A tad more subtle than "Daisy" but we'll see how effective it is...

has some nice sentiments expressed about going beyond the party lines, and working for the people.
at same time, knocking on his opponents in upcoming election.

how is this different from a typical political campaign ad?

He's not even that smart. From YT:

"The goldfish is fine, but our economy isn't. Are you Sick yet?"

Yes, yes sir, I am sick. I'm sick of giving money to save the economy, so I'm going to click the "Donate" button and give Herman Cain money to save the economy.

If you haven't seen the website yet, it's a joke. It's 1½ pages in Times New Roman.>> ^Kofi:

"Now, if I torture a fish in my ad then it will create controversy and I will be back in the spotlight. Lets do it"

I was just about to post this. Here's the description from the Wonkette story:


"Rick Perry Will Freak The Crap Out of You With Zombie Movie Campaign Ad"

Here is the new trailer for the nightmare horror film about Rick Perry becoming President! It is difficult to tell what is happening, because there are no shots in this trailer longer than .024 seconds and there is A LOT OF NOISE (seriously, turn down the volume if you are watching at work), but the takeaway plot synopsis we have gleaned has Perry removing the last few shards of humanity from America’s depressed masses with the sharp edge of his boot heel only to replace them with zombie droids he shouts at while they anxiously carve chalk drawings of American flags into sidewalks between bouts of disease and slave labor, without complaining.

>> ^burdturgler:

>> ^NetRunner:
..."I would've liked to have heard what they said in response to these questions...

The way I see it, what they had to say was "We know what's best for you, hand over your keys".


That is the impression this video gives. But it's made by the people who're protesting it, and has all the honesty and integrity of a political campaign ad. They showed them asking what safeguards are in place to prevent abuse. Had the answer been "we know what's best for you, hand over the keys", that would've been included in this clip, don't you think?

Bah. I wonder if that's why it didn't get any votes. Fixed.

In reply to this comment by my15minutes:
aloha, runner!

this isn't the clip you said it was:
http://videosift.com/video/Stephen-Colbert-s-First-Presidential-Campaign-Ad

the current embed is a 4-minute week in review, which doesn't even include his colbertpac commercial. if you re-embed with the actual clip, i'll happily upvote the shit out of it.

aloha, runner!

this isn't the clip you said it was:
http://videosift.com/video/Stephen-Colbert-s-First-Presidential-Campaign-Ad

the current embed is a 4-minute week in review, which doesn't even include his colbertpac commercial. if you re-embed with the actual clip, i'll happily upvote the shit out of it.

>> ^jimnms:

It's sad to see Grayson turn into a typical mud slinging politician.


As far as I know, the only time he wasn't a typical mud-slinging politician was when he wasn't a politician. I like some of his work (ie. HR 5353) but, as a person, he seems like an asshole. The only reason he's on anyone's radar is because of his theatrics and melodrama.

>> ^pyloricvalve:

If they really want to shame people who are contributing more to CO2 emissions, shouldn't they shame people who are having children? Reproduction will lead to more energy consumption than you could ever compensate for by house insulation or cycling more.


Hm. Interfesting.

2 more comments have been lost in the ether at this killed duplicate.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:

Yeah and the Democrats aren't taking campaign money, and never craft legislation to help out Oil, Insurance, and Wall Street. (eyeroll) And Oil, Insurance, and Wall Street are always evil and must be destroyed, right? (eyeroll) And Democrats aren't in the pocket of Big Union & Big Trial Lawyers at the expense of the people, right? (eyeroll) Vid bounces off my propoganda shield without effect. I'd rather have strong Oil, Insurance, and Wall Street than Government because private industries actually help people and do stuff, while government helps no one and accomplishes nothing.


Why do you have to be so thickheaded?

First, it's a campaign ad so of course the blue shirts aren't gonna call out their own mistakes.

Second, the reason Republicans neo-conservatism is worse than the Democrats fractured liberal views is precisely because of brainwashed bandwagon yuppies like yourself that can't or refuse to depart from talking points and rhetoric.

Sorry for the insults but you can't consider yourself an honest, rational person and defend corporatism while millions of gallons of oil & chemicals are raining from the skies.

Private industry and goverment are so heavily interwined that anything good you have to say about Big Oil, Big Insurance, or Wall Street you have to attribute to all the corrupt Democrats that help make those industries strong.

Your neo-con role models have convinced you that supporting Big Business is better/ more reasonable because that's who pays them.

They've convinced you that people suffering is less important than quarterly profits.

Which is sad because you won't realize the pain you've help inflict until you're the one with some horror story.

The inevitable parody: http://videosift.com/video/Alabama-Campaign-Ad-the-Parody

I swear there was a British parody of American campaign ads that looked exactly like this.

*commercial

This could also be seen as a campaign ad to raise awareness of malnourished models.

Part 2.

Awhile back, I posted a comment on one of Obama's campaign ads sifted here that the logo must've cost the campaign a fortune. For some reason, people downvoted the comment..

In any event, I agree with Chomsky's analysis of the alleged success of Brand Obama.