this might be the best thing politicians have ever done...
@johnjohnson3464
7 жыл бұрын
I don't know about that. A lot of them have committed suicide.
@KrimzonFlygon1
5 жыл бұрын
Is this what’s called “damned by faint praise?”
@terranceeisner8958
4 жыл бұрын
it looks dated
@Paul-kk4nr
3 жыл бұрын
This is amzing and definitely the best thing politicians have done
@arsonfireuk
Жыл бұрын
Seconded
@BromanderInChief
8 жыл бұрын
The fact that this is bipartisan makes it even more beautiful
@joaquing.3258
8 жыл бұрын
So politics *can* work. I'll be damned.
@ihaveanamenowbutitsnotvery1937
8 жыл бұрын
1:01 Most motivational speech ever. "Oop"
@0utrunner237
5 жыл бұрын
i have a name now, but it's not very creative ooh
@KAlberich
4 жыл бұрын
i have a name now, but it's not very creative sans???
@JordanBeagle
Жыл бұрын
This is amazing, the "Ooo" is the best 😂
@TheSakuraitakuto
11 жыл бұрын
If the national congress did this, we'd all be one happy nation.
@tnick2469
12 жыл бұрын
There is no democracy... There is only a dictatorick roll!!! Wake up people!! Ron Paul 2012
@owenthompson-lastad3064
Жыл бұрын
Props to the lady saying "Ooh."
@OnlyPartizani
13 жыл бұрын
I wish I could vote for this guy!
@vampiregrrl30
13 жыл бұрын
I have so much love for my state...this explains why.
@PupdudePwns
9 жыл бұрын
Ah, Legislaturerolling...
@robinhoyle5818
4 жыл бұрын
Oregon I salute you!
@KourinTheHunter
12 жыл бұрын
Still. Awesome. It's nice to know that some politicians still have a sense of humor and act like, oh, I dunno, actual PEOPLE.
@lovelettera
13 жыл бұрын
I think the Gregory Brothers should pick it up now =).
@ClearlyTops
12 жыл бұрын
Under SOPA/PIPA this video would be served a copyright notice and taken down. In the eyes of congress, Rickrolling would become illegal...
@tacomang
13 жыл бұрын
heard this on NPR!
@Thunderpurr1
13 жыл бұрын
This is really funny! It's good to see ao many people having fun with serious business! xD
@lownbreezy1
13 жыл бұрын
YES!
@mackuss
13 жыл бұрын
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE
@Yamikaiba123
13 жыл бұрын
@heffeque That's only because everyone has that very notion stuck in their head. "I'm not going to vote for anyone else, because no one else will join me." People gotta get organized, take some initiative and inspire others to vote with them, instead of taking the easy way out and voting for someone you don't want, which is more of a throw-away vote.
@imhissensualbeauty
13 жыл бұрын
the "ooh" was funny!
@LeJacqline
12 жыл бұрын
I love this country
@OlivePhoenix
13 жыл бұрын
My Oregonian pride just got like 10X bigger. xD I love that song.
@johnjamison409
3 жыл бұрын
This could be a Rick roll
@rasenrairiki
13 жыл бұрын
lol who else was brought to this awesome vid from yahoo?
@vroomba03
13 жыл бұрын
if pro is the opposite of con. whats the opposite of progress? congress.
@Jahkayhla
13 жыл бұрын
Tax dollars at work baby.
@TheHallow31
13 жыл бұрын
WINNING!
@fatimahbass4660
2 жыл бұрын
Screw my life
@azzierulz
8 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
@MichiCommander
13 жыл бұрын
God I love being an Oregonian.
@lmk10000
13 жыл бұрын
@DamageIncBHS Actually it was memebase, but they're brother sites so i think it applies too.
@NotAriieFluffie
3 жыл бұрын
did i just got politically rickrolled
@Chaccall1
13 жыл бұрын
Quando o vídeo terminar me avisem...
@drakolax
13 жыл бұрын
just EPIC but how come friday is a suggestion
@driver_7x
13 жыл бұрын
@InnocenceExperience They did.
