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D.C. Douglas, Former Geico Spokesman, Responds to Tea Party and Fox News

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Perhaps you all remember the story of Lance Baxter AKA D.C. Douglas AKA the guy who used to say “fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance” in Geico commercials. We say “used to” because, a few weeks ago, he got fired for calling the Tea Party group FreedomWorks and asking how many of their members were “mentally retarded.” Well, he’s responded to his critics with a lengthy comedic “PSA” attacking FreedomWorks, the Tea Party, Fox News, Megyn Kelly, Pat Robertson, and more. Apparently it only takes a video of five minutes to get 100% of your hostility out.

The video serves as a “public service announcement” in which Douglas imparts the wisdom he’s learned to fellow Tea Party critics; don’t drunk dial FreedomWorks. Instead call them sober to attack them on a number of different points.

While the video does get a few good points out, it probably won’t do much to help Douglas’ cause. Had he simply admitted he made a mistake and then listed his critiques of the organization, he might have seemed sympathetic. Instead, his pot shots come off as overly bitter. To make things clear, this writer enjoys satire, but it works much better when your jokes are cleverer than a random shot of Douglas rubbing his nipples. While there are a couple of good arguments in the mix here, the overall video isn’t going to bring anyone to Douglas’ side and will probably end up doing the opposite.

Also, can we stop the trend of giving out your enemies’ phone numbers and goosing random internet crazies into harassing them?

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  • badr

    The way CNN has Behar and Maher, Douglas will probably be their next pundit.

  • Caryson

    What is wrong with this picture?

    This moron calls Freedom works, leaves his real telephone number and then is contacted by the group. They figure out that he is the voice of GEICO and the insurance company, not wanting to alienate any of their existing customers or future potential customers, cut the guy loose. Guess what? Tea Party members and supporters will spend the 15 minutes to save some money on their insurance.

    DC Douglas wanted to be be an outspoken critic but then refused accept the consequences. To GEICO this was strictly a business decision.

    For this I nominate DC Douglas for the “Douche Bag Of The Week Award.” It’s still early in the week but he still has a great shot at winning it!

  • shootfromthehip

    DC Douglas is a douchebag and so are the assholes at Freedom Works.

    No matter how you want to spin it, it’s beyond douchey to give a private number out to thousands of people.

  • http://politicsofdestruction.com/ Bobomatic

    Oh good grief.. smug, arrogant, intolerant and bleeding for another 15 minutes of fame from a tired, old story. Like it or not, he’s carved out his niche and now he has to live with the consequences of being stupid. I think it was John Wayne who said – “Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid”

  • RichS

    But doesn’t the First Amendment say that you can’t get fired if you are expressing the politically correct, liberal point of view? Can we get trrk to give one of his slimmy, cowardly, inuendo dripping points of view that he pretends to be legal opinions?

  • Caryson

    Why should GEICO care about the First Amendment? Dropping DC Douglas was a business decision. Maybe you should stop acting like Eric Holder and read some of the laws.

    The First Amendment states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

    Last time I noticed, a private company is not congress or a branch of any government. Does this now apply to General Motors? May be DC Douglas should work for them!

  • http://trickletown.vox.com/ Trickletown

    The geico guy F’d up bigtime. Now he subjects us to more insipid narcissism? The chickens came home to roost, already. Shaddup.

  • Jerrysays

    D.C. Douglas AKA the guy who used to say “fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance”

    His 15 seconds of hatred cost him his ass.

  • silkworm

    Daniel Webster definition of loser has this guys picture next to it.

  • http://www.sailrabbits.com Magister

    I thought it was funny. The nipple thing was a little out of place for the rest of the content, but it was on par with a lot of the activist videos on FunnyOrDie.

  • libra blue

    Don’t be fooled, CNN and MSNBC will give Baxter every opportunity to stretch out those 15 minutes!

  • TROLLING4LIBS

    Also HuffPuff and DailyKommunist , they LOVE irrevelants.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Gouldner-Sr/1218564627 David Gouldner Sr.

    “Stupid is as Stupid Does”—-Forrest Gump

    This Moron makes Forrest look like a Rhoades Scholar. Noticed he liked to Tweak his nipple. Maybe that helps him relieve the pain in his A**

  • Barney

    Baxter..Douglas..whatever the fuck your name is…grow up!! Actions have consequences. You fucked up..now you’re paying the price.

    This just makes you look even more childish. You’re not winning anyone over..and those who had supported your asininity in the past are backing away from you.

    You complained that Freedomworks dmaged your career, but it was actually your childish antics. This idiocy isn’t going to help your career either. It’s just an exercise in public masturbation that’s causing further damage to ypur own reputation.

    You could acted like a man and apologized for your stupidity. Instead, you succumbed to your libtard tendencies and are making things worse for yourself.

    Seriously..grow the fuck up

  • MKibbe

    I believe he’s tweaking all of your nipples!!! How funny! You guys played right into it.

    If it’s irrelevant, why did you watch it? Why did you post a response? Me thinks you doth protest too much.

    By the way, he was the announcer on the celebrity campaigns, NOT the main guy. He was “John Smith is a real GEICO customer, not a paid celebrity” etc.

  • Integr8d

    What would you expect from a former spokeshole for the Government Employee Insurance Company?

  • Sunnyr

    Hasn’t this Idiot’s 15 minutes expired yet? Tedious!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Burke/100000245649627 Joseph Burke

    Well, duh! This guy works for Mr. Capitalism himself Warren Buffet (he owns GEICO) and then decides to call up a pro-capitalism, traditional values group and go off on the type of left wing loon rant that you would expect from Jeneane Garofalo, Bill Maher or Jon Stewart. Of course he got fired. It just goes to show, don’t bite the hand that feeds you (especially during a recession when jobs are scarce). GEICO was probably the sweetest gig of this guys life and now he’s on unemployment. I wonder how many evil capitalists will be wanting to hire this guy now that he’s aired his views about them so publicly.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Dixon/1505985140 John Dixon

    5 minutes of slurs aimed to discredit his opponents position based on a fallacy of inference masquerading as objective questions, with zero evidence to support his narrative of racism, homophobia, or mental defect.

    His pot shots come off as bitter. How convenient it is that he supports the political party that would extend unemployment benefits indefinitely. With material like this, he might need it.

    Note to D.C. Douglas: You’re satire is more witty than video clips of you teasing your nipples.

  • MKibbe

    @John… I hate to tell you, but your rant makes you seem like a whack job.

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