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Return of the Carly

Cidu Bill on Mar 15th 2010

I don’t care what anybody says: Carly Fiorina’s new attack ad

doesn’t even approach her first attack ad

Filed in Bill Bickel, Carly Fiorina, YouTube, demon sheep, politics | 23 responses so far

23 Responses to “Return of the Carly”

paperboy Mar 15th 2010 at 06:39 pm 1

For years, it seems a lot of adults in the media and in politics have been afraid to be “serious”, since that is equated with being stodgy and humorless, and so an easy target for parody. (Not the ideas, but merely the manner.) So, more and more, adults have adopted a winking, joking and self-deprecating manner seemingly to head off the mocking. These ads seem like attempts to put across their position while saying “Hey; we’re already making fun of the serious ad we originally thought of! Dude!” But maybe I’m too stodgy and humorless. And let’s stop sending Washington more of our money.
WhitneyD Mar 15th 2010 at 07:10 pm 2

It’s a lovely piece of fearmongering- because, of course, we can blame Ft. Hood and the attempted bombing of the plane on Barbara Boxer. But honestly, it needs more Demon Sheep.
Cidu Bill Mar 15th 2010 at 07:17 pm 3

When the Demon Sheep video appeared, my first thought was “This is a political ad; this is a political ad on drugs.”
Judge Mental Mar 15th 2010 at 09:02 pm 4

I have never seen a 3 minute political ad, much less one over 7 minutes. Is this common is some parts of the country? What medium is used that actually persuades someone to sit through the whole thing?
paperboy Mar 15th 2010 at 09:04 pm 5

Yes-sss!! Dude! This IS a political ad on drugs!!! Waow!!!! Twit your friends, spread the word, check it out!!!”… (Of course, how this HELPS the Fiorina campaign, I have no idea.).
Cidu Bill Mar 15th 2010 at 09:58 pm 6

What amazes me, paperboy, is that the Fiorina was so proud of the Demon sheep ad that they followed it up with this one. Are they unaware that it’s been universally mocked, or do they assume it’s only the “liberal elite” that thinks it was conceived by a room full of people on crack?
Sari Everna Mar 15th 2010 at 10:49 pm 7

Yeah, I agree that it wasn’t nearly as “good” as the first one. And it started with such promise, too! Blimp head flies through the country spreading propaganda! But then someone had the sense to curb some of the insanity. I was disappointed. *sigh* Maybe next time.

Totally agree with “political ad on drugs” and “needs more demon sheep”. Also, I’m kind of curious, too; where the hell do they play seven-minute political ads(except for us weirdos on the internet)? The most I’ve ever seen “in the wild” would be maybe a minute and even that’s going to start to try your audience’s patience.

Also, did anyone else catch the line “only in America could a (blah, blah, blah, blah) and run for the US senate” and blurt out “Duh!”
George P Mar 16th 2010 at 01:19 am 8

It started with “No one knows from whence it came.”

Do they no longer hire writers with English skills? You’d think they’d at least run it by a copy editor.
paperboy Mar 16th 2010 at 01:52 am 9

CIDU #6, I can only guess that it’s the old standard that says just spell my name right and I don’t care what you say about me. (The other answer, is that the voters here are so nutso that this is the only kind of ads that can possibly move the voters)
paperboy Mar 16th 2010 at 02:00 am 10

George P #8- Would you have taken out the “from”? I would, too, but give it up. (I’ve tried to tell people to take out the “safe” from “safe haven”, since it’s redundant, to no avail.)
Gilgamesh Mar 16th 2010 at 03:10 am 11

There were several scenes cut from both ads that will be used in a third:
1. Other Politician (OP) will be shown fornicating a deceased young male.
2. OP reaching into YOUR pockets and giving YOUR money to (gasp!) minorities.
3. OP dragging a kicking & screaming well dressed white woman into an ABORTION MILL and performing the procedure without anesthetic segueing to the OP laughing manically while stabbing white babies with a pitch fork.
4. Republican OPs smiling and talking amicably with DEMOcrates.
5. Video played in slow motion without sound to demonise OP. (Long a staple of political ads.)
6. Things OP did/wrote/said years & years prior - a picture OP colored in the third grade that might be interpreted as not following the exact religious dogma the majority of party members buy into.
7. A shot of the OP suggesting the civil rights lost during the Bush years may not be all Obama’s fault.
8. The OP will be compared to Hitler/Nazis.
Powers Mar 16th 2010 at 07:34 am 12

Sorry, Bill, I think this new one beats the old one hands-down.