@GeneralGoosey
13 жыл бұрын
@TalentedOrangeTv Yep, the legislators did this as a prank.
@InnocenceExperience
13 жыл бұрын
@cloudstar772 the never put it in on purpose , right? although i was wondering with 'never gonna run around and desert you'.
@BerryTheBnnuy
13 жыл бұрын
this needs to be auto tuned
@ShiroKage009
13 жыл бұрын
@Fad3ify I thought they planned it for the sake of the joke. You can see some of them almost bursting into laughter :D
@GmasterRED
13 жыл бұрын
bump
@Nowandbeyondpod
9 жыл бұрын
In February 2010, a bipartisan group of Oregon Representatives planned to pull off the “Rickroll” during House sessions. Each of the participants was given a portion of the lyrics of “Never Gonna Give You Up” to subtly plug into their statements during legislative discussion. This scheme was finally revealed on April 1st, 2011, when Representative Jefferson Smith and his co-conspirators edited and uploaded a video of various representatives making their statements, put in proper lyrical order of the song.
@kenjisor
3 жыл бұрын
oh wow
@daanscatozza
3 жыл бұрын
too bad this'd be pretty hard to do with metal lyrics
@elaine2546
8 жыл бұрын
I would really like to know the person that convinced all of these people to do this. It is amazing. Seriously, as political and scared as people are, it is nice to know that people still have a sense of humor. Hats off to you Madam, Miss, or Sir. You have my undying respect.
@aramsohigian2166
7 жыл бұрын
It was cut and edited from different speeches and bills.
@siempra78
3 жыл бұрын
According to the BBC its: "Jefferson Smith, the Democratic Representative for Portland, came up with the idea." 13.04.11, until otherwise stated.
@kevinbrueck
13 жыл бұрын
God bless Jefferson Smith. Seriously dude, if I ever saw you at a bar I'd buy you a drink. This was beyond epic! Rick Roll FTW!!!!
@jannobaer1416
3 жыл бұрын
back when people still said "FTW" xD
@RXD_BB
2 жыл бұрын
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@Draktand01
9 жыл бұрын
This is fucking awesome!
@SurferMan127
9 жыл бұрын
Draktand01 Yes, Oregon is pretty awesome. And just so you know, we love Sweden over here :)
@Draktand01
9 жыл бұрын
SurferMan127 :)
@freestylingwhistler
10 жыл бұрын
Oregon is just better than 90% of the rest of America.
@phantomscolts7002
4 жыл бұрын
Bullshit
@phantomscolts7002
4 жыл бұрын
BULLSHIT
@phantomscolts7002
4 жыл бұрын
LAZY FUCKS THAT WANT SOMETHING FOR NOTHING ....THINK THEY CAN MURDER WHO THEY WANT WHEN THEY WANT ... THINK THEY CAN VANDALIZE WHAT THEY WANT..... GUESS WHAT NO YOU CANNOT.....
@monicaraybrandt
4 жыл бұрын
@@phantomscolts7002 im guessing ur from down south
@phantomscolts7002
4 жыл бұрын
@@monicaraybrandt nope OREGON BORN AND RAISED
@MQ7474
13 жыл бұрын
This is one of the few times where I can truly say that I'm proud to be from Oregon.
@johnthomson3248
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@tribblegirl2
10 жыл бұрын
Just rick-rolled myself. Forgot I had this in a playlist. Oooh.
@mooshroomz1398
3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I GOT TOLD TO WATCH THIS VIDEO AND I LOOKED IN THE COMMENTS BEOFRE WATCHING IT AND FOUND YOURS, THANK YOU SO MCUB
@Wyatt125
2 жыл бұрын
@@mooshroomz1398 thats kind of over reacting
@mooshroomz1398
2 жыл бұрын
@@Wyatt125 okay? It doesn't rlly affect your life or anything so 🤷♀️
@ironox8480
8 жыл бұрын
You know, I kinda want to move to Oregon now.
@realQuestion
13 жыл бұрын
It must have been hard to somehow wedge "run around and desert you" into an on-topic speech. GG.
