A couple of weeks ago, Mike Gravel visited Zurich's Occupy Paradeplatz camp, on a tour to all European Occupy sites (what an ambitious project for the old man, in Switzerland alone there are four of them!).
He had a talk at the general assembly and advised us to implement changes by way of LAWMAKING. I found him an energetic, outspoken, liberal and intelligent person.
so i was watching & trying to figure out how this was a campaign video... after the part where he threw in a rock & it sunk i was half expecting him to skip a gravel across the water -___-
Shit was Zen, man. Three minute ad of a man just cold staring at you. Communicating his platform telepathically one plank at a time. Then he throws a fucking rock into a pond and it's like "... everything has changed, just now."
This is the perfect campaign video. We all know politicians are full of shit when they are vying for our votes. They will say anything. What they say is essentially meaningless. Here, Mike DOES something. Starts a ripple in a pond. What do ripples do? Spread. Everyone is a drop in a pond. No single drop has any power until it makes the splash.
check my 'crushing passion' playlist for more on this aeon old platform about grey matter attaining consciousness and self reference .... and 50thumbupper, you'll have no trouble with your difficulty by the time the fresh mud starts entering the pricelessly carresable brackets. .. putting and end to the spate of eras in which wells ran dry, man and women drifted apart polarized and wars ensued. see you at the neighbourhood compost office ...
It's a metaphor, " throwing a pebble into a lake and the ripples effect the whole body of water " Get it ? Mike Gravel is the pebble and he wants to affect change throughout all of us . Besides Ron Paul, mike Gravel is one of the only politicians with real substance and a connection to empirical thought !!
I'm not certain which is the better political ad, this one, or the video where a depressed Ralph Nader talks to a parrot about dressing up as a panda to get media attention. They're both great.
Pzz zegun yo cuando el hombre eztava ezperando ez la vida cuanto dura y cuando camino a regoger la rocka y la lanzo al agua ez como zi llegara zu fiin y cuando ze fue caminando ze fuee con dioz....pero talvez lo qe digo no tenga zentido para la mayoriaa..
@marzilyas It's a metaphor, " throwing a pebble into a lake and the ripples effect the whole body of water " Get it ? Mike Gravel is the pebble and he wants to affect change throughout all of us . Besides Ron Paul, mike Gravel is one of the only politicians with real substance and a connection to empirical thought !!
@thebagsnow It's a metaphor, " throwing a pebble into a lake and the ripples effect the whole body of water " Get it ? Mike Gravel is the pebble and he wants to affect change throughout all of us . Besides Ron Paul, mike Gravel is one of the only politicians with real substance and a connection to empirical thought !!
If you don't get it you're an idiot. He's expressing the fact that politician's do not say much when they campaign, they tell you what you want to hear, but they aren't really saying anything at all.
@marcusdox Hate to break it to ya but he spoke to my poli sci class today-said HE didn't even know what it meant. He just followed directions from a few 20 year olds LOL :P
You people are idiots.....this is symbolism....he tossed a rock into the waters of the staus quo...making ripples that reach far...drink more flouride, eat more aspartame....we as a country are almost finished....the comments below are a good indicator of how dumbed down you (my countrymen) all are. Dumb as a box of rocks...pardon the pun.
Y esto que es????
sebadario89 7 hours ago
I love the end of the Flying Circus. But where's the beginning, where the old guy says, "It's..."?
handofwhat 3 days ago
que bosta hem
especialista169 6 days ago
i have never seen an old person throw a rock that far....until now...
loupremo 1 week ago
OMG! What the F*ck was that?!:D
KnowYa97 2 weeks ago
SEHR LUSTIG
vaderdarth569 2 weeks ago
You know... it beats Bachmann.
toresbe 3 weeks ago 2
like this if u thought ur comp was frozen in the beginning
XvBOOMvX 1 month ago
Did anyone else start trying to find Slenderman?
bluesthe13th 1 month ago 7
If this were today, after about 1 minute Mike Gravel would have been called an "occupier" and pepper-sprayed.
peacefrog0521 1 month ago 2
San Francisco, I've been there
tubintaylor 1 month ago
A couple of weeks ago, Mike Gravel visited Zurich's Occupy Paradeplatz camp, on a tour to all European Occupy sites (what an ambitious project for the old man, in Switzerland alone there are four of them!).
