Fox contributor in bear suit steals kids’ Halloween candy to make ‘point’ about Obama

[JRLeft]

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Source: Raw Story

howing up at a children’s Halloween party in a bear costume and filming yourself stealing kids’ candy is probably never a good way to win a political argument, but try telling that to conservative blogger and Fox News contributor Steven Crowder.

In a video published to YouTube on Tuesday, Crowder — whose strange attempts at conservative-styled satire have made the pages of The Raw Story before — does exactly that in an effort to make a point about progressive tax policies couched in something President Barack Obama said 14 years ago about how he favors “redistribution” of government resources “to make sure that everybody’s got a shot.” Video of the comment was widely circulated by Republicans in September, although most of the focus was on the word “redistribution” (a stand-in for “taxes”), and not the portion where Obama praised “competition” and market-driven “innovation.”

Despite numerous law enforcement outfits warning that children and parents should be wary of strangers wearing bear costumes in public, Crowder somehow managed to get flocks of kids to come up to his camera-rigged car. “You just stole my candy!” one of the kids in the video yells. Another one threatens to call the police.

“Is that your costume? You didn’t make that shirt, you didn’t build that,” Crowder told a group of visibly angry children, referencing the misleading Obama quote that Republicans built their nominating convention around. He went on to inform his unsuspecting victims that he’s going to “redistribute” their candy so that everyone’s the same, which was somehow supposed to teach the children a lesson about why they should vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Voting age in the U.S., however, is 18.



Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/01/blogger-in-bear-suit-steals-kids-halloween-candy-to-make-point-about-obama/

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Fuck this asshole!

[JRLeft]

1. Look at this clown.

[lutefisk]

10. Looks more than a little like Scott Walker

[Flipper999]

20. You see, this is why women shouldn't drink when they're pregnant.

[Bluzmann57]

2. Too bad a kid didn't kick him in the 'nads

Now that would have been funny.

[JRLeft]

4. LOL in that picture he looks like he was kicked in the balls.

[KansDem]

13. He could have used the SYG defense

"Save Your Gummybears"

[treestar]

3. It would be more of a metaphor if he asked them if they wanted

to give him some of it, not all of it, to give to poor children.

You have to keep telling right wingers that if Congress passed a law, it is no longer stealing, it is the will of the people.

Morons.

[NoMoreWarNow]

22. exactly!!!

hard to know if people like this just are stupid and do not understand analogies properly, or they are evil and trying to mislead

[freshwest]

5. No arrest, I take it...

[Lindsay]

6. Crowder left out the part

where he and his friends hijacked an entire truckload of candy, and left one small bowl for the kids to fight over.

[reflection]

7. He's having the opposite effect that he intended.

People can be such shits. Can't kids just be left alone to be kids? When I was that age Halloween was a big deal and I would think about it all day in class. Then this dick goes and ruins it.

If he thinks any of those children will have an epiphany and vote for a Republican based on that stunt, he doesn't understand human nature.

[fugop]

8. Are you sure this isn't a Daily Show spoof?

Because, seriously. This is right up there with Jon Oliver's bits on TDS. Amazing that this is REAL!

[20895DEM]

9. Has anyone seen my bear hunting gun ?

[truthisfreedom]

11. Assclown bullies children to make meaningless point.

Typical puke.

[SemperEadem]

12. really? Picking on children? Really?

and where were these kids' parents? The fact that they'd walk up to a stranger's car is very disturbing, never mind what this asshole did.

[Comrade Grumpy]

15. Wow, what an idiot asshole. Somebody needs to cock punch this guy.

[Arctic Dave]

16. Here is a story about what happens to bears when they become dangerous.

http://www.adn.com/2012/10/31/2678495/fish-and-game-kills-grizzly-bear.html

[yellowcanine]

17. The parents of those kids should have him charged with theft and violation of privacy.

He did steal the candy even if he "redistributed" it. Worse, he videotaped minors and circulated the video on the internet. That is against the law and also exposes him to civil lawsuits. I hope those parents sue the bastard for all he is worth.

[notadmblnd]

18. Children don't vote

How stupid are these people?

[Dollface]

19. Colbert was right again. Bears are a threat.

[jenw2]

21. The children with more candy than they could eat...

should have been happy to share. That would have been a better outcome.

[PD Turk]

23. Despicable prick

If he had come into my neighborhood and terrorized my child like that, he'd be wearing his ass for a hat!

[pinto]

24. Locking. Doesn't meet LBN guidelines. Thanks.

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This video was published to YouTube on (Tuesday) October 30, 2012.