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Why Do Douche Waffles Get Elected?

These spots aim to hijack a popular meme to shine a seriously unserious light on the issues of corporate personhood and money as free speech.

The full campaign spoofing the Direct TV commercials, produced by Acronym TV for Move To Amend. All six spots, each about 30 seconds, are included here in this single video.

Written by Lee Camp and Dennis Trainor, Jr, and Directed by Trainor, these spots aim to hijack a popular meme to shine a seriously unserious light on the issues of corporate personhood and money as free speech.

Move to Amend is a coalition of hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of individuals committed to social and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy that is genuinely accountable to the people, not corporate interests.

We are calling for an amendment to the US Constitution to unequivocally state that inalienable rights belong to human beings only, and that money is not a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment and can be regulated in political campaigns.

Over 300,00 people have signed the Move To Amend statement that states:
We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.

Links to each video as a stand-alone piece are below. We encourage you to share these far and wide.

Move To Amend, Direct TV Parody Campaign:
Don’t Be A Naked Hulk ‪https://bit.ly/1eMqmeQ
Don’t Do Interpretive Street Corner Dance ‪https://bit.ly/IKi65g
Don’t Miss The Supermodel Love Letter ‪https://bit.ly/19fbNwm
Don’t Get Ducked Taped To A Chair In The Yard‪ https://bit.ly/1g3IG7b
Don’t Do Cats ‪https://bit.ly/1bdJL8P
Don’t Be A Loser With No One At Your Birthday ‪https://bit.ly/18YCOI2

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