He had a talk at the general assembly and advised us to implement changes by way of LAWMAKING. I found him an energetic, outspoken, liberal and intelligent person.
oldpossum 1 month ago
LOL
gonzilio79 2 months ago
The rock represents the $15,000,000,000,000 national debt
Tylerisuber 2 months ago 2
I supported Gravel and 2008 and this year I support Ron Paul. Gravel is the more liberal and cantankerous version of Paul.
iluv2viddyfilms 2 months ago
Obama doesn't randomly throw rocks into lakes. America, you voted for the wrong man.
IDidYourDad1991 2 months ago
hablar ESPOAÑOL joder k somos los ganadores del mundial!
boobleplof 2 months ago
2deep4u
Kamikazeesouled 2 months ago
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eruption257 2 months ago
so i was watching & trying to figure out how this was a campaign video... after the part where he threw in a rock & it sunk i was half expecting him to skip a gravel across the water -___-
tidalwave71 2 months ago
well said!
qatexic 2 months ago
Wadsworth constant applies.
ziwcam 2 months ago 6
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what to fack :/ he is idiot :D ?
DavidBugar139 2 months ago
@DavidBugar139 no, because you probably would never had heard of him if it weren't for this video. mission accomplished.
runswithscissorsalot 2 months ago
@DavidBugar139 nope.
cornsnoggle 2 months ago
He looks... so sad...
TheFinalSmash 2 months ago
Any relation to Barney Rubble?
KlingKlangworkshop 2 months ago
I wish I have seen the video sooner so I cool vote for him!
lugueins 2 months ago
I think it was when the rock hit the water... everything seemed to make sense after that...
BodyDoublesBand 2 months ago
Mike Gravel/Basil Marceaux = Best ticket ever.
tpugh77 2 months ago
we need mike gravel
wildboy789789 3 months ago
This man gets my vote.
sqmuth 3 months ago
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Herman Cain ripped off Mike Gravel! 'Guy smoking' is clearly a riff on 'guy throwing rock into pool'.
Faboba 3 months ago
He's spot on with most issues, but WHAT ABOUT ENDING THE FED??? He doesn't even discuss the federal reserve in this clip!!
SanDiegoFitnessPro 3 months ago
WTF...most dumb ass thing I've ever seen.
TheDumpbin 3 months ago
Shit was Zen, man. Three minute ad of a man just cold staring at you. Communicating his platform telepathically one plank at a time. Then he throws a fucking rock into a pond and it's like "... everything has changed, just now."
joiless 3 months ago 18
Couldn't stop laughing. Especially when it looks like he's about to start talking and then shuts his mouth again.
1990osu 3 months ago 3
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Deadvalley76 3 months ago
do sometin dammit
dolom1 3 months ago
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thank for news
rossjames120 3 months ago
Im like a rock, rock dun move!
*pushes*
rock moved!
41stgaming 3 months ago
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piligwapo 3 months ago
Here in Greece oure politicians threw the stone in the water,but it was tied to oure necks....
dkio50 3 months ago
im confused as to why this video was made.
GoneApe47 3 months ago
sheer entertainment value, obviously.
ladylizaralie 3 months ago
es como un viejo boludo inactivo igual que su pene
jorgesof48 4 months ago
Classic.
gahzeyboe 4 months ago
I like the supernews version better
Masterfoop 4 months ago
MAMADOTA!!
sandleford 4 months ago
This is the perfect campaign video. We all know politicians are full of shit when they are vying for our votes. They will say anything. What they say is essentially meaningless. Here, Mike DOES something. Starts a ripple in a pond. What do ripples do? Spread. Everyone is a drop in a pond. No single drop has any power until it makes the splash.
chvinyard 4 months ago
@chvinyard Cool story bro!
