Via Pandagon, from the new Club for Growth ads in Iowa:
a farmer says he thinks that “Howard Dean should take his tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York Times-reading …” before the farmer’s wife then finishes the sentence: “… Hollywood-loving, left-wing freak show back to Vermont, where it belongs.”
(here’s a link to the newspaper article with the quote.)
How twisted are my knickers over this? Let’s just say, less twisted than Ed Gillespie’s knickers would be if the Club for Employment ran an ad showing one New Yorker saying that “George Bush should take his redneck, war-mongering, lying, brush-clearing, newspapers-not-reading, Wal-mart shopping, Canyonero-driving, budget-wrecking”, whereupon his wife chimes in, “execution-enjoying, incompetent right wing cabal bent on world domination back to Texas, where it belongs!”
Maybe I’d be more upset if the Club for Growth’s name didn’t makes me giggle–how did they manage to evoke both the Hair Club for Men and penile enlargement spam in a short phrase? It does annoy me a bit that real ad might be politically effective, while the hypothetical one would be political suicide, but I’m not on one of my “the Northeast is as American as anywhere so lay the hell off, bub” kicks just now. Nothing in this one sounds quite as inept as attacking a Maine Senator for being “Franco-American,” though “sushi-eating” and “back to Vermont” don’t exactly go together. That’s “granola-eating” or
Ben-and-Jerry’s-eating,” guys.
left-wing freak show
If it was me, I’d run this audio with clips of hardworking regular people Dean volunteers with a commentary of:
There’s something special happening in America. Thousands of people like you and me who have never cared about politics are taking hope from a new type of candidate, one who depends on them, not special interests, for his support. People like Bob, Susan, and Joe (closeup of each) are pulling together for America and pulling together for Howard Dean. It’s time to make a choice: either to stand with Karen, Tom, and Liz, or with the people who think they deserve nothing more than ridicule and contempt.
Quick series of people stating their name and hometown:
“Fred from Cedar Rapids”
“Ellen from Dallas”
“Ken from Seattle”
All working for a positive change. This is the real face of Howard Dean supporters.
Closing title with voice over:
Americans for Dean
(fades to)
Dean for America.
One of the Kossacks had a suggestion in the dK discussion thread on this that had me dying:
Just show him watching a snippet of that thing on a TV. Then have him turn towards the camera and start laughing and rolling his eyes.
Then have him state the standard ‘boilerplate’ with respect to how he ‘authorized this message’. Then have him choke up laughing as he’s finishing the boilerplate verbiage.
One variation could have him eating some sushi and winking or drinking coffee out of a very small cup with his pinky extended.
Can you get a ‘state’ ROTFLIAO…
Too perfect.
Funny, Katherine. I personally (even tho I’ll likely lose my VRWC Deathbeast status) find that sort of organization rather creepy, even without the humorous aspects of their names. But maybe it’s because I’m a loner.
Ixnay. You know what you were thinking.