Unclear On The Concept Of The Election Thing

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Unclear On The Concept Of The Election Thing

As we go into ELECTORAL FRENZY here in Texas (not that I would tell you who to vote for or anything) I noticed this election poster on another blog:

I'm not sure what's worse, the fact that the candidate (Gennady Zyuganov, last of the Commies) looks painfully like he'd rather be somewhere else, or the text: translated from Russian, it reads 'BUY YOUR FOOD FOR THE LAST TIME'. Well, that certainly can't be taken the wrong way.

Russian posters tend to be unintentionally (maybe intentionally) scary as hell. DAOC team veterans can attest that I had this one above my desk for the longest time:

I'm pretty sure it didn't really do a very good job of motivating people to run out and join the army.

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R
March 3rd, 2008 - 10:54

You can go to one of his rallies and swoon! It’s trendy.
Marlowe
March 3rd, 2008 - 11:41

Or you can go to one of hers and take your chances. Roll the die and experience one of the following random acts: unseemly sarcasm; revolting smugness; vile, coded racist messaging; hackish retreaded fear mongering from a 1984 campaign ad; gag-inducing crocodile tears; or incineration by a collective hot flash.
Merkwurdigliebe
March 3rd, 2008 - 12:32

I think the most appropriate poster of any campaign in the US would be one with ANY candidate alongside the phrase “Shut up and your taxes!”
Todd Ogrin
March 3rd, 2008 - 13:10

That first one looks like the box art for “Max Payne 3: Gettin’ Old.”
Njal
March 3rd, 2008 - 13:32

Heh I have that one (the one you had over your desk) in a frame on the wall in my basement.
Anti-Bunny
March 3rd, 2008 - 16:57

Never buy your food again? Oh boy! Bread-lines 4evar! <3
Michael Pearson
March 3rd, 2008 - 17:35

Everything I know about Russia I learned from S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Half Life 2, and a scary ex girlfriend.

These posters would fit right in, I think.
=j
March 4th, 2008 - 10:00

I thought HL2 was set in Bulgaria…
Viz
March 5th, 2008 - 05:34

Does it really matter where exactly in Eastern Europe they are? The residents of City 17 are a racially heterogenous group of people who all speak American English anyway.
tannenburg
March 5th, 2008 - 09:41

Oooh! I have a campaign slogan for them. “Vote Zyuganov: for a morose, somber future!”
Jonas Salk
March 6th, 2008 - 18:09

@Michael Pearson: Stalker was based in Ukraine, not Russia.

@Lum: Thanks for doing your part to elect a man who has no idea what he’s doing.