@terrywang-usc5476
2 жыл бұрын
My professor sent our entire class this link on the first day of lectures and told us to be ready to discuss it during the next class session. I think this semester is gonna be a good one.
@sharondipaolo3570
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome idea. Enjoy your semester!
@arickbakken
3 жыл бұрын
I'm like million years late to this, just watched it. Still great.
@bailalove9050
5 жыл бұрын
That debate was crazy, gotta go with that one guy though, how he just wanted to tell us how he was feeling.
@KirA-um3vn
4 жыл бұрын
Lmao anyone else watching this in quarantine?
@farkaskj
13 жыл бұрын
This really makes me smile. And yes, thanks NPR for the story!
@RepJSmith
13 жыл бұрын
Every word was said on the House floor, and done without changing the subject, spending extra time, or tipping off the presiding officers, clerk, sergeant-at-arms, or whips.
@cloweewee
8 жыл бұрын
I'm proud to live in Oregon.
@EmrysImmortal
13 жыл бұрын
The most sophisticated Rick-roll I've ever seen!
@KaiserRika
10 жыл бұрын
You can tell which people are the better actors.
@chuckrobertson5606
10 жыл бұрын
This was either on purpose, or the most hilarious coincidence ever.
@margaretashton2693
10 жыл бұрын
It was on purpose.
@SurferMan127
9 жыл бұрын
Chuck Robertson On purpose... because this state is so cool that even its stodgy, stoic, old legislators prank each other with internet memes... while the legislature is in session.
@tejaswoman
8 жыл бұрын
Seriously?! You thought that "you're too shy to say it," "your heart's been aching," and "you wouldn't get this from any other guy" just coincidentally happened into a discussion of legislation?
@emmautterback3927
5 жыл бұрын
This proves the existence of Gravity Falls.
@tazvideogamingsarchive7516
3 жыл бұрын
I do consider myself a political enthusiast. P.S. This comment was made on New Year 2021.
@Z10ZeeTen
8 жыл бұрын
This video makes me proud to be Oregonian.
@brianheise8861
8 жыл бұрын
Oregon is the best state
@timlamiam
9 жыл бұрын
while this is hilarious, do state legislators seriously have nothing better to do?
@santiagogarcia4293
8 жыл бұрын
+timlamiam The song was probably worked into their speeches as a joke by whoever wrote them.
@devlosirrus
8 жыл бұрын
+timlamiam Hey now dude, you gotta have fun at work. Especially when your job is as dry and depressing as drafting legislation. If the federal House and Senate showed this level of cooperation, we probably wouldn't be facing a government shutdown every year.
@dmariachi
8 жыл бұрын
I could even say this added to their work. Knocking down boundaries, adding fun interaction between parties ==> Easier to actually get shit done.
@jbperrinnl
8 жыл бұрын
+Santiago Garcia Actually, no, they did conspired together to write these themselves. AND they did this in a bi-partisan way (that is the co-conspirators were both Republicans and Democrats).
@timlamiam
8 жыл бұрын
yall have reasonable points.
@gsivels
13 жыл бұрын
This is INCREDIBLE!!! I really enjoyed this! Great job, JS et al. I can't wait for the next one.
@syphon_filter84
8 жыл бұрын
Shout outs to cracked.com
@TheGuardian163
10 жыл бұрын
it's wierd there isn't more views
@FungusyHam
13 жыл бұрын
It makes so much sense now! The entire state of Oregon is a rick roll!
@djfassler
13 жыл бұрын
Wow! Just wow! And I lived there for 8 years. Why didn't this ever happen when I was there.
@kieradee1
13 жыл бұрын
With the seriousness of the economy and statewide issues it's good to see that our lawmakers can come together and have a little fun. Very cute!
@lainiepicklesimer2067
4 жыл бұрын
My 50 year old dad rick rolled me, well played, dad 😂
@OrcishSlacker
13 жыл бұрын
This is a thing of beauty... *le tears of joy*
@JohnLloydScharf
13 жыл бұрын
There are 36 State Representatives and 36 State Senators. The other 12 must have disappeared into an Alternative Universe.
