Obama's Idiots: the brothers' punishments for donations to Democratic candidates (2008)
project history · status: lapsed · last event: paused (2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied))
In June 2008 Hank announced Obama's Idiots, a temporary project in which the brothers would raise money for Democratic candidates and Hank would punish himself when donation goals were reached. By September it had been dropped as too much alongside Nerdfighters, EcoGeek and Paper Towns.
Parts: Hank asks Nerdfighters to donate to Daniel Biss's campaign via ActBlue (2008)
About: Obama's Idiots, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, EcoGeek, Paper Towns
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-06-16 | announced | Hank announces Obama's Idiots, a temporary project in which the brothers raise money for Democratic candidates and Hank punishes himself when donation goals are reached, while John delivers political commentary. | Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts 00:00:00 |
| 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) | paused | Hank says the brothers ended up not doing the project of punishing themselves for donations to Obama's campaign: a good idea but not achievable alongside their other work. | Obama llama Duck 00:00:22 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank announces that he and John are starting a temporary project, Obama's Idiots, about the 2008 presidential race, at youtube.com/obamasidiots. — 00:00:00
- 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank: During the project the brothers will raise money for Democratic candidates and, when goals are reached, do painful or embarrassing things; Hank has not yet got John to agree to that part. — 00:00:00
- 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank says John will deliver political commentary and news, while Hank will punish himself in return for donations to Barack Obama and other Democrats, starting with Daniel Biss. — 00:00:40