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July 19, 2012

New Romney Ad: "These Hands"
— Gabriel Malor

Outstanding Romney ad responding to Obama's attack on small businesses.

Great line in there I hadn't heard before: "President Obama attacks success, and therefore under Obama we have less success."

Updated: Promoting first comment from Golan Globus:

You know, those suggesting that Romney go on the offensive were just a bunch of ninnies.

Yup. It's as if they weren't paying attention to what Romney was doing at all.

Another Update: American Crossroads has this ad running on TV in typical battleground states Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia. Oh, and in Michigan.

Game on.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 05:29 AM | Comments (138)
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1 You know, those suggesting that Romney go on the offensive were just a bunch of ninnies. Good thing he just stayed the course.

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 19, 2012 05:31 AM (7vSU0)

A Republican nominee who is fighting back? Oh my stars and garters.

Posted by: alexthechick SMOD. Our only hope. at July 19, 2012 05:32 AM (VtjlW)

3 I'd like to see a version of this on TV too, but it's a great, great ad.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 19, 2012 05:33 AM (9YUug)

That's the first Romney ad where I've come away thinking, "Damn! This man is going to win this election, and he's going to win it going away."

I hope he beats the JEF like a snare drum and has hellaciously long coattails.

Posted by: mac at July 19, 2012 05:33 AM (fNG/+)

5 These u-tube ads are great but who will see them? And is that background music non-copyrighted?

U-tube is pulling Romney shit now right and left.

Posted by: Vic at July 19, 2012 05:35 AM (YdQQY)

6 Fuck yes, and the clip of Romney at the end strikes me as being 'genuine' Romney, not 'politician Romney.' If Romney wins, I don't think we'll hear 4 years of 'BOOOSHHH' and 'OBAMAAAA', unless he is hitting Obama as he overturns his EOs... Obama has got to be gone in November, folks. The country MAY not have 4 years left even with him gone, but it DEFINITELY can't survive 4 more years of Obama.

Posted by: The Tree of Liberty at July 19, 2012 05:35 AM (x7g7t)

7 That's Great. Keep it up

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2012 05:36 AM (05RcU)

8 this ad is awesome......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 19, 2012 05:38 AM (Ho2rs)

Romney did his own "Morning in America" ad that Ace posted a few weeks back. That one plus this one ought to see Romney win this like Reagan.

Unfortunately Soap and I agree that the electorate has changed from people who want to get out there and get after, it to a crowd of ninnies waiting for the government to do something. Hopefully they're still young and can be flipped back.

Posted by: the other coyote at July 19, 2012 05:38 AM (yK44T)

10 Every time that SOB obama opens his mouth, he shows just how much of a commie left wing socialist asshole he is.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2012 05:38 AM (05RcU)

11 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 19, 2012 05:40 AM (8y9MW)

12 I love the ads, but they need to be online *and* on television. Hopefully this one is both.

Posted by: GMan at July 19, 2012 05:41 AM (sxq57)

13 Fucking A!!

Posted by: General Woundwort at July 19, 2012 05:41 AM (06lNq)

14 I like it. I like how he calls out Zero like that. Let's see how well he takes it.

Posted by: Filthy Scandi Snowbilly at July 19, 2012 05:41 AM (VPyiz)

What kills me about ads like these is that they're never on TV.

This is the type of ad that needs to make it to TV and not just as a web ad

Posted by: Ben at July 19, 2012 05:42 AM (C2Y4l)

16 That Gilchrist guy seems pretty racist. I'm just saying...

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 19, 2012 05:42 AM (SqoG9)

17 This is a web ad, right? You have to go to YooToob to watch it?

Yeah, that's really going to work out big-time while Bark Obama is saturating the TV channels with his lying "Romney is eeeeevil!11!!!!" ads.

When a commercial falls in the forest, it doesn't sell anything.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 19, 2012 05:42 AM (wZI4b)

18 Romney's going to win. Why?

Ask yourself this: What can Obama do or say that is going to somehow inflict damage on Romney? The answer is that there si nothing RIGHT NOW that Obama can exploit that he has not already tried.

Now ask yourself: What can Romney do or say that will inflict damage on Obama?

Well, Obama keeps saying stupid stuff. Every week. Romney jumps on these blunders, and quickly. Does anyone think this trend will not continue?

Also: do you believe that Obama is somehow going to make any significant progress in the next three months on solving any major problems? I sure don't. And I don't see those problems (especially the economy) fixing itself in that time frame, either. It is much more likely that those problems worsen.

I also believe that Romney can improve his favorability ratings as more people start paying attention to the race.

So the race is Romney's to lose. He can lose it by making a huge blunder, most likely during a debate. If he is reasonably prepared and does not suffer a TIA, he'll get through them adequately.

Whaddya think?

