all water off a duck.