Clinton Takes Baseball Bat To Server In New Cruz ‘Office Space’ Ad (VIDEO)

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Hillary Clinton grabs a baseball bat and obliterates a computer server in a new ad released Friday by Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) campaign, which hits Clinton for being “entitled” and slams the “lap dog” media.

The 58-second spot, dubbed “It Feels Good To Be A Clinton,” opens with a server being thrown on the ground, which a pant suit and sunglasses-wearing Clinton actor and two staffers promptly start kicking and hitting with a baseball bat.

“Damn it feels good to be a Clinton, a shameless politician always plays her cards right,” the music begins, set to the tune of Geto Boys’ “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta.”

The music continues on: “A real Clinton knows that they’re entitled, and you don’t get to know what they do.”

But spirited property destruction quickly takes a dark turn as the Clinton actor wrestles the baseball bat away from an underling and starts going to town on the device, before eventually ditching the bat to tear it apart with her bare hands. The spot also features a remixed version of Clinton’s infamous “what difference does it make?” line from her 2013 congressional testimony on Benghazi.

“A Clinton plays a victim for promotion, a Clinton kills it off with a smile,” the music goes on. “Damn it feels good to be a Clinton, a server full of secrets ain’t no thing.”

The aides have to drag her away from the dilapidated server, with the actor playing Clinton still maniacally clutching pieces of the device.

It wasn’t immediately clear which markets the Cruz campaign would air the spot.

The ad parodies a favorite scene from the cult classic “Office Space,” when three disgruntled office workers vent their frustrations by theatrically destroying a malfunctioning printer.

The Cruz campaign released the ad one day after pulling another spot when it was revealed an actress in that ad was a former porn star.

Watch the full ad:

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  1. It wasn’t immediately clear which markets the Cruz campaign would air the spot.

    … everywhere North & South of the Manson-Nixon line…

  2. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Lord, it looks like a hefty Linda Trip and two Young Republicans. Ted can’t afford “his girls” anymore?

  3. Avatar for darcy darcy says:

    Love it!

    Clinton Foundation Scandal to follow shortly!

    Bill, Hill and precious Chelsea all doing the perp walk.

    Daily News front page. Please God oh please. I’ll be good, I’ll be good.

    BOO YAH!

  4. Why would Cruz put out an add that makes Clinton look like a hero? Have they not seen the movie Office Space?

  5. … they’re onto him now… “No more Porn Bono work, Daddy!”…

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