Not much to say that hasn't already been said. The thing that struck me as funny most was the stores signs and the Indian. Arnold Schwarzenegger was good too. The entire pointless fight between GB and JK was funny, but the pointless interjection of a-- lost it a star.

Hmmmm...

I watched this around the time of the George W. Bush and John Kerry presidental election and I thought it was pretty funny. But, rewatching it now it wasn't as good.

Still funny, but dated.

Now, I'm going to ruin the show to everyone, but since the instant that I discover that "This Land" was one of the most popular and influential web flash cartoons in the internet I thought that the bussines (meaning free of pretentious artistic and economic elements) was in declined. OK, so I watch it, and I laugh (a lot) and it was great and it was funny and yes, its woderfully done (probably one of the most perfected shorts in the web of the last decade, who knows).
But, to the serious question: is it that good? No, I mean if I going to label that the best in "Web animation" (or most especific "one of the best") is as usual, a comedy parody of an american issue which its relatively useless to the world and forggetable until another political "scandal" or idiotic goosip its exposed (probably the most recent would be the inmigrant crisis or the Mid-Orient War).
Maybe I'm overreacting to the usual explanation of "you're taking too seriuosly a simple joke",which maybe right, but we are in a global crisis and if the critic its labeling the animation as completely "death", I don't think the web animation (the main plataform on which the new artists presente freely his projects) should limit thematics to "comedy" or "parody". Life and society its just to wide and complex.
RATE: In my personal rate, 2 stars means "it's funny, but its not a masterpiece", and also MAYBE because I was very tempted to get it down from the second place of the top 5, which doesn't deserve by any means.

One of the best political flash cartoons I've ever seen. It's very funny and has some good animation. Doesn't matter whether you're Republican, Democrat, or Independent you'll find something to laugh about in this little flash movie.

Definitely check it out!

It’s a strange thing, watching American election-time politics, especially to an outsider, miles away; on the other side Atlantic Ocean. In the UK there isn’t anywhere near as much potentially slanderous allegations being thrown back and forth in electoral campaigns; there is some, but it not as fierce and widely ignored by the majority of the electorate, as is politics in general.

Another problem with being in the UK is the amount of satire that travels our airways in standard television; with no channel or radio station dedicated to a, or owned by those with sympathy for a particular party. As a result all our comedians, television and radio shows and take great delight in mocking politics and political figures with little remorse in the aftermath.

Modern shows like 2DTV and old classics like Spitting Image have stripped the dignity of our cultural figures completely and utterly over the years with venomous bites. This web-toon still seems a little less willing to go to the ultimate edge of cutting into it subjects, or just maybe the bars aren’t as high. Whatever the reason, to me this just seems a little tame.

There is something else I find unsettling about this kind of cutout animation, and it’s a thing that South Park manages to mostly avoid. Using real-life photos strangely seem a bit creepy, as if the life has been sucked out of them.

Then you got the usual problem of time, I can just remember this US election, but will I remember who Kerry is in a few years time; well since I had to look his name up while writing this sentence, that’ll be a no then. And that’s the ultimate point, satire, unless it’s about something timeless is going to date, outside of its native country it’ll date even faster.

I enjoyed it, but it pales compared to what satire can be and time might not be that kind to it in the end.

Very good short,I liked it espeically because it had no bias towards either former presindential canidate. There were too many spoofs of Bush or Kerry out there that only bashed one and refused to bash the other.The song cleary states that Bush is an idiot yet Kerry rambles on about nothing but the three purple hearts he got in Vietnam,great stuff.

I love this short. The creators said when they made it they wanted to highlight the rather idiotic nature of the debate that was going on between Kerry and Bush in the 2004 election. So, whether you were a Kerry or Bush supporter, you'll find something to laugh about here.

Personally my favourite moment is when Hilary slaps Clinton, his arm around some bikini-babe, and he replies, "What did I do?"

Just great, great stuff.

Very funny!
The animation is great, especially for Flash, the tune is catchy, I could watch this toon over and over again.

Other great JibJabs are:

Good to Be in DC

Second Term

Big Box Mart

2.0.5

Santa Claus

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James