New Century Politics and I are proud to present Mike Gravel, who is running for next year’s U.S. Presidential Election:
Would Gravel like a slogan for his campaign? May I suggest “Mike Gravel: Man Of Action” or “Mike Gravel: Getting Things Done”.
The official explanation for the video is as follows (from TPMCafe):
We asked Mike Gravel’s press secretary, Alex Colvin, what the point of it is. And Colvin tells us that there’s no single, intrinsic point here at all.
Colvin’s answer: “Where he’s coming from is that, it’s less about him coming across with a heavy political message in this video, as much as it is the message of the impression the viewer will have, looking at him.”
According to Colvin, however, one element of this post-modern work does have a definite message: The part where Gravel picks up the rock and throws it into the pond. Colvin says this has “to do with the work with the campaign, the ripple effect of his campaign, his work as a politican and kind of the feedback we’ve got in South Carolina, in communities all across the country. Our message is rippling across the country. Then he walks off, we go on.”
Dude, that’s like, deep.
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June 28, 2007 at 11:01 am
Patrick
Ok, that’s a little creepy to me. I think I’ll pass on this guy come next election!
June 28, 2007 at 3:29 pm
themolk
Oh… my… god…
I love the looooong pause right at the start - what the hell was he waiting for??!! He freaked me out!
Gravel2008 - not on your life…
June 28, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Pete Aldin
Poor guy, this is completely out of context. Like if I was to say “I hate my kids getting hurt” and you only printed the “I hate my kids” part of it.
He was obviously winding up for an interview or something… Please, tell me he was waiting for an interview to start. I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming that he DOESN’T just stand around at ponds staring into video cameras as a hobby…
June 28, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Pete Aldin
Then again, he COULD be a total loon!
June 28, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Pete Aldin
Hang on I watched it properly. It’s art! There’s metaphor in the throwing of the stone and his name being gravel….
I just ahven’t worked out the meaning yet.
June 29, 2007 at 3:25 am
Layouts
Uh yeah i couldn’t get past the staring at the beginning, what a freak…. yet still probably more normal than most candidates
June 29, 2007 at 11:56 am
SaRz
I was expecting it to be one of those things that go:
“if you stare at this long enough, something amazing will happen!”
and then after staring for 30 seconds or so, a monster pops up.
so i was watching this…squinting…expecting the worst…
but nup. that guy just kept staring…
TILL HE THREW A ROCK IN THE POND!
AAAAARRRGGHH :p
June 29, 2007 at 2:21 pm
markk
I would definitely vote for him. Imagine: he is being pressured by the military to declare war on someone. Clearly his first response is to stare at them for a full minute, then calmly throw a stapler out the window and walk off.
Cool, calm and collected. We could use that in a president.
June 29, 2007 at 3:12 pm
themolk
Dude, we don’t have a president… oh…
June 29, 2007 at 8:31 pm
markk
Yeah, but, you know …
July 1, 2007 at 1:53 pm
benjamin
Dude, that is possibly the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life. I feel like I’ve just been hypnotized or something by sitting through that. If I ever vote in America I’ll be unable to not tick the box with this dudes name on it.
All Hail Hypno-toad!
July 2, 2007 at 3:50 pm
markk
Hypnotized. That is so apt.
Probably the most astonishing part of the video is when his website URL comes up and you realise - this is intentional!