This video is, unfortunately, not a parody:
Lord knows, if this election has taught us anything it's that the Democratic Party's—nay, America's!—hopes rest on hectoring celebrities talking down to their lessers about the importance of opposing candidates who hectoring celebrities dislike.
I just ... I don't know if having Noah Wylie offer an Electoral College member "respect" is going to be a real game-changer. Perhaps they should've gone with a different script. Something like...
Martin Sheen: Hi, you might remember me from The West Wing, a show that was totes much-beloved by politically active Republicans and not at all Democratic politicoporn that helped to soften the blow of the Clinton impeachment and then the Bush years. That was pretty great, huh? Well I've got another pretty great idea for you: don't choose Donald Trump when the Electoral College meets.
B.D. Wong: All it takes is you and like 30, um, whatever other people to not vote for Trump.
Moby: You don't even have to vote for Hillary, just pick, ah, Mike Pence.
Noah Wylie: No, wait, that guy's actually more dangerous that Trump, everyone on Twitter says they'd be more worried about him being president.
Moby: Marco Rubio?
Noah Wylie: No, Jonathan Chait told me he's worse than Trump and that liberals should support a Trump nomination over Rubio.
Moby: Ted Cruz?
Noah Wylie: No, Jonathan Chait told me he's worse than Trump and that liberals should support a Trump nomination over Cruz.
Moby: Well, someone else. I mean, all Republicans are actually evil and we definitely would be losing our shit no matter who you chose—don't you know Hillary had a chance to be the first woman president?—but someone who is slightly less evil than Trump, I guess.
Debra Messing: And if you do this, you'll have my respect.
James Cromwell: My respect.
Martin Sheen: My ... actually, who cares about respect.
Richard Schiff: Yeah, I mean, honestly, I don't respect you already because you're a conservative.
Debra Messing: I assume you literally want to force me to be pregnant and have like ten babies.
Noah Wylie: But if you do this we'll give you something better.
James Cromwell: Something better.
Martin Sheen: Something better.
Debra Messing: We'll give you an associate producer credit on Star Wars: Episode VIII: Subtitle TK.
Martin Sheen: You'll be able to put it on business cards and show all your friends that you're a Hollywood big shot!
Moby: Now, granted, this is a nonsense title.
Noah Wylie: A nonsense title.
Debra Messing: A nonsense title.
Martin Sheen: But it sure sounds impressive, doesn't it? All that and more can be yours if you just do the principled thing.
James Cromwell: And by principled thing I mean, the thing we, your betters, think you should do and are trying to pressure you into doing. Obey.
Martin Sheen: Obey.
Debra Messing: Obey.
Moby: Obey.
B.D. Wong: And if you act now, I'll throw in one of my sweet black turtlenecks from Jurassic World!