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 19, 2012 05:43 AM (wtvvX)

19 This is about as close to a "morning in America" moment as you can get thus far in this campaign. I don't like Chris Matthews very much (in fact I can't stand him) but he did write something in one of his books (titled "The Way I See It" I think) that has always stuck with me. He said that people want to vote for candidttes for POTUS that seem to have the sun shining on their faces. He cited Reagan, Clinton and Bush II as examples of this. This is what I see in Romney from this ad - specifically he's being genuinely positive about America's future. Instead of trying to tear us down he's attempting to build us all up. Obama is of course the exact opposite and why I think unless it's found out that Romney has a penchant for bumping uglies with disables dwarfs or some similar nonsense, he runs away with this thing come November.

Posted by: volfan at July 19, 2012 05:43 AM (RTb48)

20 I am not one of those saying Romney should go on the offensive.....I am the one saying we are yet once again choosing the lesser of two evils. Obama=Communist taking our country down quickly. Romney=Socialist that will take our country down a bit more slowly than Obama. Both are Big Government. Both believe in taking away individual freedoms. At least Obama has been honest about his approach. Romney will change his tune in a split second to tell you what you want to hear.

Posted by: Mekan at July 19, 2012 05:44 AM (T/L2Z)

21 Oh, and Romney will be outspending Obama in the next three months too...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 19, 2012 05:44 AM (wtvvX)

22 The great thing is that it shouldn't be too difficult to cut that down into a 30 second spot, and a 60 second spot for TV.

Also, I loved the fact that he played the full clip- since the meme now is "Well, in context he was talking about roads." No, he wasn't. The roads bit came later. The first thing he said (and he repeated it, so he must have thought it was the core of his argument) was "If you were successful, you didn't get there on your own."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 19, 2012 05:44 AM (8y9MW)

23 Gabe: "Romney doesn't need to attack." Romney releases hard-hitting ad attacking what Obama said. Gabe: "See, I was right!"

Posted by: Brad at July 19, 2012 05:45 AM (zTZGo)

24 My stars and garters

We have a Republican candidate who, after saying "My Friends" wants to say "Let us drink the blood of our fallen rivals"
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blood not being alcoholic or caffeinated.
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Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 19, 2012 05:45 AM (vXF+R)

25 >>Also: do you believe that Obama is somehow going to make any significant progress in the next three months on solving any major problems? I sure don't.

I do...I think he'll make a lot of progress toward making things worse. Intentionally.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 19, 2012 05:45 AM (ZKzrr)

26
6 These u-tube ads are great but who will see them?

A few days ago Drudge linked to an article showing people turning away from TV and going instead to YouTube.

Posted by: Hieronymus Anger at July 19, 2012 05:45 AM (7+pP9)

27 I'm waiting for the PAC attack ads that appeal to the less wonky and the more emotional. I want to see some ads that will be that push for a lot of these otherwise conservative democrat union people to vote for Romney. It should contain bitter clinger quotes and socialist connection facts and babies in broom closet stories.

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2012 05:46 AM (Os+6p)

28 "To say that Obama didn't build Solyndra..."

Posted by: Michael at July 19, 2012 05:46 AM (Hl5ka)

Great ad, strikes just the right note. I'm sure we'll see an abridged version on TV.

Posted by: kallisto at July 19, 2012 05:46 AM (jm/9g)

30 @22: OK, so Romney is a little better than Obama. Think of it as an evolutionary process of getting America back on track.

Either Romney gets the job done and gets re-elected in 2016, or we primary his ass.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 19, 2012 05:46 AM (wtvvX)

31 FWIW, it's not a bad ad, and I'm glad it's up, but I still find it kind of weak tea. Then again, it's impossible for me to imagine being UNDECIDED, so maybe this is how to reach The Undecided?

Posted by: @ParisParamus at July 19, 2012 05:46 AM (4NmZo)

32 Both are Big Government. Both believe in taking away individual freedoms. At least Obama has been honest about his approach

Then go buy your bunker and hide, but don't try to poison the well on your way out.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 19, 2012 05:46 AM (8y9MW)

33 As a simple thought experiment on which comes first "government" or "business", all you have to do is realize that a business can outlast the fall of a government, but the government can't outlast the fall of all its businesses.

There are places on this planet where governments have changed hands dozens of times, yet the markets located in those places have operated continuously through all those changes. If the US government disappeared tomorrow, NYC would still be a center of finance under whatever government replaced it and Texas would still be a center of energy production and the west coast ports would still ship things from here to Asia. Anyone who thinks about the implications of these facts for even a minute will see that Obama and Warren are putting the government "cart" before the business "horse".

Another of Warren's arguments is that, without government, "marauding bands of thieves" would go around stealing people's property. Well, let's say that without government, society devolved into some sort of anarchy. For the time when that condition was in effect, the people who had formerly made up the business class would dedicate less time to their businesses and more time to voluntarily joining forces to kill the "marauding bands". In that fight, my bet is on the combined wits and forces of those who are capable of business success over the flotsam and jetsam that would make up those bands, since, in some cases, the kinds of skills that go into being organized enough to run a business also can assist in forming posses dedicated to killing. Once they kill enough of these people, they'll get the hint that you can't go around stealing other people's property. So, another false problem Warren throws up in support of her position, since the problem can actually be solved without government. Heck, a lot of what I just described happened in the Old West right here. As a 1/32 Indian, Warren ought to know that about this little thing called "frontier justice".