Jenga666 4 months ago
check my 'crushing passion' playlist for more on this aeon old platform about grey matter attaining consciousness and self reference .... and 50thumbupper, you'll have no trouble with your difficulty by the time the fresh mud starts entering the pricelessly carresable brackets. .. putting and end to the spate of eras in which wells ran dry, man and women drifted apart polarized and wars ensued. see you at the neighbourhood compost office ...
poetpiet 4 months ago
he cant run for president. he died in front of the camera
xxZR2xx 4 months ago
I GET IT NOW!! LETS THROW OBAMA INTO A POND!! :D
TheEvilFlyingToaster 5 months ago
Well that convinced me. Mike Gravel for president.
I love the way he clearly laid out his policies, and his plans to get America back to work. He makes a lot of sense.
redsoxfan1984 5 months ago 85
@redsoxfan1984 Try turning the sound off.
GuitaristInProgress 3 months ago
he`s gaga
Omarturkol 5 months ago
Wait...what?
redisforever007 5 months ago
How many ducks did he have to kill to make this video?
R0773N 5 months ago
Thats What You Call "Old-Timers"
Xx12ker 5 months ago
This video made me want to put my pants back on. Fuck you, Mike Gravel, for making me want that.
scaramouche16 6 months ago
he reminds me of a Silent... I forgot what just happened and what I saw and now I have a sudden urge to find a ballot and booth...
Krashlia 6 months ago
Stop looking into my soul!
whythehell99 7 months ago
MAKE THIS MAN PRESIDENT
JinnKimura 7 months ago
uh ok?
Hungryghost01 7 months ago
It's a metaphor, " throwing a pebble into a lake and the ripples effect the whole body of water " Get it ? Mike Gravel is the pebble and he wants to affect change throughout all of us . Besides Ron Paul, mike Gravel is one of the only politicians with real substance and a connection to empirical thought !!
JHK1976 7 months ago
@JHK1976 HOw far did you have to stretch to make that connection?
my first thought when I saw this was "your psychic powers are not working"
Revinita 5 months ago
Wwwwtttttfffff
thethijsy 7 months ago
I'm not certain which is the better political ad, this one, or the video where a depressed Ralph Nader talks to a parrot about dressing up as a panda to get media attention. They're both great.
Lawzlo 8 months ago
he's trying to hipnotize you, and rape you later
BlankoGatillo 8 months ago 2
Pzz zegun yo cuando el hombre eztava ezperando ez la vida cuanto dura y cuando camino a regoger la rocka y la lanzo al agua ez como zi llegara zu fiin y cuando ze fue caminando ze fuee con dioz....pero talvez lo qe digo no tenga zentido para la mayoriaa..
Neptordharma 8 months ago
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toalikhanfan 8 months ago
It's an artistic statement about how politicians don't really talk.
classiccool11 8 months ago
I find this difficult to masturbate to
Malusregnum 8 months ago 191
@Malusregnum That makes one of us!
Movieman894 3 months ago
@Malusregnum
Not I, friend. Not I. In fact, I'm coming already.
paraphilion 3 months ago
@Malusregnum You're fucking killing me, Smalls! hahahahaha
SanDiegoFitnessPro 3 months ago
what a joke
marzilyas 8 months ago
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@marzilyas It's a metaphor, " throwing a pebble into a lake and the ripples effect the whole body of water " Get it ? Mike Gravel is the pebble and he wants to affect change throughout all of us . Besides Ron Paul, mike Gravel is one of the only politicians with real substance and a connection to empirical thought !!
JHK1976 7 months ago
when does he sppeak? i dont get this
thebagsnow 8 months ago
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@thebagsnow It's a metaphor, " throwing a pebble into a lake and the ripples effect the whole body of water " Get it ? Mike Gravel is the pebble and he wants to affect change throughout all of us . Besides Ron Paul, mike Gravel is one of the only politicians with real substance and a connection to empirical thought !!
JHK1976 7 months ago
lawl nice, funny guy
SoloWing808 8 months ago
less talk less mistakes.
chimoy1 8 months ago
this is the most important video in the world.
Bubbiea 9 months ago 2
He figured out women...
Cschive 9 months ago
This is disturbing,he is having a stroke.
DRONEROC128 9 months ago
(...) WTF??
Xabier20590 9 months ago
this is the best political campaign ad ever. i demand that all future campaign ads be like this.
