Rand Paul Takes on the Tax Code
2016 Election, Income tax, Political Ads, Rand Paul
I don’t have much use for his pacifistic, isolationist, hippy dippy approach to Foreign Policy, but I think you have to give him credit for being spot on right about tax reform.
“Stay Secretive, My Friends”
Hillary Clinton, Most Interesting Man in the World, Parody, Political Ads
From those wags at the Republican National Committee.
Good Political Ad
Democrats, Political Ads, Republicans, Roger Williams
Somebody on Facebook also posted this political ad, ran last time around by Republican Roger Williams, who ran for the Texas 25th District Congressional seat and won.
Very Effective 2014 Ad
2014 Election, New Hampshire, Obamacare, Political Ad, Political Ads
The Adult Female Perspective
2012 Election, Barack Obama, Political Ads, Satire
Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.
Michael Moore’s “Greatest Generation” Obama Ad (NSFW)
2012 Election, Barack Obama, Michael Moore, Political Ad, Political Ads
Note that the “you stole the election” accusation (should Republicans win) are right in there.
Hat tip to David Ross.
Yet Another Great Obama Ad
2012 Election, Barack Obama, Political Ads
It’s your fault, you see, that “sick people just die and oil fills the sea. … We haven’t killed all the polar bears, but it’s not for lack of trying. Big Bird is sacked. The Earth is cracked, and the atmosphere is frying. … Find a park that is still open, and take a breath of poison air. They foreclosed your place to build a weapon in space, but you can write off your au pair.”
This one wins the Pavel Morozov Award for excellence in brainwashing children.
Let’s get this one clear: I have no problem at all with the principle of leadership of society by an educated elite. I just think that this particular educated elite isn’t qualified to tell anybody anything, particularly how to live.
The Inevitable Parody
2012 Election, Barack Obama, Lena Dunham, Parody, Political Ads
Hat tip to Theo and extra points for gender normative content.
Even Better Yet
2012 Election, Lena Dunham, Political Ads, Vladimir Putin
The Putin Version: “Hottie [Krasotka] Wonders About the First Time”
Everybody today is talking about last night’s major campaign development: the Lena Dunham “Voting for Obama is Like Losing Your Virginity” ad.
You have to hand it to the Obama Campaign for continuing to come up with memes, Big Bird, Binders, Bayonets, Voting for the First Time, that succeed in gaining everybody’s attention, but which fail completely to help the president’s re-election cause.
There seems to be a reflexive process of self-destruction underway in which democrats are determined to convince the electorate that they are trivial-minded, verbally-fluent wiseasses living in their own fantasy world of cleverness and spin, completely out of touch with serious issues like the economy and the debt crisis.
Jim Geraghty forwarded (by email) a couple of the best conservative rejoinders to the Lena Dunham ad:
Dave Weigel: “The Lena Dunham endorsement video will sway those few people unconvinced by the New Yorker’s Obama endorsement.”
“If you’ll excuse me, I have to go bleach my eyes,” apologizes Rusty Weiss at the Mental Recession. “Word of advice libs — if voting for Obama is like having sex . . . you’re doing it wrong!”
And, as the icing on the cake, provides a citation identifying the Lena Dunham ad’s source of inspiration:
So what lunatic came up with this idea? Oh, Foreign Policy magazine is here to help out with that one:
I see the Obama campaign has a new YouTube ad featuring Girls star (and fellow Oberlin alum!) Lena Dunham:
“Your first time shouldn’t be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy,” she says, referring to casting your first ballot for Obama. (What were you thinking?)
It’s a clever conceit, but feels a bit familiar. Perhaps because the same joke was used in an ad for Vladimir Putin’s presidential campaign earlier this year:
A suggestive ad rallying support for Putin’s presidential campaign shows a young woman seeking a fortune-teller’s advice. “Let’s find out, cutie, who is intended to you by destiny,” the mystic says. The girl replies, “You know. I wish it to be for love — It is my first time.”
All-Time Great Obama Ad
2012 Election, Barack Obama, Lena Dunham, Obama Ad, Political Ads
This is by Lena Dunham, the unattractive, exhibitionistic, and tattooed creator of the HBO-series Girls, the cruelest indictment of the current youth generation imaginable. The Romney Campaign should pay to run this.
Voting for Obama is like losing her virginity. She got screwed each time.