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By: Unintentionally Hilarious Republican Political Attack Ad « The Bad Idea Blog

Sun, 25 May 2008 22:11:21 +0000

[...] Unintentionally Hilarious Republican Political Attack Ad Over at the Agitator, when he isn’t worrying about the tiny matter of the President now having the power to send the military into a US suburb, abduct a U.S. citizen, and detain him without charges or legal rights for the rest of his life, Randy Balko is a pretty funny guy. In this case, he’s identified one of the silliest political attack ads I’ve seen in a long time. [...]

By: recovering republican

recovering republican — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:23:24 +0000

didn’t the beach boys sing about 2 girls for every boy? we all know that’s southern california/l.a. values, so the bay area wouldn’t approve….

By: the friendly grizzly

the friendly grizzly — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:01:21 +0000

That kind of ad just plays into why I call the GOP “God’s Ordained Party”.

Sam Graves. One of those people so obsessed with and ashamed of sex it is a wonder his kind manage to reproduce.

By: André Kenji

André Kenji — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:02:02 +0000

Considering that kind of stupid ad is not surprisingly that Republicans are losing so much territory…

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:38:37 +0000

I’ll love the response: I’ll counter your anti-gay stance………with populist economics. Do we really have 6 more months of this?

As Bill Simmons would say,” I will now light myself on fire.”

By: Windypundit

Windypundit — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:25:20 +0000

“They should really be clearer about whom were supposed to be hating, here, and why.”

Well, I find myself developing an unkind view of Sam Graves…

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Sat, 24 May 2008 01:13:54 +0000

*Sigh*

Kay Barnes was a terrible mayor for Kansas City, but she was hardly the embodiment of “West Coast values”. Hell, she was about as non-descript as they come, except for being your typical incompetent and semi-corrupt Democrat. But I guess since it’s targeting Missouri people, you have to stick with simple concepts that they can understand…racism, homophobia, and foreigners (meaning anyone from outside Missouri).

By: thehim

thehim — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:38:50 +0000

I’m trying to figure out how the three dancers are supposed to represent “San Francisco values.” Maybe the black guy in the cowboy hat is gay?

I’m not sure, but one thing I do know after the past few years is that there’s a good likelihood that the people who made that ad are more familiar with the gay lifestyle than those of us who could care less what people in San Francisco do in their own homes.

By: GalenDavis

GalenDavis — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:44:31 +0000

Made no sense to me, either. If you’re going to pin “San Francisco” values on someone wouldn’t you pick images that might actually offend someone? A man dancing with two women — is that going to offend his constituents? Seems like it might titillate, but not offend. Unless you’re playing the racial angle. Even then, is that the best you can do?

If you’re going to play this angle, shouldn’t you be competent enough to pick images that might actually offend someone? There’s no shortage of them. A couple of stills from Folsom Street Fair and the Pride Parade would do it. And if you need to appeal to the xenophobics, how about the Chinese New Year parade? Or you could combine both memes and show an interracial gay couple getting married.

Don’t his constituents deserve at least competent bigotry?

By: EdinTally

EdinTally — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:27:42 +0000

Excellent counter-ad.

Interesting that you can comment on the Kay Barnes ad and not the Groves ad. He approves his own message, he just doesn’t want you to comment on it. Classic

By: leTerrassier

leTerrassier — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:18:13 +0000

I think the blonde was supposed to be a drag queen or something. Seriously sad video, though I do love San Francisco. It’s just too damn expensive to live there.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:04:07 +0000

You should see her response video (that includes the ‘dancing’ clip):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRATA2ypJ3c