UnoServix 9 months ago 3
Hi nick!
witchofwrld257 9 months ago
Gravel 2008 if you don't vote for me. I'll throw a rock
v19d 10 months ago
I still guess if you don't for Gravel he'll thrown a rock at you
v19d 10 months ago
7 DAYS
narutogirl712 10 months ago
hola
mmyomeamo 10 months ago
DEAD PEOPLE.
invisiblehax0r 10 months ago
He won in another reality. I think it was the better one.
Gollumz 10 months ago 2
WTF?
Shadow6212 10 months ago
What is this? A Magibon video?
DarthJoshReturns 10 months ago
Mike Gravel
Y U NO talk here?
einsteinboricua 10 months ago
WHY ARE ALL YOU PEOPLE IN MY BEDROOM!!!!!???
ooh, poop is coming out now...
lohphat 10 months ago
HAHAHAHA WTF!
TheToolwardio 10 months ago
Whoever watches this dies in seven days.
ap327145 10 months ago
this is weird...
Fucking Politics...!
punkypariahan777 11 months ago
Could someone send me a link of the video that makes fun of this where he hits like 4 ducks?
Shadowlefty 11 months ago
Stop staring at me, Mike Gravel!
SMAXZO 11 months ago
He's said more than Bush and Obama combined. I like it.
Xello998 11 months ago 3
"The National Initiative for Democracy
(NI4D)
is a proposal which will permit the People to make or change laws by initiative at all levels of government, including at the federal level."
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direct democracy
BarakiU 11 months ago 2
One can make ripples
but many can make waves.
BarakiU 11 months ago
Why is this man not in office?!
Jasonbobdude 11 months ago 3
@Jasonbobdude Because people are simple minded.
ReasonGuysCopyright 11 months ago
Pure Zen Koan filmed!
dourtan 11 months ago
Wow, really can't believe how dumb you all are.. You're all morons.
Cyanesence 11 months ago
seriously, wtf ?
EmDeeRapMusic 11 months ago
If you don't get it you're an idiot. He's expressing the fact that politician's do not say much when they campaign, they tell you what you want to hear, but they aren't really saying anything at all.
marcusdox 11 months ago
@marcusdox Hate to break it to ya but he spoke to my poli sci class today-said HE didn't even know what it meant. He just followed directions from a few 20 year olds LOL :P
hannahdo65 11 months ago 4
@hannahdo65 i was there too. so awesome.
chibigirl626 11 months ago
@hannahdo65 Berkeley FTW!
rightwingwhiteboy911 11 months ago
Oh h....hey....Magibon......
xparasite9 11 months ago
Is this the "Angry Monkey Show"?
thatguyiknewinrwanda 11 months ago
So... this obviously made some kind of sense to Gravel when he created it.
I wonder what it was, and if he realises how amazingly he failed to capture... whatever it was the advert was supposed to capture.
paulbottomley42 11 months ago
wtf?
MrMatej959 1 year ago
WTF ?
19283746553 1 year ago
He doesn't have a lot to say. He must be a deep thinker.
MrBradfordSamuel 1 year ago
I wonder what he is thinking about on that walk.
hurstdonut 1 year ago
Seven days...
Peakstar88 1 year ago
This is actually a really cool ad. Who wants to hear a politician talk?
LordAkaneon 1 year ago 2
0:48
Did he just... he just winked!
This man clearly needs to be president. What other trustworthy old man would wink at a camera? I mean, come on, he's good.
epicfailnou 1 year ago
My goat watched this then his heart exploded. Gravel! You owe me one goat!
jeffshubert 1 year ago 2
we're still here for you mike if you decide to run again!!
Brawn 1 year ago
Wow, man. So bold and... oh, who the fuck am I kidding. This shit is fucking retarded.
iflyboats 1 year ago
A mere drop in the ocean for all that is the vacuity of politics.
topsalespro 1 year ago
I suppose that's one way to make a commercial on a budget.
ZeldaDD 1 year ago
heh why there Is no chat on you tube.. Btw anyone up for some cam chat^^
nipasea 1 year ago
How many times can I vote for this man?
eruption257 1 year ago
This is perhaps the most honest and poignant campaign ad ever, because really, what is there left for any politician to say? Government is a failure.
