1 The rainbow unicorn was a nice touch. Let's hope they continue to go for the jugular.

2 first?

3 Needs skittles coming from the ass of the Unicorn.

4 Love it, BTW

5 I like the "I will not rest" quotes with the pictures of him golfing and fishing.

6 That's a great ad. The flying unicorn brought a tear to my eye.

7 I like the "I will not rest" quotes with the pictures of him golfing and fishing.

Posted by: Hedgehog at April 01, 2011 12:31 PM (Rn2kl)

And filling in his brackets....

8

what, no obama kids singing mmm mmm mmm? disgusting.

9 Decent ad.  It had a nice transition of Obama making us"independent of American energy" to Obama's support of Brazilian oil.  Most voters will keep that in mind as they see their gas/food costs skyrockets. 

10 "Consulting with top leaders" showing him with Paul McCartney and the Jonas Brothers.  Classic.

11 All Bow to the Glowing Noggin of the Lord God Chocolate Dildo!

12
I want an ad in which lots of ordinary joes answer the simple question, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" A few images of $4.50 gas prices, shuttered businesses, headlines about lousy schools, and some random potholes.

13 I loooove this ad.  I hope this means that the Republicans are starting to find their balls.  Of course, it will be decried as racist.  I hope that the next one hits him on Libya and WI. 

14 'Twas okay.  Needed a shot of the hateful Michele in there stuffing her face while telling Americans that they are too fat.

15 The problem with this ad is that it looks like one of his ads not an anti ad.  People listen to a lot of television.  This is the second ad where I thought my friends would not realize it's an "anti obama" ad

16 Our own...personal...Jesus. Someone to hear our prayers, someone who cares. Check out the Johnny Cash version. Pretty cool.

17 Good Lord that second video.  So many idiots in 5:10.  Must be some kind of record.

18

It's a surprisingly good ad. Didn't know the NRSC had it in them.

Add.-- The House will vote on the Shutdown Prevention Act (H.R. 1255) to spur the Senate to action. tinyurl.com/3nzuz5r

19 If he's Jesus, doesn't that mean things aren't going to end well for him?

20 I wonder if the tone of the ads matters: e.g., mocking ads now, when people really aren't focused on elections, versus serious ads later when people start paying attention.

21

The rainbow unicorn was a nice touch. Let's hope they continue to go for the jugular.

Leave the unicorn's jugular alone!

22 15 I loooove this ad.  I hope this means that the Republicans are starting to find their balls.  Of course, it will be decried as racist.

I am pleasantly surprised that it came from the NRSC.  Was it an in-house effort or did some enterprising conservative send it to them?

Seriously, I see much better ad ideas here than I do being circulated at any official Republican organization.  Most of those are extremely lame.

23 They did spell "fore" wrong at the end.

Fore more years! Fore more years!

24 I thought it was weak tea.

25 Sock off.

26 Oh, that laugh at the end is just perfect.

It's a great ad.  No, it doesn't get very deep.  One of the brilliant things about Obama is that they are relentless.  Explaining just how wrong they are on any specific issue takes a long time because they continue to make it worse and worse and worse.

You can't do a thorough job.  It's going to be  challenging to avoid the temptation of righteously explaining the full depths of this administration's lawlessness on any one issue.  For each one, they have a simple and coherent response.  Yeah, 99% of the time it is very dishonest and unfair, but it's masterful tactically.

We go on for hours explaining the nature of the debt crisis, from entitlements to PAYGO lies to Obama hiding interest payments to Obamacare to 100 other things... they reply with 'we inherited a deficit from Bush and hope to reduce it after the economic crisis we inherited from Bush'.  That's extremely unfair.  Bush's debt being so low, and Obama's debt extending the recession, etc etc, but again, they have something to respond with that is simple for idiots to absorb.

You can see this approach to everything else they do.  They have a lie about American guns flooding Mexico.  Even their own ATF screwup allows then to cite evidence of guns being bad.  It's aggressive and unfair.

In each case, the right does have the ability to simplify the message.  Some ads have to really avoid tempting points in favor of a general theme.

27
I actually don't think the ad was so great. Nothing the DNC couldn't top and nothing to change any minds.

28

I've been out, so forgive me if this has been quoted 17 times already, but damn!

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), who asked Clinton about the War Powers Act during a classified briefing, said Clinton and the administration are sidestepping the measureÂ’s provisions giving Congress the ability to put a 60-day time limit on any military action.

