Every movement needs a dick, apparently. Samantha Bee found atheism’s head assh*le hanging out at CPAC, giving him a little spotlight in the latest hilarious documentary spoof from Full Frontal. Last time it was Jeb Bush and his supporters getting the Werner Herzog treatment, but CPAC is far too crazy for that kind of sobering tone. There’s bowties galore, a man decked out in his finest American flag clothing, and our atheist friend.
There’s really nobody to enjoy in this video, except for the folks working behind the camera and the janitorial staff at the Gaylord National Convention Center at National Harbor. David Silverman is the president of American Atheists, the group you might remember from the time they tried to block the World Trade Center cross at the 9/11 memorial. Here he braves CPAC to spread the message of his group and convince the believers to stop ignoring them for being non-believers.
The real beauty here isn’t Silverman or the people that willingly attend the event, it’s the section that uses a platypus to help define the current state of the GOP. The “orange worms,” pus, and oozing goo really help knock home the state of the party and all that comprises it.
Then we come to the millennials, the bright-eyed future of the party. They love capitalism and love smiling even more, which should automatically make them untrustworthy on general principle.
What Full Frontal captures here is the odd state of the Republican party in the middle of its public meltdown. And it has a lot of fun with it. If you’re not watching, it might be a good time to give it a shot.