Backlap 1 year ago
ITS CALLED A METAPHOR PEOPLE, ME-TA-PHOR
soviet86 1 year ago
@soviet86 It's called poor pacing. To be a metaphor it has to actually mean something.
TrueRPJesus 1 year ago
@soviet86 Yeah, the responsibles for this puffed a lot of metaphor before going to work that day.
BoringLoginName 1 year ago
what in the heck is this??
ciaran036 1 year ago
WHAT A TWIST!
SqrtNeg1 1 year ago 8
7 days
homsar386 1 year ago 7
he dont lie
ZZXdestruction 1 year ago
1st time a politician doesn't lie for 2 minutes straight.
mattsnow81 1 year ago 111
and what exactly happened???? did i missed something??? lol!
savemefromtheangels 1 year ago
What's the catch??
TheGrovesy010 1 year ago
You people are idiots.....this is symbolism....he tossed a rock into the waters of the staus quo...making ripples that reach far...drink more flouride, eat more aspartame....we as a country are almost finished....the comments below are a good indicator of how dumbed down you (my countrymen) all are. Dumb as a box of rocks...pardon the pun.
sirreal6 1 year ago
Command me, oh dark lord
kamikaze1066 1 year ago
376 people voted for a corporate shill.
SensoryOssuary 1 year ago
WHY IS HE STARING AND WHY WON'T HE STOP?
smnoy23 1 year ago
Hullo, I'm Pierce Hawthorne....
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pereramohan 1 year ago
ummmmmm...... what is this some kinda subliminal message
wackmanzack 1 year ago
what's wrong with this guy?
Savage999111 1 year ago
simply put, he's an assaein hes going to kill you in your sleep..then dispose of your body in the river/lake XD
chadzorz 1 year ago
373 people don't like Mike Gravel staring into the abyss of their souls
BunnyMan456 1 year ago 71
I like the part when he looks right into the camera.
TheSpartan42 1 year ago 7
WTF is this ??
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FaithCahs 1 year ago
Before I waste 2 more minutes of my life. Does he say anything?
TheSleeve3 1 year ago
@TheSleeve3
No... but wait 'til he throws that rock into the pond.
It's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EPIC WIN!!!!
WOOT WOOT WOOT
or not.
bearchewtoy75 1 year ago
Legit.
xI2atedx 1 year ago
what the hell was tat
ddb1998 1 year ago
it should be against the law not to vore for mike gravel
trueLeBronfan23 1 year ago
I like how the ripples are gone before the ad even ends.
F33bs 1 year ago
@F33bs
Unfortunately, that is an accurate description.
Pity, I liked the guy.
Mathenaut 1 year ago
What the fuck did I just watch.
AsFlowingWater 1 year ago
@AsFlowingWater
A political ad. That's how we rolled back in '08 before all this advanced technological pseudo-sorcery.
devilpoet 1 year ago
@devilpoet hahaha. thanks for that. funny
oldhacks 1 year ago
@devilpoet I... see.
AsFlowingWater 1 year ago
@AsFlowingWater you got to know his face didn't you...
oldhacks 1 year ago
@oldhacks more than I would've liked to. It felt rather threatening, to be honest XD
AsFlowingWater 1 year ago
@AsFlowingWater takes "gettin In your Face" to a whole new level don't it :p
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musikausberlin 1 year ago
Mike Gravel, you are truly an inspiration to us all
thatsstretch2u 1 year ago 3
I don't understand, but I can tell just from looking that this is true art.
OyVeey 1 year ago 5
So what exactly is this supposed to advertise? His death glare that he'll give to the Middle East?
chitoryu12 1 year ago
his campaign sunk like a rock.
tindremene 1 year ago
WTF?!?!?!
ilmatteo95 1 year ago
he's a freak
iflyboats 1 year ago
He's thinking what we are all saying!
Mungman79 1 year ago 3
Why did he not get in?!?
PrentonPimp 1 year ago
I don't normally use this kind of language, but...WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!
zvermilyer3 1 year ago
I think I had an epiphany!
MrActionproductions 1 year ago