People in government are just not that important in the grand scheme of things and they need to be put back in their box, i.e. the Constitutionally mandated limits set on them.

Posted by: BS Inc. at July 19, 2012 05:46 AM (P2Ufm)

34 But but but Greg Sargent of Washington Post said this ad takes Obama out of context.

Posted by: MJ at July 19, 2012 05:47 AM (TR60b)

35 "WE HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO SPEND MORE THAN WE TAKE IN"

http://www.mittromney.com/

It's a bunch of small little things that add to the whole.

Posted by: s u n s h i n e at July 19, 2012 05:47 AM (oZfic)

36 It's as if they weren't paying attention to what Romney was doing at all.

You mean his Presidential run right? I kid, I kid. Mitt needs some shoes with holes in them for the campaign trail.

F'n dems are always trying to artificially inflate self worth either through min wage increases or tearing down successful people. You just can't give self esteem.

Posted by: ryukyu at July 19, 2012 05:47 AM (MOHSR)

37 here's an idea....send the ad to everyone you know.....go on twitter retweet the ad to all your followers.....be part of the solution......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 19, 2012 05:47 AM (Ho2rs)

38 great ad, i can hear lib heads exploding from my house.

Posted by: trailortrash at July 19, 2012 05:48 AM (xllDV)

39 A few days ago Drudge linked to an article showing people turning away from TV and going instead to YouTube.
Posted by: Hieronymus Anger at July 19, 2012 09:45 AM

Yup. Lot o' peeps addicted to them kitteh vids....

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 19, 2012 05:48 AM (wZI4b)

40 Can not get tinyurl to work sorry.

This is how I feel! Tell it brother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgDrJ5Z2rKw

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at July 19, 2012 05:49 AM (Cydud)

41 oh look! the independent gender identity confused, concerned curious cat piss troll is here!!!! good morning troll!!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 19, 2012 05:49 AM (Ho2rs)

42 @40: But it's so much easier to just bitch & moan...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 19, 2012 05:49 AM (wtvvX)

Why i hate these people:

Deval PatrickÂ’s office personally asked town officials to dispatch road crews this week to fill potholes near his Berkshires mansion to pave the way for a smooth ride for first lady Michelle Obama when she hits the Bay State for a presidential fundraiser at the governorÂ’s getaway next month.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 19, 2012 05:49 AM (CVUV/)

44 Mekan you appear to be the lesser of two dumbasses.

Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2012 05:49 AM (U7Ivf)

45 All hail Gabe of Spades.

Posted by: dick cheese at July 19, 2012 05:49 AM (QupBk)

46 Ads on the web are more effective. People don't "watch" television anymore in the classical sense. And, thanks to technology, you can record your shows and watch them all at once skipping every commercial.

Posted by: s u n s h i n e at July 19, 2012 05:49 AM (oZfic)

47 A few days ago Drudge linked to an article showing people turning away from TV and going instead to YouTube.

Yes, and a few days ago u-tube pulled a Romney ad because of an alleged 8 sec copyright infringement by Obama singing.

Posted by: Vic at July 19, 2012 05:51 AM (YdQQY)

48 Deval PatrickÂ’s office personally asked town officials to dispatch road crews this week to fill potholes near his Berkshires mansion to pave the way for a smooth ride for first lady Michelle Obama when she hits the Bay State for a presidential fundraiser at the governorÂ’s getaway next month.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 19, 2012 09:49 AM (CVUV/)

Well, imagine the tremors if she bounces around while being driven over potholes.

Posted by: Tami at July 19, 2012 05:52 AM (X6akg)

I like this ad a lot, and I hope it gets some TV time in some battleground areas. I'm in CA and Romney shouldn't spend one cent here.

Version 2: If they cannot find a company with some non-white employees to put on camera, at least make sure it is not all white behind Romney when he is talking. Don't make it easy for the other side.

Posted by: Hal at July 19, 2012 05:52 AM (P07TU)

BTW, my first post here...

Welcome to the Horde.

If you're here, then you've taken the first step towards a larger universe where Truth is revered and Reality is recognized. Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to convince as many of your friends as possible to frequent as many right leaning blogs as possible. Start with the Moron Blogs like mine, AllenG's, EoJ, Teh Hostages. Everybody who has a blog has the link in their nicname.

You'll see enough MFM bullshit in your travels to keep you informed of what the other side is saying, but with the perspective that you are capable of making your own decisions given the right info.

I put this video up at my place, as I'm sure everyone else has or will. Ours is the voice of New Media, what was formerly known as the Silent Majority. We're using technology to become less silent and awaken the sleeping giant that is America.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 19, 2012 05:53 AM (d0Tfm)

51 51 tami waaaaaaayyyyy better to fill the potholes......

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 19, 2012 05:53 AM (Ho2rs)

52 I am betting there is a 30 sec or at least a 60 sec version of the ad. Note the fluff in the beginning with his kitchen and the work pictures. This thing will show up on the tube, just a little editing and obama will be eating it.

