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Mitch McConnell has had a few iffy polls in the last few weeks for his Senate re-election bid in Kentucky, so now he’s cold rampin’ up the attacks on his Democratic opponent, “Lunsford.” In this ad, he hammers Lunsford by… uhh… calling Chuck Schumer a filthy Jew for a full minute. Sure, why not? [YouTube]
4:10 PM
on Tue October 21 2008
By
Jim Newell
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Having no sound at this computer and watching all the pretty colors fly by at such a rapid rate brings one to ask: is Kentucky actually in the United States? Is Kentucky in New York? Is this like that “San Francisco Values” attack on? The anger continues to grow. The RAGE is strong within this one.
Danm, I just hate them I-talian Jews with all their Jewish blood money from killing baby Jesus and thick Brooklyn accents!
Oy vay!
Wow, that sounds like an incredibly authentic New York accent.
WTF? A fake New York Brooklyn/Jewish accent? Can the rest of America make ads with banjos and moonshine jugs in their ads with impunity? Awesome!
The entire Republican establishment is starting to sound as crazy as the Libertarians who post anonymously to the comments sections of the online versions of our small town weekly newspaper.
Ok, so maybe it’s not cool for me to post anonymously and try to out-crazy them. But we don’t have the Cable here.
The punchline is “I’m Mitch McConnell and I approve this message.”
As a former campaign manager who’s actually done commercials and media buys, I have to say this is one of the worst TV ads in political history… but, the Schumer masturbation gesture at 0:15 to 0:17 and the sparkling gold grill at 0:21 are classic.
The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky [jew-free]home!
Oh my, this is totally unrelated, but read this, David Sedaris on undecided voters:
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2008/10/27/081027sh_shouts_sedaris?currentPage=all
A sample:
I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”
To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.
I mean, really, what’s to be confused about?
“Chuck Shumer’s mouth actually moves when he talks. Can we really trust someone like that?”
- I’m Mitch McConnell and I approve this ad.
President Beeblebrox: “one of the worst TV ads in political history” is saying a lot, but I am going to have to go with you on this. This is almost intentionally bad. Right? It has to be.
Is a hippie museum better or worse than an overhead projector planetarium/grizzly bear paternity test? What craaaazy earmark will Republicans dig up next???
President Beeblebrox: Yeah, the sparkling gold dagger teeth with golden dollar signs showering him… well, that was my giveaway.
‘Bada bing, bada boom’ — do people in New York really talk like that?
As for the hippie museum, what’s so wrong with history?
Hey…when does that Hippie Museum open?
That’s all that’s left for them: full-on culture war — us vs. them. The real question is why people like Bill Kristol would support a growing movement of provincial fanatics who would probably lynch him on sight. Bill, doesn’t it give you even a small amount of pause to know that your base utterly hates you and everything you stand for?
But they have no problems hiring a “new yorker” to do the voiceover. just not to help elect senators
I’m sorry, but I’m still undecided. You have to understand the complexities of the situation.
I mean, which is worse - higher tax rates, which inhibit investment and limit job creation, or a tyrannical fascist dictatorship run by morons and insane people?
Do you accept people of the Jewish faith?
No, I’m sorry, we don’t.
Don’t be sorry, neither does dad.
We are all Schumer now.
“The Jew bastard Schumer wants amnesty for convicted felons.” - I’m Scooter Libby and I approve this message.
One little problem — the gullible/hick portion of the Kentucky electorate won’t understand a fucking word spoken in a Brooklyn accent.
as a closted u.s. american gay guy, mitch mcconnell is obv very gay for charles schumer.
I’m presuming he’s referring to the Woodstock Museum in NY. Which is actually a pretty neat museum! Check the trippy homepage: http://www.woodstockmuseum.com/
So this guy is running against Schumer? I mean, he never once mentioned a single platform issue of his opponent. Someone should tell McConnell that Schumer won’t actually be eligible to run against him.
President Beeblebrox: That fist-pump is way too close to his mouth to be a jerk-off gesture, or just a jerk-off gesture, if you follow me, nudge nudge, wink wink.
I’m talking about blow jobs, obviously. Liberal Jew Brooklyn Fake-Italian Jew York blow jobs.
If you’ve ever tracked a package from Amazon’s KY shipping facility, you’ll notice that it is always listed as being sent from KY to the US. Really! As Phil Ochs once sang, they don’t have Christmas in KY - I’m guessing that goes double for Jewish holidays.
Dis Chawlee Schumah wanza put ya Kentucky hawses inta da butchah’s and soive em fa boigas! Be cahful wit dis schmuck!
When Schumer is up for reelection, regardless of who his opponent is, he needs to produce an ad featuring someone with a redneck accent yapping about how the other guy is going to inject Kentucky values into Manhattan. Just for kicks.
