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January 12, 2012

SCOAMF, Then and Now
— Ace

Ad by the RNC.

From the sidebar, completely unrelated, but Star Wars as Hawaii Five-Oh:

There's a lot of these. Star Trek (original) as A-Team.

The Star Wars Imperials as Airwolf.

Star Wars as "CHiPs."

Doctor Who as CSI: Miami, with opening quip.

Battlestar: Galactica as Dallas.

And Han Solo as Magnum, PI. @rdbrewer4 also found this side-by-side comparison of the real Magnum opening, compared to the spoof; pretty close!

And this one goes on a little long, but Star Trek (TNG) as the Love Boat.

Heh: Old, and I think it's been linked here, but still funny: The credits for Firefly, if Firefly were an early-80s show.

Thanks to SEIU Thug.

Posted by: Ace at 09:03 AM | Comments (118)
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1 Not very effective. We didn't want change, so who cares that we didn't get it. Bad assumption of the commercial.

Posted by: peter at January 12, 2012 09:05 AM (duvQE)

2 Let's take the chopper!

Posted by: TC at January 12, 2012 09:06 AM (OO+Nq)

3 The GOP's complaint is that Obama isn't liberal enough?

Must vote Romney.

Posted by: lorien1973 at January 12, 2012 09:07 AM (usXZy)

4 They failed to mention that Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: fluffy at January 12, 2012 09:07 AM (Lpgtj)

I ain't gettin' on no chopper, Hannibal...

milk?

Why sure, I'd like some milk. It does a body good, fool.

Posted by: B A Barackus at January 12, 2012 09:08 AM (OO+Nq)

6 Unfortunately the one thing you can guarantee about a Romney/Obama matchup is that whoever wins, change will NOT come.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2012 09:08 AM (7BU4a)

7 Failed to Bring the Change... It's like a pro- menopause commercial.

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:08 AM (r2PLg)

8 well change did come. change in credit rating, change in prosperity for all, change in keep your GVt hands off my Body!

Posted by: willow at January 12, 2012 09:09 AM (h+qn8)

9 Dude! How could you forget the Awesome Eighties Remix of the Firefly Intro!

Downtwinkles, SRSLY!

Posted by: SEIU Thug at January 12, 2012 09:09 AM (AQD6a)

10
it's weak

It's a nice poke in Obama's eye...if you're already hate Obama. But it's not a good way to connect with the people.

the 4 G's
Gas
Groceries
Gjobs
Greece

Posted by: soothsayer at January 12, 2012 09:09 AM (sqkOB)

11 The GOP's complaint is that Obama isn't liberal enough? Must vote Romney. **** Seriously-wth?

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:09 AM (r2PLg)

12 Chicken in every pot. Don't have to worry about your car payments. Free rent apartment/moble home. blah blah blah

Posted by: dblwmy at January 12, 2012 09:09 AM (BvTwT)

Well, the size of the National debt changed.

Number of jobs changed.

My income changed.

Is he promising to unchange the changes, or change the

.....never mind !

Posted by: seamrog at January 12, 2012 09:10 AM (QjiIC)

14 then...now...always

Posted by: phoenixgirl....all in for perry at January 12, 2012 09:10 AM (Ho2rs)

15 Not very effective. We didn't want change, so who cares that we didn't get it. Bad assumption of the commercial.

Posted by: peter at January 12, 2012 01:05 PM (duvQE)

I disagree. Obama made a lot of nebulous promises that moderates took to heart. Change, reform, etc. What Obama did, however, was generally double down on what people did not want.

If the Republicans are smart they'll make more ads like this one. Of course they will be rather restricted if Romney is the nominee - no covering Obamacare, leftwing judge appointments, etc.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2012 09:11 AM (7BU4a)

16 That ad seems dumb. "Failed to bring change." Were we hoping he would? How about just "Failed."

Posted by: Montjoie at January 12, 2012 09:11 AM (sBpR/)

17 they actually need to address the change wrought and brought about by bad decisions, management and gvt intrusion by the administration.

Posted by: willow at January 12, 2012 09:11 AM (h+qn8)

18
Mock Obama for his failures and remind people...

This is what you get when you elect a community organizer to be president.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 12, 2012 09:12 AM (sqkOB)

19 OMG, the teenage basement dwellers at Zerohedge say everything is going to collapse!!! I've got dump all my assets into gold, canned goods and ammo, now!!!