What really scares me, though, is that Fiorina’s team apparently thinks that a guy with explosive underwear is a more serious issue than climate change.
John in Tronna Mar 16th 2010 at 07:56 am 13

What surprises me is that you folks think that the politicians out there might actually be in touch with reality.
Blinky The Wonder Wombat Mar 16th 2010 at 08:32 am 14

I watch these ads and the only phrase that comes to mind is “echo chamber”. Do they honestly expect to sway the opinions of anyone not already firmly in their camp?
Keera Mar 16th 2010 at 01:11 pm 15

All I could think was what a pinhead Carly is. (Grow more hair, Carly!)
Charlene Mar 16th 2010 at 08:47 pm 16

My question is, who is going to watch a seven-minute political ad unless they’re already fully involved in politics (and therefore probably already have their mind made up)?
paperboy Mar 17th 2010 at 01:20 pm 17

Keera#15- I’ll bet she’s trying, I guess the chemotherapy for her breast cancer made her hair fall out.
Keera Mar 17th 2010 at 04:07 pm 18

Paperboy, I didn’t know that. I don’t know nuthin’ about US politicians except for what I sometimes catch via Jon Stewart snippets.
paperboy Mar 17th 2010 at 05:29 pm 19

Keera, after I made fun of Melissa Etheridge’s baldie look, then finding out she had cancer, too, I decided to assume any older womans’ really short hair-do may not be a choice.
Keera Mar 18th 2010 at 02:06 am 20

Whereas I’ve seen the cut on a co-worker older than Carly and she did it by choice. She also had fun dying her short strands hot pink. She’s who I want to be when I grow up.
target4cactus Mar 19th 2010 at 05:03 am 21

The liked the flying head — reminds me of something from the movie “Zardoz”.
Todd Mar 19th 2010 at 04:30 pm 22

Really Gilgamesh?

2. Your “(gasp!)” suggests that you think giving my money to minorities is a good idea. I think everyone needs to earn the money they need, not get handouts from the government.

3. One of the most used arguments in favor of abortion is “if men could get pregnant, it would be a sacrament.” Since men, by definition, can’t get pregnant, and women, by definition, can (no offense intended to women who can’t), this means to me that if these women were in charge, abortion would be a sacrament. So your number three is not far off from many liberals opinions.
Gilgamesh Mar 20th 2010 at 01:26 am 23

Hi Todd - thanks for noticing my comment.

Don’t read too much into my writings. My comment was an off-the-cuff attempt at satire. Satire is taking a position and extending it to ridicules extremes to draw attention to the original. The political video ads were so over-the-top; I had to reach pretty far to ridicule them. The ads are insulting to both conservative and liberal voters in their heavy handed editing and punch in the face propaganda. Most political ads may be pugilistic propaganda, its’ just that, well, they are much more subtle than the producers of Carly Fiorina’s attack ads.

My intent with the sickening image my words portray at #3 was to show the next step Fiorina’s ad producers might take to demonstrate their pure adherence to the Republican’s anti-abortion talking point.

Todd, your sentence structure in the last paragraph makes your point difficult to understand. You wrote:

“One of the most used arguments in favor of abortion is “if men could get pregnant, it would be a sacrament.” Since men, by definition, can’t get pregnant, and women, by definition, can (no offense intended to women who can’t), this means to me that if these women were in charge, abortion would be a sacrament. So your number three is not far off from many liberals opinions.”

Who do you mean by “if these women were in charge”? Are “these women”; women who can get pregnant, women who can’t or someone else entirely?

I find your statement: “So your number three is not far off from many liberals opinions”, not only rude, but, counter productive to the problem at hand; ending or reducing the need for abortion. Both sides of the abortion issue agree abortion should not be a routine means of birth control. Maybe, just maybe, if both sides dialed down the rhetoric and women were certain one of their basic rights would not be deviously taken away if they did not keep a close eye on it; people on all sides of the issue could sit at the table and figure out a way to solve this problem. All the nasty remarks, demonization and misrepresentations has accomplished squat. More of the same will not help.

Todd, what you said about earning ones way and not taking handouts is true, but simplistic. Where does society draw the line? If a child is starving, should we overfed Americans ignore it? If an unconscious person is taken to a hospital with no ID, should they be denied medical treatment because they are unable to prove they can pay? What of a woman who dutifully stays home to raise the children her husband wants her to pop out. If she and her children become destitute because her husband thought he deserved a woman who looked and acted younger, would you deny her a handout? A helping hand? Funds that would keep her family fed and housed leading eventually to productive taxpayers?

We can show others kindness and love our neighbors or we shrug our shoulders, smirk and say: “Sucks being you.”

Thanks for reading this.