# Ashton & Demi "I Pledge" video--Creepy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820 "2009-09-04T03:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/21 "2009-09-04T05:21:03Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Your complete lack of self-awareness is just so charming. I’m not going to look up links for the likes of you. See Nancy Pelosi for calling detractors un-American. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/22 "2009-09-04T05:25:38Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > She did work for the President, but she wasn’t his servant. What are Ashton and Demi carrying on about? > > I Pledge to laugh more, smile more > > What kind of hippy-dippy crap is that? I’d describe her as more of an acolyte, perhaps even a minion. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/23 "2009-09-04T05:28:01Z")
I agree with Carol Stream. That’s the last time I’ll probably ever say that. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/24 "2009-09-04T05:29:40Z")
Here’s a llittle song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don’t worry, be hippy… ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/25 "2009-09-04T05:31:27Z")
> [@badlyburnttoast](#): > > Maybe I’m naive but I don’t think they were pledging to be Mr. Obama’s personal servants but rather to serve him in his role as President, and thus by extension serve the country and it’s citizens. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. Maybe? What size brown shirt will you be needing? It’s not that they want to serve as Barry’s personal servants. We , the people, don’t serve the government, at all, ever. FULL STOP. In those limited circumstances when government should do anything at all, they still serve US, not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/26 "2009-09-04T05:49:36Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Maybe? What size brown shirt will you be needing? > > It’s not that they want to serve as Barry’s personal servants. We , the people, don’t serve the government, at all, ever. FULL STOP. In those limited circumstances when government should do anything at all, they still serve US, not the other way around. I don’t agree. The government and the people are interdependent. We need to be RESPONSIBLE for our well-being by helping the government in improving all of our lives. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/27 "2009-09-04T05:56:03Z")
> [@torie](#): > > I don’t agree. The government and the people are interdependent. We need to be RESPONSIBLE for our well-being by helping the government in improving all of our lives. I disagree. If government came to help me out, I should run for my life. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/28 "2009-09-04T05:58:09Z")
That explains Katrina. They didn’t bother helping because they knew nobody would like it. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/29 "2009-09-04T05:58:24Z")
I was informed a few months ago that government employees didn’t have jobs, now they’re not even people. I work for a defense contractor, am I a person? ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/30 "2009-09-04T06:01:13Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > I disagree. If government came to help me out, I should run for my life. So what the hell is the government there for? Call off the whole government thing folks, turns out there’s no point. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/31 "2009-09-04T06:05:42Z")
> [@torie](#): > > So what the hell is the government there for? To stay out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/32 "2009-09-04T07:11:42Z")
Well, aren’t you the proud little individual? Yes, you are. Yes, you are. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/33 "2009-09-04T08:57:53Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me! Not really. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/34 "2009-09-04T10:25:12Z")
No, no, **Carol** ’s right - if I took that pledge (well, the non-America specific parts), then I couldn’t do _this_: \ …and I wouldn’t want that! ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/35 "2009-09-04T10:46:22Z")
Self serving Hollywood BULLSHIT! And FUCK pro sports too!!! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/36 "2009-09-04T10:50:10Z")
**Carol** , you could start by runing the hell away from that government-created monstrosity, the Internet. Run, little one! Run! ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/37 "2009-09-04T10:54:11Z")
And FUCK Al Gore also!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/38 "2009-09-04T11:24:31Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > …We , the people, don’t serve the government, at all, ever. FULL STOP. In those limited circumstances when government should do anything at all, they still serve US, not the other way around. > [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > I disagree. If government came to help me out, I should run for my life. I suggest counseling. Possibly medication. I for one found the video a bit sappy, but certainly optimistic and I applaud the people who got involved to try to improve our country. And I think right now the country needs all the optimism it can get. I pledge to give Carol the benefit of the doubt and will assume she is not a horrible person, but just having a bad day. **puts a daisy in Carol’s rifle barrel** ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/39 "2009-09-04T11:43:54Z")
I couldn’t tell you the names of more than half of those “HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTARS”. That shit was spliced together cause agents are pimping the product. If you think its not about the almighty dollar, you need counceling. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820/40 "2009-09-04T12:03:34Z")
I find the sentiment a bit amusing coming from a guy who reveled in placing people into uncomfortable staged situations so he could capture it all on film and play it for millions of people. But I don’t see any particular problem apart from that. They like the President, they think he’s on the right track, and they’re sharing that view. What’s the problem? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashton-demi-i-pledge-video-creepy/508820.md?page=3)