Posted by: Idiot who jsut discovered Zerohedge at January 12, 2012 09:12 AM (Usk3+)

20 #14 Is better than the damn ad.

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:12 AM (r2PLg)

21

Chewbacca as TC??!?!?

That's RACIST!!!!

Posted by: imp at January 12, 2012 09:14 AM (UaxA0)

22 Is it just me or when that SCOAMF says the word America it feels like taking a size 12 to the nuts.

_{....would have no clue to how the 'ettes could relate to that sorry....}

Posted by: ontherocks at January 12, 2012 09:14 AM (HBqDo)

23 Hmm. On one hand, it sucks because this ad buys into the premise that "we all believed the SCOAMF, but he LIED to us!!!"

At the same time, that may be precisely what is needed to get some low-info voters to jump ship and stop backing the Kenyan Messiah. It gives them the way out.

More effective would be listing his promises that were *conservative*, and then listing what we got instead.

Posted by: grognard at January 12, 2012 09:15 AM (NS2Mo)

24 FAIL. That's the eff'n best the RNC can do?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 12, 2012 09:15 AM (f9c2L)

25 Failed to Bring the Change... Yep, you're still dumbasses.

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2012 09:15 AM (FcR7P)

Could it be that Obama is so far-left that Romney looks conservative and the rest look like fringers???

And Ron Paul looks like My Favorite Martian?

Posted by: Comparative Man at January 12, 2012 09:16 AM (Usk3+)

27 on a very basic level, "change" is understood to mean "change for the better." Most people didn't vote for him for socialism. They voted for him with the idea he'd fix stuff, because he's so smart, you know.

Posted by: ace at January 12, 2012 09:16 AM (nj1bB)

28 >>>mm. On one hand, it sucks because this ad buys into the premise that "we all believed the SCOAMF, but he LIED to us!!!" And what's wrong with that? We need a lot of the voters who voted for Obama last time. Remember, he got 53%. I've always said the best out for them is to claim that THEY weren't wrong, Obama just betrayed them. No one wants to admit he's wrong. Anyone agitating to convince people they're wrong is making things far more difficult than it needs to be.

Posted by: ace at January 12, 2012 09:18 AM (nj1bB)

29 Most people didn't vote for him for socialism. ***** Are you sure...? (I'm sort of joking.)

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:18 AM (r2PLg)

30 Also, Deep Space Nine done as Battlestar Galactica.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at January 12, 2012 09:18 AM (AQD6a)

31 It gives them the way out.

Yep. Psychologically people respond much better to;

That smoother talker lied to you. Of course you believed him...who wouldn't? But now is time for pay back to the lying liar that lied to you!

then they do to the more honest approach;

You fucked up. You didn't do your research. You voted on your willfully ill-informed gut instead of thinking it through. If you want more of Obama's change - taxes, government, unemployment - fuck up again moron.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2012 09:18 AM (7BU4a)

32 The ad should start with "change," and morph it into "corruption," and then hit Solyndra, Auto dealerships, GE, Fast & Furious, all in succession.

"Is this the change you were looking for?"

We can come up with a half dozen slam dunk ideas in 5 minutes or less, but they spent money on this?

Posted by: grognard at January 12, 2012 09:19 AM (NS2Mo)

33 And what's wrong with that? We need a lot of the voters who voted for Obama last time. Remember, he got 53%. ***** We are so screwed. There is this numbers guy... He says we need 60% of the white vote. 60%.

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:19 AM (r2PLg)

34 The Stash endorsed Romney?

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 12, 2012 09:19 AM (Sh42X)

35
He says we need 60% of the white vote.

Wow, that's almost half!

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 12, 2012 09:20 AM (7BU4a)

36 The Stash endorsed Romney? ***** Yes.

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:20 AM (r2PLg)

37 zactly, 18-1. There are many things in play in an election. It is understandable that partisans want repudiation and vindication, but this comes at the expense of those who voted for Obama, at the cost of their ego. Although in a perfect world, yes, I'd like them all to admit how damn wrong they were, that's probably too much. Even David Brooks won't admit he's wrong, and he's supposed to be some kind of honest intellectual thinker. Further, this isn't the ONLY ad. There are going to be a lot of ads with a lot of different levers. This is just one lever.

Posted by: ace at January 12, 2012 09:21 AM (nj1bB)

38 >Yes.

I'll believe it when ace tells me it's true.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 12, 2012 09:21 AM (Sh42X)

39 And further still, this ad gets at the competence question. The reason I like it is that the SCOAMF actually stutters in the latter clip, as he attempts to shift from "change is coming" to "change WILL be coming, someday." It's absurd, and even he's bright enough to understand that. So he stutters like a liar.

Posted by: ace at January 12, 2012 09:22 AM (nj1bB)

40 And what's wrong with that? We need a lot of the voters who voted for Obama last time. Remember, he got 53%.

Nothing is wrong with that tactic, Ace. I think there are stronger ways to do it that don't tacitly agree that Obama's promises were all "good" things.

Posted by: grognard at January 12, 2012 09:22 AM (NS2Mo)

41 Even David Brooks won't admit he's wrong, I think he's come closer to it than say- Romney on RomneyCare fwiw.

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:22 AM (r2PLg)

42 Just keep playing that "If I don't fix the economy in 4 years, I don't deserve a second term..." line. Also that thing where he said he wants to make energy prices "skyrocket".

Posted by: The Mega Independent at January 12, 2012 09:23 AM (gh8KH)

43 >>He says we need 60% of the white vote.
60%.
Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 01:19 PM (r2PLg)

The problem as I see it is that we need 120% of the informed voters to vote.

Not counting the recently deceased.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 12, 2012 09:23 AM (HBqDo)

44 People don't like this ad? I love it.

Look at the cocky sumbitch on election night. Fast forward and he's haggard looking. Stuttering and downright BEGGING to bring that change that he never delivered..

If it's advertised properly it could be quite effective.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 12, 2012 09:23 AM (pLTLS)

45 on a very basic level, "change" is understood to mean "change for the better." Most people didn't vote for him for socialism.

On the contrary ace, most of his supporters are fully into socialism. Indeed, a good percentage of them are like him, outright communists.

All Democrats are at a minimum socialists.

Posted by: Vic at January 12, 2012 09:23 AM (YdQQY)

46 I think a more effective theme would be along the lines of "We told you so."

Or perhaps, "Obama's socialistic agenda was doomed to fail."

Or combine them, such as, "We told you Obama's socialistic agenda was doomed to fail. And it has. Just as we knew it would."

Sometimes you need to rub people's noses in their prior mistakes, failings and other wrongs -- voting for Obama was wrong, we knew it all along, we told you so at the time, you were wrong, we were right, now sit down and shut up.

Can someone put that kind of ad together?

Posted by: Phinn at January 12, 2012 09:24 AM (KNtHw)

47 Driving into work this morning I passed one gas station -- it was at 3.35. I passed another one about 2 miles later and it was already up to 3.60.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 12, 2012 09:24 AM (pLTLS)

48 I'll believe it when ace tells me it's true. ***** Damn it-you need a link don't you... I'm about as hawkish as they get and The Stash freaks me out... for some reason. Maybe because there are photos of Pamela Gellar draped all over him-and...

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:24 AM (r2PLg)

49 What we need is to get our voters down to the polls and hope that their voters are discouraged and stay at home. People really do not flip and back forth between the two parties.

Posted by: Vic at January 12, 2012 09:25 AM (YdQQY)

50 Hey, maybe if Firefly had opening credits like that it could have garnered an audience. Or Fox could have just aired the episodes in the correct order.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at January 12, 2012 09:25 AM (7EV/g)

51 Even David Brooks won't admit he's wrong, and he's supposed to be some kind of honest intellectual thinker.

Hey, after careful study I think this Romney guy might have an even better crease in his pants!

Posted by: David Brooks at January 12, 2012 09:25 AM (7BU4a)

I don't think the ad is too clear that competence is what Obama failed at.

It's tricky to get people to admit a mistake. The best way is to convince them they were decieved by a smooth-talking but incompetent grifter. "We all were, honey."

Posted by: spongeworthy at January 12, 2012 09:26 AM (puy4B)

53 I'll believe it when ace tells me it's true.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 12, 2012 01:21 PM (Sh42X)

I'm obviously not ace but a quick search on Bing shows it's true.

Posted by: ErikW at January 12, 2012 09:26 AM (+ePlO)

54 >>>On the contrary ace, most of his supporters are fully into socialism. Indeed, a good percentage of them are like him, outright communists. Okay true. I meant "most of the people who could possibly vote against him now did not vote for socialism." He got 53%. If you want to win, you have to take 6% out of that 53% and flip it to our side.

Posted by: ace at January 12, 2012 09:26 AM (nj1bB)

55 The problem as I see it is that we need 120% of the informed voters to vote. So you're saying -we got a double on the screwing coming-with a twist and on the rocks... gawd.

Posted by: tasker at January 12, 2012 09:26 AM (r2PLg)

56 If Romney gets the nomination, Bolton will be one of the first "team members" he announces. Bolton would have been on any GOPers short list for reasons beyond vote-getting potential. He's probably the best man for any number of jobs in an Administration.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 12, 2012 09:26 AM (uIz80)

57 Economist and writer and humorist and actor Ben Stein has filed suit against Kyoscera Corp and advertising agency Seiter & Miller alleging that an agreement for him to appear in TV commercials was illegally breached because of his personal and political beliefs about global warming. SteinÂ’s memorable jacket-and-tie deadpan persona has figured in numerous TV commercials and appearances. Not to mention his iconic turn in the movie Ferris BuellerÂ’s Day Off. According to SteinÂ’s suit, Grace Jao of Seiter & Miller in December 2010 contacted his agent Marcia Hurwitz of Innovative Artists about appearing in commercials for Kyocera printer products and about speaking at a company function. Over the course of about five weeks, the suit claims, the parties reached an agreement on all significant deal points including payment of SteinÂ’s fee of $300,000 for shooting the commercials and for the speaking engagement. The circumstances led Hurwitz to believe the deal was done, the suit says, and Stein planned accordingly.

Early in February 2011 Jao contacted Hurwitz, the suit says, to inform the agent that questions had been raised over SteinÂ’s beliefs about global warming and the environment and whether they were Â“sufficiently conventional and politically correct for Kyocera,Â” according to language in the suit. Hurwitz told Jao that as far as she was concerned the deal was done, the suit said, and SteinÂ’s political and scientific views were not part of his contract for extolling the companyÂ’s printers. Stein told Hurwitz to inform the defendants that he was extremely concerned with environmental issues but he was no means certain that global warming was manmade. He also told her to inform the defendants that it was a matter of his religious beliefs that God and not man controlled the weather.

On February 16, 2011, Livingston Miller, president of the ad agency, informed Hurwitz via email that the agency had decided to Â“withdraw its offerÂ” even though negotiations had resulted in an acceptance of the offer and other stipulations.

Posted by: Attack Watch at January 12, 2012 09:26 AM (e8kgV)

58 Wheres Penny? Is recess over at Retard U.?

Posted by: maddogg at January 12, 2012 09:26 AM (OlN4e)

59 Jeebus.. I could do better than that in like ten minutes (if I knew anything about capturing video and editing it and posting it on YouTube..)

Start out with Obama promising to lower every American family's health insurance costs by $2500 then show how much MORE it will cost families..

Next - Obama calling for higher gas prices - then show current prices and how much more per year an average family spends under this asshole.

One after another, just present this mutherf*cker's lies and today's reality in contrast.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 12, 2012 09:27 AM (f9c2L)

60 Watching the SCoaMF promise change is no different than Bullwinkle trying to pull a rabbit out of his hat. Fail fail fail. But the ad isn't specific enough. Plus in the now portion there's a visible chop in his speech which could be interpreted as 'selective editing'.

Poor ad imho.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 12, 2012 09:27 AM (BhuDE)

61 I think a more effective theme would be along the lines of "We told you so."

Yeah, nothing brings people over to your side better than smugly insulting them.

Just ask Jon Huntsman.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 12, 2012 09:27 AM (SY2Kh)

62 at 50 Lacey- Wow, where are you? I just paid $2.92.

Posted by: Julie at January 12, 2012 09:27 AM (O/fK8)

63
I suggest a new meme for RNC ads:

Barack Obama: The Cash for Clunkers Presidency

Posted by: soothsayer at January 12, 2012 09:28 AM (sqkOB)

64 on a very basic level, "change" is understood to mean "change for the better." Most people didn't vote for him for socialism

sure but the needed action should be to tie Obama to the socialism they recieved, and why it doesn't work. stealing by gvt. or a single person to gain isn't Fair and it is destructive to the country that tries it, re greece or europe
i know too much info for a short ad.

Posted by: willow at January 12, 2012 09:28 AM (h+qn8)

65 Ace. I don't mind it if you decide to half give up on politics for a few days or a week or so. You're a frickin content machine anyway.

