The YouTube video opens in a hospital while a young woman is led to her examination room. She just signed up for Obamacare. Her nurse leaves her, however, and the replacement doctor pops up at the end of the examination table: an oversized caricature of political icon 鈥淯ncle Sam鈥� with a frozen smile. He leers at the patient, who screams, and the tagline appears: 鈥淒on鈥檛 let the government play doctor. Opt out of Obamacare.鈥�
The ad was the brainchild of GenOpp, a Millennial conservative group. In addition to the spot described above, the group put out three others starring the leering political character, dubbed 鈥淐reepy Uncle Sam.鈥� One has Creepy Uncle Sam showing up unannounced on Halloween night (tagline: 鈥淒on鈥檛 get scared into signing up for Obamacare鈥�). Another shows Creepy Uncle Sam failing at a game of Operation. The videos, released across October and November, raked in over 4 million views combined and sparked a loud partisan response.
鈥淲e were thinking of that 'something' that would really catch peoples eyes that would lead into a more serious conversation,鈥� says GenOpp spokesperson Corie Wahlen. 鈥淭here are mixed reactions ... [but] we have achieved our goal to get people creeped out about government.鈥�
