Holy mother of god. There are so many things wrong with this ad, I have no idea where to begin.Witness this Tennessee campaign ad. It’s an RNC spot against Rep. Harold Ford.
Included, we have a play on fears about interracial sex, the claim that Ford supports terrorism, that he’s in the pocket of pornographers, and hooks up with women at Playboy parties.
The dialogue of the ad after the jump.
Young black woman: Harold Ford looks nice. Isn’t that enough.
Young white woman: Terrorists need their privacy.
Older white guy in cowboy vest: When I die, Harold Ford will let me pay taxes again.
Middle aged white guy in cammo: Harold Ford’s right. I do have too many guns.
White woman who appears topless: I met Harold at the Playboy party!
Young white woman: I’d love to pay higher marriage taxes.
Older white man in overalls: Canada can take care of North Korea. They’re not busy.
Slick looking young guy in black and sunglasses: So he took money from porn movie producers. I mean, who hasn’t? *giggles*
Screen text: Harold Ford. He’s just not right.*
Voice over: The Republican National Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.
White woman who appears topless: Harold, call me. *wink*
*Bonus points for the allusion to mental illness.
Man, just when you think it can’t get worse, they land this deadblow:
“The Republican National Committee is responsible”
HA! Like hell! Republicans haven’t been willing to take responsibility for anything since their poor person penalty shift in tax code.
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My parents both say the white girl is ugly*. I am a bad person, so I think that some E. TN people actually believe that there is a death tax.
*Not my reaction, this is what they both said unprompted.
See a tongue-in-cheek visual that gives Mr. Mehlman a dose of his own “Innuendo” medicine…here:
http://www.thoughttheater.com
There’s also a radio ad being run by the RNC agains Ford that involves some suggestively placed “jungle drums.” It’s awful.
I was sort of wondering if they meant the estate tax. And then I thought, what are the odds that this guy is going to have enough money to be hit by the estate tax? *shrug*
…wow.
you know, one of these days there really will be an ad that comes right out and says, “so and so grinds Our Children’s bones to make his bread. do YOU want a baby eater in office??? no, we didn’t think so.”
Well, in Ohio there is Ken Blackwell’s “Ted Strickland supports NAMBLA!” schtick. It’s horrifying.
Well, I heard from the fine ladies at the North Chattanooga White Women’s Bridge Club that Representative Ford once got busy in a Burger King bathroom. They were getting the vapors just thinking about it.
They mean the estate tax, but I am quite sure you have to have like a million dollars to leave,and people from TN tend not to have that much money. They say death tax to confuse people and make them think they’ll have to pay money to drop dead, but only a very few people have enough money to make it an issue. The rich are just using poor whites as pawns again, and I’m sorry to say the white folks are letting them.
I didn’t understand the Playboy part of the ad because I didn’t get why I should care. In fact, the whole ad is about stuff I don’t care about.
We should thank the Republicans, for they are the ones who have kept internet porn ‘tax free’. Soon we won’t pay the death tax – but our kids will pay the birth tax the Iraq war is running up; and our troops will continue to pay the blood tax in Iraq. Yes, we should thank the Republicans – especially on November 7th.
I have been laughing nonstop for the last several minutes after watching that. Do they really expect anyone to believe that stuff. I would have thought it was a parody if Mehlman wasn’t defending it.
Haha that’s great and reminds me of something I saw yesterday. I went to go see Bill Clinton speak in Worcester yesterday, and he said something along the lines of:
“The republicans want you to think that if democrats control the government, you will need to work 2 jobs to profit after taxes, a terrorist will chase you from your car to your door every night, and if you manage to escape that, you will trip over an illegal immigrant.”
Sorta similar to this commercial, no?
Sadly, they do it because that shit works. or well enough to suit their purposes. “throw enough shit and some will stick,” etc.
If I didn’t know this was real, I’d think it was a Saturday Night Live parody of a bad campaign ad. It’s hard to believe anything this ridiculous is actually running on TV, and harder to believe that people might really buy these arguments. The “call me” at the end made me laugh for a second until I remembered that it wasn’t a joke.
When I saw a still of the bimbo on Steve Gilliard’s site, I thought for sure it was some clip-art image Gilliard dug up. But no, it’s part of the actual ad.
These people must think Tennesseans are really, really dumb.
Well, many of them are. If you want to believe something, any stupidity will be possible.
These people must think Tennesseans are really, really dumb.
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So far, the republicans seem to understand more about the electorate than a lot of dems. Ever talked to an average Jane or Joe? Like Men’s News Daily and Dawn Eden everywhere.
Worst part is that they drive, breed and vote.
Actually, the estate tax is currently $2million. If a couple is married in a community property estate (such as Texas) they can have $3.9999999 million and not have to pay estate taxes when the first spouse dies and then there are a hundred different ways to avoid the estate tax. Very, very, very few people actually pay any estate tax at all.
And why shouldn’t inherited wealth be considered income and taxed as income? Hell, I get taxed on the same money over and over and over again. Why should this category be exempt?