Posted by: Truman North at January 12, 2012 09:28 AM (I2LwF)

66 You fucked up. You didn't do your research. You voted on your willfully ill-informed gut instead of thinking it through. If you want more of Obama's change - taxes, government, unemployment - fuck up again moron.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2012 01:18 PM (7BU4a)

Too bad that Sam Kinnison is dead- that ad with him doing the announcing would be dynamite.

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 12, 2012 09:29 AM (OtQXp)

67 Oh, I see you guys are on this already.

Posted by: spongeworthy at January 12, 2012 09:29 AM (puy4B)

68 If you're in a swing or purple state I implore you to sign up with your local GOP to canvass, make calls, etc.

Sitting on a blog and repeating BO is a SCOAMF is fun and a great way to vent but we need feet on the ground.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 12, 2012 09:29 AM (pLTLS)

69 Yeah, that ad sucks donkey balls. Barky is pandering to those that expected to the Sickle and Hammer flying above the WH by now.

Posted by: Beefy Meatball at January 12, 2012 09:29 AM (E7yM+)

70 on a very basic level, "change" is understood to mean "change for the better." Most people didn't vote for him for socialism.

Actually, one of the frustrating things I remember from the '08 election is talking with low information voters who though the argument "change isn't necessarily for the better" was unpossible. Of course Obama would:

Raise taxes
Cut taxes
Raise spending
Cut Spending
Socialize Healthcare
Not Socialize Healthcare

etc....You'd often have people agreeing they were going to vote for Obama while each arguing the opposite reason they would vote for him. "He'll be a deficit hawk!" and "he'll implement all the social spending we need!" followed by both "he'll be an awesome president!"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 12, 2012 09:30 AM (7BU4a)

71 RNC is trying to relive the glory of 2008. What?!?

Posted by: I'm Mittens McLame, and I approved this message at January 12, 2012 09:32 AM (E7yM+)

72 The ad is effective visually. Teh Won sure has aged, but not like a fine wine. He is aging like Emperor Palpatine.

Posted by: Shannon at January 12, 2012 09:33 AM (DB9eK)

73 The RNC should do an ad like Bill Murray's character did in Scrooged, for A Christmas Carol.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 12, 2012 09:33 AM (Sh42X)

74
and to continue from the last thread...

The "good" people on the Left justify their nastiness because they view others as second-class citizens.

For instance, the cocksucker Piers Morgan calls Andrew Breitbart "notoriously evil" while Andrew is a guest on his show!

Posted by: soothsayer at January 12, 2012 09:33 AM (sqkOB)

Am I the only one thinking that calling him the Food Stamp President is about the best we've heard? As opposed to a Paycheck President, I mean?

That gets a lot said in a few words. Wish I'd come up with it.

Posted by: spongeworthy at January 12, 2012 09:34 AM (puy4B)

76 65 at 50 Lacey- Wow, where are you? I just paid $2.92. Even the higher price will look cheap by summer.

Posted by: Ahmdoinmyjihad at January 12, 2012 09:34 AM (Usk3+)

77 If you think this ad is effective, you're a dumbass. And, prolly a Romney supporter.

Posted by: There. I said it at January 12, 2012 09:34 AM (E7yM+)

78 The character of the GOP candidates matters too.

Posted by: EBL at January 12, 2012 09:35 AM (IgakF)

79 How about "One Term President"?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 12, 2012 09:35 AM (f9c2L)

80 Even David Brooks won't admit he's wrong, and he was's supposed to be some kind of honest intellectual thinker.
_FIFY

That is pretty much in the past.
Recently he's branched out into desperate social pandering and very low comedy.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 12, 2012 09:35 AM (HBqDo)

81 You'd often have people agreeing they were going to vote for Obama while each arguing the opposite reason they would vote for him. "He'll be a deficit hawk!" and "he'll implement all the social spending we need!" followed by both "he'll be an awesome president!" Posted by: 18-1

Despise Obama or hate him, his campaign was a master's course in marketing. Appearing to be all things to all people without a ounce of substance.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 12, 2012 09:36 AM (UFymO)

82 I paid $3.69 in Chicago burbs yesterday.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 12, 2012 09:36 AM (f9c2L)

83
We're boned. Lefty Romney vs. Super Lefty Odumbass.

I like that Magnum link. that's good editing.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 12, 2012 09:36 AM (JYheX)

It's a LIE! This country used to have a triple-A rating. Now it's AA. That's change, you morons! Goddam RNC.

