How Cowen lost the Treaty
This video essay on Brian Cowen’s response to the loss of the Lisbon Treaty vote is doing the rounds in government circles in Dublin.
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This video essay is doing the rounds in government circles in Dublin…
Its a well done mash up but I can’t see anyone happy to be portrayed as nazi’s.
And considering the way politics are shaping up in england would have worked brtter for Brown considering he is sitting on the edge of government collapse….. if only he had held a referendum
steve lighten up. all the world’s a stage it’s brilliant
LOL
I have seen that same clip used in a few other situations. The best was where it portrayed Hitler as a cowboy fan (american football) after they lost in the playoffs. It is usually pretty funny
Fall off the chair hilarious…
The clip was also used to slag of the American BMW designer who Hitler in the clip had said he had “taken better shits that were better than the American’s chasis”.
Probably the best bit of German acting around. Good performances and well funny when doctored.
There’s a rather funnier un-pc version of it doing the rounds- in this one, Adolf as a Man Utd fan distraught at the lost of Ronaldo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RsQg1dnwiY&eurl=http://toque.co.uk/blog/
So how does Godwin’s Law apply in this instance ?