@couchesandpotatos
13 жыл бұрын
this is AMAZING! fyi my aunt is one of the women who did this. SO FREAKING AWESOME!
@badgerbabs
13 жыл бұрын
@TheDRUNKCANADIAN - This was planned in advance; the representatives who voiced the lyric segments were in on it. They were tasked with using a specific portion of the lyrics, introducing it into their comments on the floor. It was a charming, harmless, FREE April Fool's prank.
@pablohermoso4530
3 жыл бұрын
I just got ricked rolled by my teacher
@chinosator6027
3 жыл бұрын
same
@ifoldyougo6517
3 жыл бұрын
one helluva mock test, huh
@dragonflygirl1961
13 жыл бұрын
@GovernmentSpies :] Nope, not here in Oregon. That's not inappropriate, at all. We don't like our politicians to get outta hand, and we Oregonians make very sure that they know that. I love our state!
@GovernmentSpies
13 жыл бұрын
It almost seems like some of this was set up. Like the guy in the beginning who says "You know the rules and so do I" Just seems like an odd phrase for him to just use.
@atadata6870
4 жыл бұрын
Makes me proud to be American, even though I'm not.
@TairyHesticles
8 жыл бұрын
This is awesome.
@poolman304
13 жыл бұрын
@EmrysImmortal Did you see the one where the student Rick Rolled his professor. The 1st word in every line in his paper was this song.
@rafflesia
13 жыл бұрын
Oregon, I SALUTE YOU. My new favorite state.
@MWKPop
13 жыл бұрын
@GhostSniper3081 how is it a waste of time and money? the yahoo article says that they slipped in little bits of the song in the speeches that they gave so it sounded as if it were actually part of the speech. Then a friend edited all of the video in his free time.
@InsertCleverNameHere0
12 жыл бұрын
"Ooh" Quote of the Year
@battlecruiserna
4 жыл бұрын
memes unite, those who divide no matter what they call themselves will try to ban memes.
@icedteainthebag
13 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Kudos to you guys.
@hiroyukishinji
13 жыл бұрын
...not gonna lie. that was one of the greatest things i have ever seen put together XD
@chistinelane
8 жыл бұрын
this may be the single good thing to ever come out of politics
@odinmp5
13 жыл бұрын
this si the true american spirit. even rick-rolls are getting better.
@vldzio8611
3 жыл бұрын
Humanity had reached it's peak right here
@flainfan
8 жыл бұрын
Political Rickroll.
@JulesNohra
13 жыл бұрын
This has to have been set up somehow >
@Lilyonsan
13 жыл бұрын
Damn I wish I was here, I wouldve just went up there, straightened my tie, cleared my throat and said after a long pause"West Philadelphia, Born and raised; on the playground was where I spent most of my days. Chillin out, maxing, relaxing all cool and all shooting some b-ball outside of the school, when a couple of guys who were up to no good, started making trouble in my neighborhood, I got in one little fight and my mom got scared and said "you're moving with your auntie and uncle in BelAir"
@sharondipaolo3570
2 жыл бұрын
Underrated comment! I am here for it 10 years later! Well played.
@newstarcadefan
13 жыл бұрын
Now this is bipartisanship. This is the ultimate rickroll.
@pgee4342
3 жыл бұрын
Is this too much to ask, Congress?
@Zellig
8 жыл бұрын
How did they sift through ALL of this just to find those specific lines, lol. Must have been hours and days worth of footage just to find these specific lines. I can't imagine how they managed this. Props.
@bluelightning1224
8 жыл бұрын
+Zellig It was a conspiracy that got revealed that they intended to rick roll everyone
@robknightfilms
8 жыл бұрын
+Zellig They wrote those speeches AROUND those lines, so the people that edited this could make this.
@hartistantly
13 жыл бұрын
We just talked about this in government the other day, and when I saw this on the news I was rolling haha
@mikeshouse11
13 жыл бұрын
Props to the time commitment! Very well done lol
@MagicTurtle643
13 жыл бұрын
The "ooo" is unbelievable. Hahaha. She seems so reluctant.
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