“They are not committed to following the important part of the War Powers Act,” he told TPM in a phone interview. “She said they are certainly willing to send reports [to us] and if they issue a press release, they’ll send that to us too.”

Quoted at Patterico's.

29

Nice ad.  I would have liked to have had a clip of him sneering about how we can't keep our houses at 70 degrees or ride around where we want next to that gas pump, though.

"Let's hope they continue to go for the jugular."

I agree, joncelli, but we've got to keep it light, too.  "The devil, that proud sprite, cannot bear to be mocked."  Cankles knew it when she ran against Little Black Jesus - he's got a glass jaw the size of the First Wookie's ass.  If these ads can get people to laugh at the Kenyan Kocksucker every time he flaps his gums, he's toast.

30 It's been two and a half years.  Where the frak is my unicorn??

31 I want an ad in which lots of ordinary joes answer the simple question, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" A few images of $4.50 gas prices, shuttered businesses, headlines about lousy schools, and some random potholes.

Posted by: arhooley at April 01, 2011 12:36 PM (gP1uC)

Those are kinda boring now. Instead they should ask people are you better off now then you were under Jimmy Carter?

Either that or do a Reverse "Morning in America" ad. Call it "Evening in America". Get a bunch of people to talk about how it feels like we have Jimmy Carter again. That it seem like the sun is setting on America; it's wealth, power and prestige, and how Obama seems to think it's his job to insure we go gently into that good night.

32 The only thing I would add is rotten fruits and vegetables being throw at the unicorn...maybe a pie.

33 "Nothing the DNC couldn't top and nothing to change any minds."

Seeds of doubt and history lessons.  Changing minds doesn't get attempted for about another 16 months.

34 In the second ad I was worried that I was being hypnotized.  I so object to him being compared to Jesus, there is only one Jesus. period.

But I also found myself wondering why the ad was too long and why I was thinking "well maybe he's not as bad as I thought" cause the republicans have no one to beat him, no one.

The first ad is standard republican fare.  The second ad will go viral on you tube and they've lost before they pick a candidate.

I know you guys will get mad at me and don't want to hear this but I was wondering how he'd reel them all in and if this is the first ad, the republicans lost before they began.

35 Laugh now, wingnuts, but the second I can get my fat ass out of this chair, you're all audited!!!

36 The presidential campaign season seems to start earlier every year. 

37

I am pleasantly surprised that it came from the NRSC.

I was waiting for that part to be an April Fool's joke.

38 Best part was at 2:22 where Obama was shown blowing his nose on a hanky immediately followed by a shot of the adoring crowd blowing their noses out of respect.

39 36 And to my Jewish friends on the left, please allow me to be your Personal Moses.
        Don't forget personal Buddha, Allah, and Vishnu, honey.

40 Isn't it cute how adept they are at ads and snarky Valentine's Day cards but when it comes to doing the real work they're not to be found.

Yes, I realize it's the Senate and that there hands are tied somewhat. But this annoys me. Leave the political snark for the blogs, NRSC.

41 This is on the AOL welcome screen. It reads:

Fake Ad Makes Fun of Obama

Spot starts off like most campaign advertisements but becomes extremely sarcastic almost instantly. Ending's totally over the top

42 are you better off now then you were under Jimmy Carter?

I think it would be easier this time to trigger the kind of panic buying that created the lines at gas stations back then.  With the draconian EPA regulations on underground tanks do we not have fewer gas stations now?

43 The problem is that the republicans are making great ad for the 70's when they were all in college.  And they are in kind of a bubble.  so the perception is that they are making ads for the folks they already have.  they need to make ads to get the younger people thinking.  They need to update themselves.  And they can't be in a room with themselves, patting each other on the back, saying good job, good job and not knowing the world out there thinks they reworked a 70's campaign video.  Sorry to be so harsh but the dems are way overshadowing the republicans on just this first ad.

44 32 It's been two and a half years.  Where the frak is my unicorn??

 
I recently left a voicemail with the Hopenchange Customer Service Desk about the Skittle-shitting unicorn I was supposed to receive, because all I got was a donkey in a dunce cap, and those weren't skittles.  I just sits there, looking from one side to the other and crapping on the floor.  Frankly, it's starting to creep me out.  I haven't heard back yet.