Serolf Divad: yeah, ’cause they are like Romans AND Jews. Damn, Mel Gibson ought to make a fuckin’ movie.
The coattails are flapping all over the place. Due to Barry’s 50 state strategy, Mitch McConnell is feeling the heat even in safely red Kentucky. So, instead of attacking his opponent, which can sometimes backfire, he picked Chuck Schumer, and attacked with an ad that was so over-the-top anti-semitic that even I noticed it, and normally I couldn’t care less what anybody says about the jews. Like old people and bodily malfunctions, jews are inherently funny. But anyway, I digress. This gets around, all the old jews in Florida are suddenly in the tank for Obama (not to disparage Sarah Silverman’s contribution), and the election is won.
If McConnell loses as well, it would be gravy on the potatoes.
Mother fucker. I hate my state. Hate. Lots. I voted against this stupid turtle yesterday. I am now going to go throw things at his house. Kosher things.
OffTheRecord: Throw Kosher hot dogs. People will jump to the obvious, likely still-in-the-closet conclusion.
I’m Tony Soprano, and you ask did I approve this message? Fuggetaboudit!
Schumer is Italian? I woundta guessed that.
Where can you blingee video like that?
OffTheRecord: In 2006 Mitch slipped into the omnibus federal budget bill $20,000,000 to celebrate victory in Iraq and Afgahnistan. Please ask Mitch when’s the party, will there be ice cream and can we bring noisemakers?
Hey Mitch McConnell, whatza matta you? Are yakiddin me? Yasee that ad you be puttin out, breakin’ Shumer’s balls? I outta tell youse tagotahell, ya babaganoole.
Oh, dear. I’m from Kentucky and the only thing that I can do right now is shake my head. It’s like ol’ Mitch doesn’t realize that KY recently voted in a Dem governor, because the most previous gov., a republican, did a shite job. Or that he’s one of the senators who probably should take the brunt of the blame for assisting in the ruin of our economy. Or that it’s just not okay to be anti-semitic these days.
Kingbee: You mean to say there is a non-gullible/hick portion of Kentucky?
As someone who grew up in Kentucky, I can say this ad is entirely accurate in one fashion: it represents exactly how the redneck electorate views New York. Which might, unfortunately, make it effective.
This is what happens when you’re an incumbent running (closer than you’d like) against a nobody. You run against someone people know and despise!
BeatrixSlaughter: Oh Golly, durn right. “Fuggetaboudit!” is just sooo Kentucky.
“Cut-off jeans an’ cowboy boots
Long blonde hair an’ dark brown roots.
Belly button danglin’, a twenty-minute tan
You know I’ll go on Jerry Springer if you hit on my man”
Fuggedaboutdit.
S.Luggo: He probably bought us presents with it. He tries to buy our love. Hopefully we are fickle enough to take his presents and throw him out on his ass, but I doubt it. What we really want is a bridge, two actually, and he just won’t get them for us. This makes us very sad.
Man, Schumer is never going to get elected in Kentucky. I bet he even buys salsa made in New York City to eat at his elitist National Hippie Museum for the Advancement of Flag Burning.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
This has been the Year of the Strap-on Campaign. Ya know, like you have a wonderful attack calling the other guy a dildo, but there’s no way to link it to your opponent. So you accuse Mayor Kay Barnes of bringing San Francisco Values to Kansas City, by strapping on Nancy Pelosi. You can’t accuse Obama of being a terrorist, so you strap on Bill Ayers. You want to attack Obama for calling you a racist, so you strap on John Lewis, who was in turn, strapping on George Wallace.
You want to accuse of Sarah Palin of being a dumb-ass hillbilly, so you strap on her relatives, her state, her town, anyone in the McCranky campaign….
This started with a dangerous super-annuated spy-master, who strapped on Willie Horton to make people afraid of a pansy, liberal governor, who then strapped on a helmet and a tank to prove his faux manhood. It’s a dangerous tactic for a Six Degrees of Separation World.
Actually, Schumer isn’t jewish.
The New York Jews are clearly seconds away from invading Kentucky. Protect your daughters!
Considering that he’s all tied up right now, shouldn’t he be going after… Lunsford?
Oh, and he’s also running scared from a giant chicken. Really.
Did Mitch McConnell pat that woman on the boobs at the end?
dave666: I’m a New York Jew myself, take it from me. Manischewitz pumps through that man’s veins.
Professor McAwesome: OffTheRecord: The invasion is postponed until somebody there makes a decent fucking bagel.
Also, as a vain, grasping plea for some recognition of reality, I would like to point out that the list of “radical” “outside groups” includes the D.S.C.C. Seriously? Your list of left-wing extremist groups includes the DEMOCRATIC SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE? ARRRGH IT MAKES MY HEAD HURT.
what did they say about a delicious attack on Petraeus?
Next up, a plan to deport Pulaski County, TN?