The accent? Sounds NYer. Don't guess that matters, but if I noticed it others will. Surely, don't call me Shirley, they have a 1,000 examples of this they can use. Perhaps a spot in each state highlighting a small business owner, one that Obama's goons can not destroy.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at July 19, 2012 05:54 AM (Cydud)

53 42 A few days ago Drudge linked to an article showing people turning away from TV and going instead to YouTube. Posted by: Hieronymus Anger at July 19, 2012 09:45 AM Yup. Lot o' peeps addicted to them kitteh vids.... Posted by: MrScribbler at July 19, 2012 09:48 AM (wZI4b) When you watch a youtube vid, about every 3-5the one starts with an ad. The first one nearly always does, and some of them can't be skipped (some can after 5 seconds). Someone else pointed out people don't 'watch' TV. I record all of my stuff and blow through the commericals. But I 'watch' (actually listen) to youtube videos regularly, an I DO hear the ads there.

Posted by: Blindside at July 19, 2012 05:54 AM (x7g7t)

A Republican nominee who is fighting back? Oh my stars and garters.

garters? go on ....

Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 19, 2012 05:54 AM (GvYeG)

55 : If they cannot find a company with some non-white employees to put on camera, at least make sure it is not all white behind Romney when he is talking. Don't make it easy for the other side. Posted by: Hal at July 19, 2012 09:52 AM (P07TU) ???? Ya mean like obama's 99% white campaign staff?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2012 05:54 AM (05RcU)

56 In Gabe's defense, thanks to his posts I have a much firmer understanding of Maritime Law than I ... wait, this is something else.

In Gabe's defense, there's a distinction between "attacking" and "counter punching"

This ad is a counter punch.
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Posted by: BumperStickerist at July 19, 2012 05:55 AM (vXF+R)

57 garters? go on ....

Mmmmm.... Kate Beckinsale in garters. Just in garters...

Sorry, brb.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 19, 2012 05:55 AM (8y9MW)

A few days ago Drudge linked to an article showing people turning away from TV and going instead to YouTube.

I think you meant RedTube.

Posted by: garrett at July 19, 2012 05:55 AM (tqqhi)

59 Is it safe to come out yet?

Posted by: Waffles, Cajun Carrot's dog at July 19, 2012 05:55 AM (UZQM8)

60 @20

Oh, Barry can do something. Don't forget about me.

Posted by: The October Surprise at July 19, 2012 05:55 AM (Cydud)

61 What's important is whether the MSM will play this ad in its news stories, giving it free airplay. Remember, McCain's "Celebrity" ad never actually played on TV as a paid adverstisment, but CNN and Fox and MSNBC played it dozens of times. This a hugely important ad, and if the networks conspire to not play it as an example of the costliness of Obama's mistake, then they have truly shown that they are worthless.

Posted by: rockmom at July 19, 2012 05:57 AM (aBlZ1)

62 I keep reading reports of how much money Romney is raking in. Start using that money to take this ad to primetime TV. Don't let it languish on YouTube.

Posted by: MacGruber at July 19, 2012 05:57 AM (xvtYZ)

63 63 @20 Oh, Barry can do something. Don't forget about me. Posted by: The October Surprise at July 19, 2012 09:55 AM (Cydud) Considering that he's trying to get Reid to force legislation to get Rmoney to show 10 years worth of Tax returns is starting to show me that he ain't got shit left.

Posted by: Waffles, Cajun Carrot's dog at July 19, 2012 05:57 AM (UZQM8)

many pundits who can write up a response to an event in 30 minutes and post it on the internet seem to think that the Romney campaign can "respond" to Obama in the same timeframe ... Pundits don't have a grand plan and strategy that any response needs to fit into ...

Romney initally took what I call the "Geneva Convention" approach to fighting with Obama ... I'll play by some rules (tell the truth and don't get personal) and expect you to as well ... he assumed Obama had signed the convention ...

Little noticed in the Geneva Convention are the sections dealing with rule breakers in warfare ... summary executions in the field of battle are PERMITTED by the convention ...

Once Obama turned nasty and stepped outside the rules of the political convention Romney did'nt just say, "Oh well" ... nope, he refused to play the cheaters game and also increased his attacks on Obama record ...

To most fair observers Romney has played this fairly, he kept it away from the personal (and still is) and now refuses to play by the cheaters rules (Bain bad, more tax returns) ...

Did people think his Bain success was simply luck ?

Posted by: JeffC at July 19, 2012 05:57 AM (A3tpD)

65 >>Considering that he's trying to get Reid to force legislation to get Rmoney to show 10 years worth of Tax returns is starting to show me that he ain't got shit left.

I'm thinking more along the lines of checks in the mail to the blocs who voted for him in 2008.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 19, 2012 06:00 AM (ZKzrr)

66 OK, great ad, now pony up and buy one of these to run in.

Piss off a liberal. Spend $20.

http://tinyurl.com/82ff8c5

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at July 19, 2012 06:01 AM (Cydud)

67 Something like this, actually.
http://is.gd/r2Gkux

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at July 19, 2012 06:01 AM (ZKzrr)

68 Just say an RNC commercial on FBN. Goes through Obama's bad economic record and at the end is says.......

"He tried...You tried. It's OK to make a change."