Posted by: Cricket at January 12, 2012 09:36 AM (DrC22)

85 Book 'em Han-no

Posted by: The Q at January 12, 2012 09:36 AM (LnQhT)

86 It was the crease that fooled me. Not my fault. Who wouldn't have fallen for that crease? Admit it.

Posted by: Brooks, David at January 12, 2012 09:37 AM (Usk3+)

87 Change woulda come 'cept for those evil rethuglikans. That's why we you gotta vote for me and get rid of 'em the House & Senate too.

Posted by: jeannebodine at January 12, 2012 09:38 AM (byR8d)

88 It's absurd, and even he's bright enough to understand that. So he stutters like a liar.

But when he's not on prompter he stutters all the ti.....oooooh.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 12, 2012 09:39 AM (0q2P7)

89 I'm calling this election for Obama. Between crap candidates and an even crappier RNC, in addition to the declining white vote, we'll be lucky to do as well as in 2008. Better luck in 2016. After 2030 elections won't even matter because the white vote will be too low. Harsh, but it's the truth.

Posted by: Chris at January 12, 2012 09:39 AM (xzLHn)

Rosebud!

The Crease!

Rosebud!

Toned Arms!

Rosebud!

Hawaiian Pecs!

Posted by: David Brooooks at January 12, 2012 09:40 AM (Usk3+)

91 Posted by: Julie

SW Ohio

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 12, 2012 09:41 AM (pLTLS)

92 I like the ad on the premise that it just shows Obama as another fluke ass wanna be politician. You voted for change... well you're going to need to vote for me again for change. Besides that it's crap... just reinforces what I already knew. Dude is a POS pol trying to milk the system.

Posted by: Cajun Carrot at January 12, 2012 09:41 AM (zHl9z)

93 It was the crease that fooled me. Not my fault. Who wouldn't have fallen for that crease? Admit it.

You know; Just adding a discussion point of qualification based on the quality of the candidates dry cleaner should in a reasonable society get someone laughed off the public stage forever.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 12, 2012 09:42 AM (0q2P7)

94 Folks, we've only made things worse for four years. Six if you count my two years as a Senator under the Great Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. But things are looking up! I've found a nice little cottage in Connecticut. So, in summary, Fore More Years!

Posted by: Barry McDouche at January 12, 2012 09:42 AM (FcR7P)

95 Am I the only one thinking that calling him the Food Stamp President is about the best we've heard?

Too many people think food stamps are awesome because they keep babies from dying in the streets.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 12, 2012 09:42 AM (/kI1Q)

96 It was the crease that fooled me. Not my fault. Who wouldn't have fallen for that crease? Admit it.

You know; Just adding a discussion point of qualification based on the quality of the candidates dry cleaner should in a reasonable society get someone laughed off the public stage forever.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 12, 2012 01:42 PM (0q2P7)

This.

Posted by: Guy who like to write THIS at January 12, 2012 09:44 AM (Usk3+)

97 won't even matter because the white vote will be too low. Harsh, but it's the truth.

Uh-huh. You sound so.....concerned....about the race of our voters. So concerned. Tell me exactly why we should care at all about the race of the folks who want to be free?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Camellia Sinensis Operative at January 12, 2012 09:44 AM (0q2P7)

98 the Food Stamp President Ouch, that one stings. I like it.

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2012 09:44 AM (FcR7P)

99 Know what change I've noticed? All the fucking signs around here screaming YES!!! We accept EBT! Great change.

Posted by: Cajun Carrot at January 12, 2012 09:45 AM (zHl9z)

100 A chicken in every pot. ...in every soup kitchen across Omerica.

Posted by: Barack Hoover Obama at January 12, 2012 09:47 AM (FcR7P)

101 That SCOAMF ad sucked as bad as our choice of candidtes this election. There are 8 gazillion promises SCOAMF made that he hasn't kept. Hit him there. Hit him with jobs numbers, debt numbers etc. etc. There's so many holes in SCOAMF's records they go with a pussy soft pedal like this? Why am I not suprised.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 12, 2012 09:47 AM (OCCG6)

102 I'm calling this election for Obama. Between crap candidates and an even crappier RNC, in addition to the declining white vote, we'll be lucky to do as well as in 2008. Better luck in 2016. After 2030 elections won't even matter because the white vote will be too low. Harsh, but it's the truth.

