Video: Archie Bunker Predicts Conditions Under Obama

by Tammy on January 11, 2014
Posted in: Funny, Imagine That

Archie-Bunker

Oh boy. He really does. I especially like Archie’s idea that could have stopped 9/11.

HT on Twitter for this to @sloane and @Instapundit.

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  1. midget says:
    January 11, 2014 at 16:10

    Archie might have been a bigot,a racist and a homophobe, but he was right about
    everything the government would be under liberals.

    • makeshifty says:
      January 12, 2014 at 15:06

      Agreed. You gotta remember, though: racist, bigot, and homophobe was the way his character was *written*! I’m sure part of that was probably true to life in terms of popular attitudes of people at the time who held the same views as Archie portrayed, but what I think it neglects is that wasn’t isolated to people with his political views. What I dislike about portrayals like this is it *associates* such political views with the bigoted social views. The two do not have to go together, but shows like this make it seem like they did.

  2. Shifra says:
    January 11, 2014 at 16:16

    Very clever. Thanks for posting, Tammy.

    Btw, Archie’s idea to stop “skyjackers” is actually implemented by Israel’s airline, El Al. Every flight has at least one armed air marshal. They look like regular passengers, but if anyone tried to harm the passengers, they would be very surprised (and probably be very dead) when the trained marshals went into action.

    • makeshifty says:
      January 12, 2014 at 15:13

      We’ve used air marshals on our flights. I can’t remember for how long. It seemed like we were using them before 9/11. After 9/11, they were allowed to dress so they would blend in with the passengers, though eventually regulations changed such that they had to dress a certain way. The claim was this was for the safety of the passengers. Air marshals complained, though, that even children were picking them out of a crowd at airports. They felt their effectiveness was severely diminished, because terrorists would know instantly who to attack first.

  3. ancientwrrior says:
    January 11, 2014 at 18:18

    Hot dog, a man after my own heart, not afraid to tell it like it is. A skunk is a skunk and stinks, and a ra-coon will take up residence in your own home if you keep feeding it, and not learn to provide for its own sustenance.

  4. The Prince of Heft says:
    January 11, 2014 at 23:53

    Wow! That is priceless:):):):)

  5. RedMoonProject says:
    January 12, 2014 at 11:22

    From Wikipedia:

    “Norman Lear originally intended that Bunker be strongly disliked by audiences. Lear was shocked when Bunker quietly became a beloved figure to much of middle America.”

    If the left really understood the American people, Norman Lear would not have been quite so surprised at the popular reaction to the character. Then, as now, the majority of the public had little sympathy for the goals and aspirations of the left. And when someone speaks up for the people, even a fictional character intended to be the object of scorn and ridicule, the American people respond.

  6. 1ntbtn says:
    January 12, 2014 at 17:41

    Thanks Tammy, absolutely loved this!

  7. Alan K. Henderson says:
    January 12, 2014 at 23:41

    As a kid (b. November 1960), I could never make out that line in the theme song that sounded like “didn’t need no elfinstate” – the phrase “welfare state” was alien to me. Naturally, the significance of Hoover’s mention in the song, and Archie’s praise for Ronald Reagan – and pretty much anything else political – also went over my head.

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