Interesting RNC reach out to those that need an excuse to change their 2008 vote.

Posted by: Tami at July 19, 2012 06:01 AM (X6akg)

69 Count me among those who think this is NOT a great ad. It needs to be 31 seconds long and playing in Ohio and Pennsylvania morning, noon and night. The only people watching this are people who are already committed to Mitt Romney. It's a bedtime story, is all. Barack had another great moment of honesty. Don't waste it. The Obama people are so arrogant, there's a solid chance they'll double, triple and quadruple down on the "you didn't build it" theme on the theory that: Obama wouldn't have said it if it wasn't correct, and he definitely wouldn't have said it a thousand times over if it wasn't OBVIOUSLY correct. Narcissist don't correct themselves, they go all in or bust. Mitt can't miss the opportunity here.

Posted by: Jack Sunday at July 19, 2012 06:02 AM (bSdea)

70 60 I was thinking Alex, Kate and Kate in garters ...

Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 19, 2012 06:03 AM (GvYeG)

71 Web ads are pointless and just preach to the choir. If it's effective, get it on TV.

Posted by: dragonfly at July 19, 2012 06:03 AM (Xa2if)

JeffC, also people need to understand that Romney doesn't have a lot of available cash right now, which is why he can't rsspond in kind to Obama's $100 million TV assault. Almost everything he raised before the primaries was spent in the primaries, and everything he has raised since is general election funds that cannot be spent until after the RNC convention. Obama has been raising money continuously and since he had no primary opposition he can spend a lot of it now, and that is what he is doing.

Romney's going to have a shitload of money to drop on TV and radio and Web ads after the convention. What he did in the Florida and Ohio primaries is what we will see in September and October. He is going to carpet bomb the airwaves and bludgeon Obama.

The objective now is to keep him above water while Obama throws everything but the kitchen sink at him. Fortunately, Obama keeps stepping on his dick and his campaign keeps going too far with its attacks on Romney's character, and voters are turned off by both.

Posted by: rockmom at July 19, 2012 06:04 AM (aBlZ1)

73 Is there a racial component to Obama's "You didn't build this!" comment? I've heard an awful lot of Jesse Jackson / Al Sharpton types howl that "America was built on the backs of black men". Is Obama tapping in to this sentiment with this line of attack?

Posted by: Naqamel at July 19, 2012 06:04 AM (UMwMT)

74 My friends, we should be refraining from such vicious personal attacks on President Obama. We have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency. He's a good, decent, patriotic man, and I find these kinds of ads deplorable.

Posted by: John McCain at July 19, 2012 06:04 AM (DrWcr)

75 Thats a fantastic line that needs to be used over and over again until it becomes the theme of the election.

Posted by: Jaydee at July 19, 2012 06:05 AM (5YMB7)

76 I do not believe for one second that Romney was "surprised" that the Obama campaign was negative. I know that ace likes to say that we are way ahead of the curve on paying attention to politics so we get things before others even hear of them, but Jeebus, for politicians and political consultants, this is their freaking job. How long has it been said that Obama's campaign was going to be a billion dollars of negative ads? Don't they have highlight reels from previous campaigns to study? Can it really be so that Romney just awoke to the fact that Obama isn't a "nice guy?" Perhaps it is like that joke about the Israeli commando whose last request before execution by the Palestinian was to be kicked in the ass, and when that happens, he pulls out his .45 and says, okay, now it is okay for me to do this when he shoots the Palestinian. Perhaps Romney had to wait for the ugly side of Obama's campaign to come out unprovoked, so that he could go on the attack with "righteous anger." If he really was surprised. I suppose good thing he realized it before it was too late. If he drew the charge, well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 19, 2012 06:06 AM (7vSU0)

77 I've heard an awful lot of Jesse Jackson / Al Sharpton types howl that "America was built on the backs of black men". Is Obama tapping in to this sentiment with this line of attack? Posted by: Naqamel at July 19, 2012 10:04 AM (UMwMT) Why so he can raise his % of the black voter from 97% to 98%?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2012 06:06 AM (05RcU)

Posted by: dragonfly at July 19, 2012 10:03 AM (Xa2if)

Web ads are a great way to float something and get a pre-response before it goes on TV.

I'm sure this will make it's way to TV soon enough.

Posted by: tsrblke at July 19, 2012 06:06 AM (22rSN)

79 28 These u-tube ads are great but who will see them?

I agree. It's a limited audience and most of that audience is not receptive to "wingnutz propaganda".

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 19, 2012 09:45 AM (vbh31)

Perhaps the plan is to test them on YouTube to see what registers then develop them into TV ads.

Posted by: Uncledave at July 19, 2012 06:06 AM (nJ32z)

80 I got it wrong on the other thread.

Today's initial unemployment claims ballooned to 386,000.

Posted by: Recovery Summer III, Baby! at July 19, 2012 06:07 AM (7+pP9)

81 Semi-OT: New Post up at my place. I think I even beat pheonixgirl to getting posted to Twitter (that's about a 50/50 proposition, it seems).