45 Irs an OK ad, but I think it works best for those who already dislike Obama.  

That actually does make tactical sense if the goal at this point in time isn't to change anyone's mind about Obama, but instead to get the donors to start opening their wallets.

I'd like to see the ad showing every single instance of the Obama camp playing the race card in response to legitimate criticism (from the "beer summit" to Obamacare opposition, to Bill Maher, etc).  Never going to happen, of course, but I think being falsely accused of racism is something that really rankles the average American.

46 The republicans need to fricken stop worrying about the big money donors and get a candidate who can set up online donations and make a million plus bucks in a couple of weeks.

Ugh those rovain touch ads like the one above are hideous.  They remind you why you don't like the republicans.

47 8
I like it... the unicorn rainbow is awesome.
Posted by: Jackwagon at April 01, 2011 12:33 PM (qjUnn)

Too funny!

48 48
I recently left a voicemail with the Hopenchange Customer Service Desk about the Skittle-shitting unicorn I was supposed to receive, because all I got was a donkey in a dunce cap, and those weren't skittles.  I just sits there, looking from one side to the other and crapping on the floor.  Frankly, it's starting to creep me out.  I haven't heard back yet.
Posted by: Fallen Sparrow at April 01, 2011 12:50 PM (l48cv)

You have to go plant the crap in the tar sands of the Gulf of Mexico, silly! Then you'll get your promised unicorn. Next time, please RTFM ...

49

Didn't I look great in some of those shots ?

People love me.  (so do I)

50 bout 750 million dollars.........

And about $300 mill of that is converted from a Saudi Riyal.

Presto! Chango! Dinero!

51 Posted by: Mallamutt at April 01, 2011 01:03 PM (OWjjx)

the theory is that it was all on credit cards.  I have friends who ended up giving way more money than they would have if they were asked for a donation and gave one time.  Every time the campaign communicates with you they ask for even as little as five bucks.  Everyone gave on average 25 bucks but if you click that button every time the campaign asks you to, you end up not realizing how much you are giving until your credit card statements start to come in.  It is a very clean way of using a small staff very effectively.  No checks, so you don't need to worry about them bouncing.   I heard they even managed to get it all from the credit card companies.  I'm not sure what you mean by burn rate.  If you mean the credit card company charge then you don't realize that it was suspended.  It only applies to small business people.  everyone else gets to dicker with them to get it down or gone.

52 I'm not sure about the ad. I like the unicorn stuff, but it mentions Obama too much. The point of a political ad is to get the "know nothings" to remember your candidate or Party. Perhaps if they had showed a Republican saying something then Obama saying something and doing the opposite.

53 curious,  the second tape isn't an Obama ad.  It's a documentation of how mindlessly people were taken onto the Obama bandwagon. 

It is rather frightening how easily people were sucked into his campaign.    The clue is the quote by G.K. Chesterton at the end.

54

 I don't think you can do everything in one ad, of course.

Seems like something of an understatement. I'm thinking of making a list of the biggest things the "anti-Bush" had viciously attacked his predecessor for, and then turned around and did, himself.

1) Iraq? No difference. 2) Rendition? Sure! 3) Afghanistan? Actually copied Bush's "surge". 4) Gitmo? Still open, but if they're acquitted, we'll keep'em in jail anyway! 5) Deficit? Tripled!!! 6) Debt? Doubled! 7) Attacking oil-rich Muslim country that hasn't attacked us? Check! (And you gotta love the hypocracy of his acting in a manner that Mr. "Constitutional scholar", himself, had proclaimed a president doesn't have the authority to do.)

That's without really thinking about it very hard. I really think this stuff would make for a great series of comedy sketches.

Another interesting thing about the Libya thing is that it disproves the stupid canard about how pundits on the right were criticizing Obama 'cause they're racist. I see a large fraction on the right who would normally be screeching about his having acted without consulting Congress, but have left him alone because they actually LIKE that Obama has acted against Qaddafi. They have a thirst for vengeance without, I'd say, really thinking things through as far as where this is headed. At least, for once, there's actually something that people on both the left and right are agreeing on.

55 Posted by: Miss Marple at April 01, 2011 01:33 PM (Fo83G)

but it isn't working at all then.  I thought the second one was pro obama.  And the first one sounded like an obama ad not a republican ad.

