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The DNC has released a new web ad called “Exxon John” to support its “Exxon-McCain” gimmick. Maybe 50 or 100 political web junkies will recognize that this ad parodies the unintentionally hilarious Sen. John Cornyn video from a couple of months ago, “Big John.” Everyone else in the world, however, will watch this and wonder, “why did the Democrats make this retarded ad?” Also: now that the price of oil has dropped like $30 per barrel in the last few weeks, can these people stop talking about Energy so much? It’s painful to watch both candidates pretend there are any short-term solutions to offer. [YouTube]
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Sounds like a geeky twenty-something doing his best ‘cowboy’ voice. Really, is there a rule this year that all campaign attack videos have to be embarrassing no matter who makes them?
Both of these ads just remind me of the old SNL ad for Big Brawn Feminine Napkins.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/2305/saturday-night-live-big-brawn
It kinda… puts… me… to… sleep. Seriously, where’s the pillow I stole from Delta on my last flight?
sezme: That’s exactly what I thought. They couldn’t have chosen somebody who went through puberty?
That’s unusually positive for a McCain ad. Oh, wait.
Was this a Highschool project? And if so-epic F
Serolf Divad: Fly Jet Blue. They will generously give you your pillow and blanket to keep after they charge you $7 for one use.
Borrrrring…and it’s only August. The primaries were WAY more fun.
It would be better with the Ben Colder Version.
Ben Colder Version.
Are this band just bitter it did not get to headline the Repulsican convention? Get over it.
…the sad thing is someone actually got paid for this AD.
Only the Democrats could swoop in and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in such a spectacular manner.
Could the DNC hire somebody over the age of 12 to run the place? Please?
Haha, I disagree. It’s just stoopid enough to appeal to the stoopid voters who still think John McCain is a straight talker. Enough of your “issues,” your “policy”, your “fact checking”, your debate about “relevant issues.” Bring on the stoopid. For it’s the stoopids who’ll decide this one…
Careful Jim throwing around the ‘tard bombs or we’ll have a bunch of dang do-gooders trying to ban the site: http://www.yahoo.com/s/933395
Luckily, more than a few of us wonketteers wear ‘retard’ as a badge of honor…
While not a killer ad, I think this is just fine. If a campaign had just one really good ad, it would really only be viable in some markets, and for a limited time. So doing a bunch of different kinds of ads makes perfect sense. And, IMHO, this one makes a good point, in an unconventional way.
Anita Cocktail: But stupid doesn’t need to be lame! Why can’t the DNC just recycle yet another variation of the good ol’ Daisy commercial, for example? Stupid, yes, but still fucking awesome.
Serolf Divad: Delta still has pillows? They suck otherwise, don’t they? If not, I’m switching!
What is really depressing is that a bunch of Demtards are getting paid bags of money for making this lame shit.
If the voters are going to be fleeced, I want my share!
Guppy06: You mean like Mondale did, with “Teach your children well” and the missiles? Worked out real well for him.
Besides daisies = plants = environment = green = arugula = liberals. Won’t work.
Anita Cocktail: No, I mean like the 2000 redux the Republicans used to remind us all of teh horror of some guy named “Clinton Gore” selling out to nuclear Red China for 8 years.
And in the ad, the girl is tearing the flower apart, killing it. That’s something everybody can get behind.
This ad panders to the redneck Marxist vote.
Well, I liked it. Boring, yes. But Exxon John has a nice ring to it and the ad links him to Big Oil with facts. Who cares if gas prices are down? They won’t be for long and Exxon making record profits once again is in the news, so the ad is timely. Well played, I say.
Does the music get just a little “snake charmer” around the 1 minute mark or am I making this even lamer than it already is?
BoreExpert: Agreed. This is made to court the dingbat vote. We smarties done been got.
The SNL reference makes me think that the most effective ad would just be recycling the “Oops! I Crapped My Pants!” adult diaper commercial with McCain’s head grafted on to the old man’s body. No American will be able to pull the lever for McCain if they’re imagining that this gallon of iced tea is his feces.
I don’t get that new agey music with the tablas and sitars.
i HATE sitars.
norbizness: Hey, that’s not age-istically trandscendant!