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 19, 2012 06:08 AM (8y9MW)

82 80 I was thinking more about him trying to turn out the Guilty White Liberals...

Posted by: Naqamel at July 19, 2012 06:08 AM (UMwMT)

83 @69 A friend and I just bought them for our wives that started their own business 3 years ago...considering almost all of my wife's friends are liberals it should explode tons of heads here in Milwaukee.

Posted by: H Badger at July 19, 2012 06:09 AM (n/0Nw)

84 Regarding online and on TV. I'm starting to see the online ads hit the TVs in Florida about 3 days after they are on youtube. I haven't seen this one yet, but then it is 46 seconds too long for a 1 minute spot.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 19, 2012 06:09 AM (Ku0Zr)

85 After the convention, ~~Rocky~~ Mittster will switch to "southpaw" punching and totally discombobulate ~~Apollo~~ Obama.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 19, 2012 06:10 AM (BAS5M)

86 Romney has a penchant for bumping uglies with disables dwarfs

Look we're just lubricating the Mittbot (tm) Rom(knees). We expect to replace them with the new Titanium and Teflon models between the election and the inaguaral balls.

And it's differently heighted persons of other abilities.

Posted by: DaveA (keeping a favorite joke warm) at July 19, 2012 06:10 AM (yVsIQ)

87 By the way, Israel is limiting and canceling the leaves for members of the IDF

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2012 06:11 AM (05RcU)

88 lol dedicated tenther

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 19, 2012 06:12 AM (Ho2rs)

89 Poor Barry. Who would have thought that America would reject Obama's socialist plan?

Posted by: Fritz at July 19, 2012 06:12 AM (/ZZCn)

90 After the convention, Rocky Mittster will switch to "southpaw" punching and totally discombobulate Apollo Obama. Posted by: Count de Monet at July 19, 2012 10:10 AM (BAS5M) ---------------------------------------------------------- Obama in a fisticuff dustup? Quelle Horreur!

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 19, 2012 06:12 AM (jucos)

91 @82 - its going viral pretty quick on Facebook FWIW.

I'd make a few more of these with other small businesses for You Tube on the run up to the convention and then trim it down come September for effect.

Posted by: H Badger at July 19, 2012 06:12 AM (n/0Nw)

These u-tube ads are great but who will see them?

I agree. It's a limited audience and most of that audience is not receptive to "wingnutz propaganda".

I think this will strike a chord with all the people who had fathers who used to be employed in manufacturing and aren't any longer. There's also the aspect of real, honest work in making something for somebody else who doesn't have the skill themselves. Lots of today's professionals were put through kollidge by blue-collar dads who wanted their kids to have a better life.

I give this ad a 95, Mr. Clark. It's got a good beat and it's easy to dance to.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 19, 2012 06:12 AM (d0Tfm)

93 Three days in a row, they've played the anti romney bain ad on CNBC. Now that is like trying to convert the choir. The folks watching CNBC have read the SEC filings, all of them, know how he ran bain when he was there, know what he did as governor, they are muting those ads without even thinking. Was someplace else when the ad came on and an employee just muted the ad while talking to me without missing a beat. I remained business like but laughed inside.

Posted by: s u n s h i n e at July 19, 2012 06:15 AM (oZfic)

94 Web ads are pointless and just preach to the choir. If it's effective, get it on TV. During the last election cycle, one of the morons suggested that the Republicans have a webpage where you can see web ads, maybe with an amateur submission section, and then vote for the one's you like by donating money linked to that ad. The ones that come out on top see network airtime. I thought it was a brilliant idea using modern technology, but I haven't seen where a campaign has picked it up.

Posted by: toby928© at July 19, 2012 06:16 AM (QupBk)

95 blood not being alcoholic or caffeinated. Good, now i don't have to worry about a mormon ever drinking MY blood...

Posted by: Midaz at July 19, 2012 06:16 AM (TkAJf)

96 >>Great line in there I hadn't heard before: "President Obama attacks success, and therefore under Obama we have less success." He's been saying this since early in the primaries. Like daily.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2012 06:17 AM (1kxXY)

97 >>>Can't see him at fisticuffs. He'd be more at home in a slapfight.

Barry would be bobbing and weaving up until the time Michelle landed one good slap across the ears. TKO.

Posted by: Fritz at July 19, 2012 06:18 AM (/ZZCn)

98 These youtube ads are great in July. They are CHEAP, the press plays them for free, people post them on facebook so they do get seen, and they excite the base.

The campaign can cheaply test which methods work, and which don't.

In September and October, they blow through this hundreds of millions of cash in ad buys with ads that they know work, when the undecided voters are finally paying some attention.

Posted by: Matt in Maine at July 19, 2012 06:18 AM (gWLRb)

99 Fred Willard was arrested for lewd conduct last night in Hollywood when police allegedly caught him with his pants down in an adult movie theater ... TMZ has learned. According to law enforcement sources, LAPD undercover vice officers went into the Tiki Theater in Hollywood and found the 78-year-old "Anchorman" star watching last night's feature ... with his penis exposed and in his hand. Well maybe he was just taking it out for a walk?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2012 06:18 AM (05RcU)

100 Wow, a Republican presidential candidate FIGHTING BACK?! I must have woken up in Coocooville at the corner of WTF Street and OMG Avenue.

