(CNN) — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says his party is going to launch an "off the hook" public relations campaign that will update the GOP’s image by translating it to "urban-suburban hip-hop settings.
Steele described the new multi-platform PR offensive as “avant-garde, technically. It will come to [the] table with things that will surprise everyone — off the hook.” Asked whether that meant cutting-edge tactics, Steele demurred. “I don't do 'cutting-edge,’” he said. “That's what Democrats are doing. We're going beyond cutting-edge.”
I think this is more Mr. Steele's speed:
*Apologies to The Offspring
And blame Atta J. Turk for that video.
UPDATE: ZOMG. Gavin went there!
I have seen the face of evil: Lawrence Welk!
Posted by: Monica_A: WTF | February 19, 2009 at 03:46 PM
What's beyond cutting edge?
Posted by: HoneyBearKelly | February 19, 2009 at 04:14 PM
They're going to go Plaid!!!
Posted by: ceabaird | February 19, 2009 at 04:34 PM
There's a reason they are calling it a "PR offensive."
Posted by: Kate Petersen | February 19, 2009 at 04:44 PM
ATTATURK!!!!! I'll get you for that!!!!
Posted by: FastMovingCloud | February 19, 2009 at 04:48 PM
Dear God.
Posted by: JDM | February 19, 2009 at 04:54 PM
hey, all the cool kids are watching Laugh-In instead. you bet your sweet bippy!
Posted by: punaise | February 19, 2009 at 05:10 PM
Seriously, I'd like to be able to dance like that (i.e., with grace and smoothness vs. awkward klutziness). However, I may have just incurred permanent damage from the sight of those outfits!
Posted by: Capital J | February 19, 2009 at 05:20 PM
Atta boi, Atta J.
If only Kate Smith and Ed Wynn had come waltzing out...
Posted by: tellybelly | February 19, 2009 at 05:20 PM
Reminds me of the Brady bunch trying to win a prize...
Hopefully all the GOP in matching orange jumpsuits.
Posted by: Mac from Oregon | February 19, 2009 at 05:25 PM
Captain & Tennille.
Wow that's about when disco hit rock bottom!
Or was that even disco?
In any event it has Republican off the hook-ness written all over it!
Posted by: queek | February 19, 2009 at 05:56 PM
And-a now here are the lovely Lennon Sisters, singing "I Can't Get No Satisfaction."
Posted by: CatStaff | February 19, 2009 at 05:59 PM
I still think the funniest Lawrence Welk video was when his prized pair of singers sang One Toke Over the Line - absolutely straight faced. The same goes for today's conservatives. They never listen to or comprehend the song's lyrics (Back in the Saddle Again - Eric Cantor?) but because One Toke had the words Sweet Jesus in it they figured it was just nifty. (It's on youtube if you dare)
Posted by: moistenedbink | February 19, 2009 at 08:00 PM
All I want to see is John McCain get owned by Cheney in a break dance competition. And I mean "break" in the fullest sense of the word.
Posted by: Capt. Bat Guano | February 19, 2009 at 08:37 PM
oh dear. flashbacks to the time of 5 channels!!! OMG! a time before FOX! is was so much nicer before Fux and hate AM.
Posted by: pansypoo | February 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM
moistenedbink - I went and watched and couldn't stop laughing!!!! This is a riot!
Posted by: Frogspond | February 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Uh-huh. The GOP is going to do hip-hop. This is a PR tragedy waiting to happen.
Posted by: EvilDrPuma | February 19, 2009 at 11:18 PM
I always LURVED Lawrence Welk .. squaresville squared, squaresville as acid trip .. sheer greatness .. luved his accent ("da Plymout-a show") and that accordion guy .. luved trying to fathom my grandparents' brains on the stuff .. learned that even nerdy shit is great if the band's tight ..
For that matter I miss the hell out of Guy Lumbago .. now THAT bastard WAS new year's eve .. what's with this upstart Dick Clark dreck ..
Funny even as a kid I had an inner geezer or something .. but as an aspiring musician, was also learning to hear what well-arranged and -played was, even if dorkish to the max ..
Don't even get me started on the King Family Show .. of course I had my black light and Jimi Hendrix by then .. sigh, luved em both lol
Posted by: Sharkbabe | February 19, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Beyond cutting edge is air, if you think about it. Someone should tell the hippity-hoppity Michael Steele that when he uses a metaphor he should kind of know what the metaphor is about. Michael isn't being too hep to the jive here.
Posted by: demit | February 20, 2009 at 05:55 AM
oh dear. flashbacks to the time of 5 channels!!!
Try THREE!
I had to watch this crap every Sunday evening at my house when growing up.
I absolutely fucking HATE LW. He may have been a very nice man, but he warped me in ways I can't even describe.
Oh and the GOP wouldn't be able to do hip-hop if they all died and came back as actual hip-hoppers.
Posted by: Jeorge | February 20, 2009 at 08:12 AM
It will come to [the] table with things that will surprise everyone
Not a doubt in my mind about that.
“That's what Democrats are doing. We're going beyond cutting-edge.”
The Republican Offensive PR Machine: It Goes to ELEVEN!
Posted by: queasy | February 20, 2009 at 11:04 AM
yeah jeorge. i vaguely remember 3. endless time watching pro wrestling with my grandpa, pro bowling, LW, HEE FUCKING HAW.
why i can't get guppy troup out of my head and wish john mckay olympics was back. I HATE NBC OLYMPICS WITH A PASSION.
Posted by: pansypoo | February 20, 2009 at 01:58 PM
Those Lawrence Welk dancers certainly were the cat's
asshole with a broomstick stuck up itpajamas, weren't they??Posted by: JimmyDean'sFuckedUpThirdCousinOnceRemovedClyde | February 20, 2009 at 06:52 PM
so groovy!
Posted by: NOTeasy | February 21, 2009 at 09:00 PM
It's sorta Dick van Dyke meets Henry Mancini meets Sesame Street meets The Brady Bunch.
Wow.
Posted by: Molly | February 23, 2009 at 09:26 PM
Michael isn't being too hep to the jive here.
Quick! Someone call Barbara Billingsley!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xHPU6NulM
Posted by: Molly | February 23, 2009 at 09:29 PM