I watched the first one and the second one and then listened to them and came to that conclusion.

they are preaching to the choir and they need to get to the non believers. 

btw, anyone with a remote can skip ads and that's what people do, maybe they watch it once, maybe so that means you have one chance, one chance to make an impression.

bush with his little groups of moms online was very effective.  I don't know why the republicans don't go back to that.

56

Don't you wingnuts know how many jobs I've created?

I'm personally responsible for the hiring of six golf caddies, four chefs, two entertainment directors, and eight cabana boys.

Top that, Teabaggers.

57 People are asking "why was it so important to go gang busters into libya now?"  The guy has been there all these years and now they go in?   In fact, people are starting to think we are fighting so the brits and the french have oil, even BO people.   The republicans aren't saying much which makes you think again that they agree with all of this and there is more to the story that people aren't being told.  You can say that it's not true that the republicans are the same as the dems but if you have eyes to see and ears to hear you are starting to think otherwise. 

58 Listen, if my unicorn poops Skittles then I'm on board.
Yay!

59 Again  we have proven we are the world's greatest toymakers.

60 "If he's Jesus, doesn't that mean things aren't going to end well for him?"

I wonder about that, too, but you just have to figure the people stupid enough to make him Jesus know almost nothing about Jesus.

In other words, they know now what they do.

61 The Libya war is the only one that's completely justifiable.

62
The rainbow unicorn was a nice touch. Let's hope they continue to go for the jugular.

Yeah, but where the hell are my damn skittles? I was promised a skittle pooping unicorn!

63 This ad is for conservatives, and it's meant to highlight a general record of the administration.

It is not a defect that the ad fails to convince low info voters or can't work in a blue state.  It is not meant to do that.

BTW, if you think you can make a better ad, do it.  You can rip Obama statements on your computer and put something together.  It's a lot harder than you think.

64

The question is -- will this ad ever air on TV?

Something tells me no.  While it gives some repubs a warm fuzzy and the NRSC are going around giving each other high fives because it's being viewed by 000s on various blogs frequented by people who wouldn't ever vote for Bambi, it won't mean jack diddly until an ad like this reaches a national audience.

OK, for some of you, my bladder is drained and your cornflakes are soggy.

65 Well,  I put the ad on my Facebook page with the only description as "Awesome!"

It means that some of my liberal relatives will watch it and get suckered in before they realize it is satire.

I am of the "you have to sneak up on them" mind set.

curious,  if you thought that first ad was pro-Obama you do NOT need to be making ads.  You need to take a class in interpreting media or something.

66 "OK, for some of you, my bladder is drained and your cornflakes are soggy."

Not really.  We expect some red meat ads directed at right wingers.  That is part of a sane approach for the Republican party.

They can't all be directed at Obama's loyalists or even moderates.  Sometimes, it's good to acknowledge things from the right wing POV, too.  We're the ones who donate, after all.  We're the most important part of the party for the next 12-14 months.

But I'm not being snarky to challenge you to make a better ad.  Someone out there probably can.

67 That unicorn fart giggle at the end was a nice touch.

68 "Are you better off now that you were 4 Trillion dollars ago?" Saw that on a bumper sticker a few days ago.

I'm not. Howz by you?

69

lame  ad.   If this is all they  got  we are in some massive trouble.  they were all over the map,  no overriding  theme.  told us  how bad he is  but gave us nothing to vote for.  

 

 

If this is the best the brightest minds in DC  can come up with say hello to 4 more years of Obama.

70 I saw my first "Re-elect Obama-Biden" bumper sticker today.  I looked closely to see if there was some fine print that indicated it was a joke.  Unfortunately, it wasn't.

71 40 I am pleasantly surprised that it came from the NRSC. I was waiting for that part to be an April Fool's joke. People on my Tumblr think it is, hah. Well, the Daily What at least. "Political Prank of the Day: The National Republican Senatorial Committee fools Americans into believing in the possibility of bipartisanship by pretending to say nice things about the President in a fake endorsement ad. Good one, guys." But some nice supports for the ads in the comments! Most of the ppl I see on Tumblr are incredibly liberal so I was pleasantly surprised. My fave one: "I donÕt agree with it, but I did laugh my fucking ass off....unicorn rainbow has me..."

72 Thanks for the image pull from Google directing to my local POS fishwrap. I fscking hate my liberal-as-fsck newspaper, and I'd gladly do everything that I could to get rid of it in favor of one that's a little more balanced.

Oh, and thanks to Charles Dharapak of the AP for that image of Teh Massiah.

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