Posted by: El Kabong at July 19, 2012 06:20 AM (jZ4qy)

101 Willard gets a gold star for that one.

Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at July 19, 2012 06:20 AM (SDkq3)

102 Wow. This ad put a lump in my throat like Ronald Reagan ads used to. Keep it going Romney. I hope this makes it to TV in the next few months.

Posted by: Restless at July 19, 2012 06:22 AM (/wpH/)

103 103 Fred Willard was arrested for lewd conduct last night in Hollywood when police allegedly caught him with his pants down in an adult movie theater ... TMZ has learned. According to law enforcement sources, LAPD undercover vice officers went into the Tiki Theater in Hollywood and found the 78-year-old "Anchorman" star watching last night's feature ... with his penis exposed and in his hand. Well maybe he was just taking it out for a walk? Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2012 10:18 AM (05RcU) Don't you people have homes?

Posted by: Judge Smails at July 19, 2012 06:23 AM (136wp)

104 Barry: You think Romney made that ad? If the government didn't make the internet he couldn't have that ad.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 19, 2012 06:23 AM (1Jaio)

105 with his penis exposed and in his hand.

Meh, no story here...it was his own crank in his hand.

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 19, 2012 06:24 AM (SqoG9)

106 I really like the lines at the end: After 4 years of being torn down. It's time to rebuild.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 19, 2012 06:24 AM (1Jaio)

107 108 Barry: You think Romney made that ad? If the government didn't make the internet he couldn't have that ad. Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 19, 2012 10:23 AM (1Jaio) Series of tubes

Posted by: United States Senator Ted Stevens at July 19, 2012 06:25 AM (136wp)

108

What I think is wonderful is that it doesn't matter what Romney does, there are always people here who are never satisfied with that. Nothing is ever good enough for them.

They're sort of like reverse Chris Matthews.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - it rained here! at July 19, 2012 06:25 AM (hLRSq)

109 "We may have to rethink this whole Internet free speech thingie" - Barak Obama

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 19, 2012 06:26 AM (SqoG9)

110 Trucker in Kerry Kennedy auto crash charged with leaving scene POST WIRE SERVICES Last Updated: 9:39 AM, July 19, 2012 Posted: 8:38 AM, July 19, 2012 Share on emailShare on facebookMore Sharing ServicesMore Print The driver of the truck struck by the ex-wife of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident without reporting it Rocco Scuiletti, of Poughkeepsie, was driving on Interstate 684 north of New York City when he was struck by Kerry Kennedy's Lexus on Friday. Gee it seems Kennedy's are just bringing good luck to everyone they run in to?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2012 06:26 AM (05RcU)

111 104 Wow, a Republican presidential candidate FIGHTING BACK?! I must have woken up in Coocooville at the corner of WTF Street and OMG Avenue. Posted by: El Kabong at July 19, 2012 10:20 AM (jZ4qy) Hopefully in November we'll have a party at the corner of LAWL and UMADBRO

Posted by: Waffles, Cajun Carrot's dog at July 19, 2012 06:27 AM (UZQM8)

112 found the 78-year-old "Anchorman" star watching last night's feature ... with his penis exposed and in his hand. What a slander. Fred is 72, not 78.

Posted by: Yojimbo at July 19, 2012 06:27 AM (l90JL)

113 Count me among those who think this is NOT a great ad. It needs to be 31 seconds long and playing in Ohio and Pennsylvania morning, noon and night. The only people watching this are people who are already committed to Mitt Romney. It's a bedtime story, is all.

Posted by: Jack Sunday at July 19, 2012 10:02 AM (bSdea)

If it is a bad ad, why should it be on television?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 19, 2012 06:28 AM (rzSn3)

114 Series of tubes Posted by: United States Senator Ted Stevens at July 19, 2012 10:25 AM (136wp) Filled w/ lolcats...

Posted by: Waffles, Cajun Carrot's dog at July 19, 2012 06:28 AM (UZQM8)

115 Another new one up.

Posted by: Vic at July 19, 2012 06:29 AM (YdQQY)

116 Speaking of jobs and the economy. AP spins for its boyfriend

WASHINGTON (AP) Â— The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose by 34,000 last week, a figure that may have been skewed higher by seasonal factors.

"All of this is statistical noise," Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR Inc., wrote in a note to clients. "What will be more important than these short-term gyrations is where claims settle down after the distortions end. We suspect that the data will point to a soggy labor market."

What it points to is Joshua and the rest of twats who see every uptick in unemployment at unexpected are Obama zombies making every excuse for a shitty economy

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 19, 2012 06:29 AM (1Jaio)

117 Soetoro...I mean Obama is perfect. How dare Romney criticize anything that my president has done? I'm outraged !

Posted by: Chris Matthews at July 19, 2012 06:30 AM (msPO3)

118 A recent NIH study reported that 99% of American men reported that at some point in their lives, they were shocked to discover their own penis in their hand. The remaining 1% had been Thalidomide babies born without hands.

