It’s an election year in the United States, as weird as it has become in recent weeks, and you expect candidates (and presumptive candidates) to be everywhere as they launch campaigns to help shape the country’s upcoming future. There are very few events at Comic-Con and little to do with The Simpsons Brain rot.
But that was the situation at that time The Simpsons and futurama Creator Matt Groening brings SDCC to a climax The Simpsons During the panel discussion, we played a clip from Vice President Kamala Harris herself. During the recording, Harris quoted a legendary quote from the classic 1996 special “Treehouse of Horror VII”: “We must move forward, not backward, up, not forward, and forever spin, spin, spin toward freedom. There were conflicting reports about the nature of the message, with some reporting that viewers believed the recording was for the panel (Harris was not in San Diego today, but campaigning in Massachusetts) and others reporting that the clip was actually made. is a video that resurfaced a few years ago when a group of University of Chicago students were apparently tasked with getting an elected official to recite the infamous quote.
Of course, this line comes from “Citizen Kang”, the third and final skit in “Treehouse of Horror VII”. Short saws appear repeatedly The Simpsons Aliens Kang and Kodos infiltrated the upcoming 1996 US presidential election, replacing nominees Bill Clinton and Bob Dole. Due to the nature of the two-party electoral system, even after being exposed, the alien duo then engaged in competing campaigns, ultimately taking control of the United States.
But Harris’ freshman campaign has already struggled with The Simpsons Even before her surprise appearance at SDCC there were memes and spam. In recent days, a resurgent meme surrounding Harris’ potential to become the first female president of the United States this year has compared her to the 2000 episode “Bart Goes to the Future” and to Harris’ own vision of the near future. — Casting an adult Lisa Simpson in a purple pantsuit as the future U.S. president railing against the budget austerity President Trump inherited, and Harris at the inauguration of Joe Biden in 2020 Photos of similar colored suits from the ceremony.
Is America ready for a confused president? The Simpsons To quote the average thirtysomething? Maybe we’re about to find out.
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