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 19, 2012 06:30 AM (SqoG9)

119 *Interesting* that Romney is seen (Â“unexpectedlyÂ”?!?) as being so effective when he FINALLY applies CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES. Not holding my breath, but maybe Mittens will learn a little from thisÂ….

Posted by: Ed Wallis at July 19, 2012 06:31 AM (q5Pu1)

120 How did that get there? Where am I? It's not my fault - I'm old and easily confused! I'd like to go home now.

Posted by: Fred Willard channeling his inner Uncle Leo at July 19, 2012 06:31 AM (BAS5M)

121 123. Yea, it's not like he won th primary in a walk over the True Conservative candidates or anything. This has been a great election so far. Some of you should watch it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2012 06:38 AM (1kxXY)

122 Fred Willard was just doing research for his next feature film, the working title of which is "Yank."

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 19, 2012 06:40 AM (4WhSY)

123 Fred Willard starring in: This Tool Was Made For Beating

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 19, 2012 06:43 AM (SqoG9)

124 I'm not a huge Romney fan. But I am a fan of ruthless, take-no-prisoners stone-cold campaign competence. When he finishes making his bonfire of Democrats, I'll be there to hand him a lighter.

Posted by: Emperor of Icecream at July 19, 2012 06:47 AM (ZMzpb)

125 Can't see him at fisticuffs. He'd be more at home in a slapfight.

A slapfight that would get a thread closed here, even.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 19, 2012 06:48 AM (tqwMN)

126 Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 19, 2012 09:43 AM (wtvvX) Plus looks like the ME might really blow up. Israel has no friend in O, so may go it alone.

Posted by: hmmmm at July 19, 2012 06:49 AM (e9LVX)

127 Don't know if it's been mentioned, but I understand that due to federal campaign laws, Romney is limited to spending the money left over from his primary fight until the Republican convention at the end of August. Only then can he tap the general election cash. Obama, not having had a primary fight, has a lot of dough to blow on ads. (Other people's dough, natch.) If you were wondering why you see much more SCOAMF and less Mitt, that's why.

Although, with these poll numbers, Barky's mob is just shoveling bux out the door to keep from sinking out of sight. It makes me want to laugh like a demented horror-movie villian.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at July 19, 2012 07:00 AM (VMcoS)

128 Ohhhhh..... thats gonna leave a mark....

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 19, 2012 07:02 AM (lZBBB)

129 bump

Posted by: toby928© at July 19, 2012 07:32 AM (QupBk)

130 @125
Mittens won the primary over - as you so contemptuously say - "True Conservative candidates" due to 1) there being a number of Conservatives candidates which split the votes among them, and 2) Mittens' character assassination ad team. You really think mister "I'm pro-choice/I'm pro-life" (just as one miserable example) has shown any appeal to the nation as a whole? You aren't THAT stupi...err...well, now, maybe you ARE....

Posted by: Ed Wallis at July 19, 2012 07:45 AM (q5Pu1)

131 I hope they have versions of "These Hands" for every state. Great ad.

Posted by: t-bird at July 19, 2012 07:51 AM (FcR7P)

132 Outstanding, indeed.

It's seldom that they strike the right tone, with the right images, and the perfect music in the same ad, but they did it here. From the drive to work at 6a.m. to the photo of his father on the wall, they did it all very, very well.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 19, 2012 08:22 AM (piMMO)

133 And, he's goes on attack with soft music and a positive message.

There's a reason he's much, much richer than those of us who sit and criticize.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 19, 2012 08:27 AM (piMMO)

134 Absolutely love it where Obama says "You didn't build that", and Gilchrist flinches just a tiny bit and blinks. Also, a great moment when they show Gilchrist & his son flanking the portrait of his Dad.

Posted by: RM at July 19, 2012 08:40 AM (TRsME)

135

"Unfortunately Soap and I agree that the electorate has changed from people who want to get out there and get after, it to a crowd of ninnies waiting for the government to do something. Hopefully they're still young and can be flipped back."

I hear you and share this some. But there are a lot of independents/moderates out there who voted for Obama for a variety of reasons last time. There are a lot of people between the conservative, no questions asked people who believe as we do and the moderates who have probably been a bit taken aback at Obama's lurch to the left, and who would respond to this.

I'm starting to think it may be enough to beat the out and out leeches that Obama is courting. But it's getting closer and closer to the tipping point where the leeches will outnumber the productive and those who are striving to be.

Posted by: RM at July 19, 2012 08:54 AM (TRsME)

136 I'm in Michigan this week and crossroads is running ads regularly. And just this morning the RNC had one out too.

Posted by: Dave S. at July 19, 2012 09:22 AM (QRkPe)

137 That first Ad made me so damn mad I nearly cried. Put it on TV!!!

Posted by: thunderb at July 19, 2012 09:27 AM (Dnbau)

138 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at July 19, 2012 11:08 AM (6o4Fb)

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