Posted by: Chris at January 12, 2012 01:39 PM (xzLHn)

I think you're wrong Chris. America is going to save itself. Even the smallest creature will fight to save its own life. People know we are in danger. They may not be able to enumerate the reasons but look around. Americans are afraid and they are afraid of this administration.

Posted by: Sgt. Fury at January 12, 2012 09:49 AM (BupRb)

103 You guys can find more fault in something than a geologist in San Andreas.

Posted by: polynikes - Texan for Romney at January 12, 2012 09:56 AM (lgaQU)

104

Better ad would be a list of all the Unconstitutional things Obama has done...

From foreign wars to the ability to lock up any American citizen... to EPA regs... to recess appointments and the power of the new Consumer crap...

Then have Obama talking about Change...

Then a simple graphic... is this the change we want?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2012 09:59 AM (NtXW4)

105 109 You guys can find more fault in something than a geologist in San Andreas. You have to admit the SCOAMF ad the GOP put out is lame. I mean they pay ad people big bucks for this and that's what they come up with? How about a scroll of all the actual promises broken with a ticker showing national debt and a chart showing the high unemployment with Barry's voice in the background saying how all these things were going to be better under him? I just wrote the RNC a commercial. Obama is a pretty easy target.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 12, 2012 10:02 AM (OCCG6)

106 If they want to go with the "change" angle, they should show side by side pictures of the gasoline prices, side by side of food costs, side by side of GM dealerships closed and shuttered,etc. Then, after a pause, show the caravans of their entourage going on vacations, the AF1 swooping over the statue of liberty, and OWS scenes with the deems praising them.

Posted by: Chilling the most for perry at January 12, 2012 10:28 AM (6IV8T)

107 BSG to Buffy.

Buffy to BSG.

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at January 12, 2012 10:40 AM (BvTwT)

108 Terrible ad. They should have attacked Obama for being too much of a free market capitalist.

Posted by: Angry Newt at January 12, 2012 10:50 AM (64S5N)

109 SCOAMT is denying Purple Hearts to soldiers killed & injured in Ft. Hood shooting. I'm NOT kidding

Posted by: Pissed Off at January 12, 2012 10:52 AM (sJKFk)

110 48 on a very basic level, "change" is understood to mean "change for the better." Most people didn't vote for him for socialism.

On the contrary ace, most of his supporters are fully into socialism. Indeed, a good percentage of them are like him, outright communists.

Okay true. I meant "most of the people who could possibly vote against him now did not vote for socialism."

You had it right the first time, ace, unless by supporters you mean only the hard core. There are a bucket of people who voted for him last time who regret their decision, and only need someone to pat them on the head and say "there, there, it wasn't your fault the evil man lied to you". The need to preserve one's ego is strong in our species.

Posted by: pep at January 12, 2012 10:54 AM (YXmuI)

111 I'm dating myself, but a variation on the old Joe Isuzu commercials but starring you know who would be really funny and effective. Enough with the serious music, mock the guy.

Posted by: pep at January 12, 2012 10:57 AM (YXmuI)

112 115 SCOAMT is denying Purple Hearts to soldiers killed & injured in Ft. Hood shooting. I'm NOT kidding

Posted by: Pissed Off at January 12, 2012 02:52 PM (sJKFk)

Perfectly logical... in order for him to grant Purple Hearts, which is for COMBAT, he must declare that the Perp was an enemy Combatant... which takes him out of the normal Military Justice System...

You also do not get Purple Hearts except in designated Areas... ie where the War is...

So... he would have to declare him an Enemy, and declare Ft Hood as a Combat Zone, in order to give Purple Hearts...

Sad... but this aint Obama's fault...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2012 10:58 AM (NtXW4)

113 #117 I sure hope they use a lot of humor on Obama this year. Nothing made him and his people madder than those "celebrity" Web ads that John McCain did, and the jokes Sarah Palin did on him in her RNC speech. I wish wish wish they had done more of it. He absolutely cannot handle being mocked.

Posted by: rockmom at January 12, 2012 11:24 AM (NYnoe)

114 Obama Fact of the Day ...

Â• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream

Posted by: Attack Watch at January 12, 2012 11:53 AM (e8kgV)

115

As far as Â“vileÂ” groups are concerned, one need look no further than a blog wherein the term Â“SCOAMFÂ” is used in reference to the President of the United States.
ThereÂ’s this FoxNewsPundit-induced haze that has Republicans thinking that the whole country thinks Obama is a complete failure.

As per polling, he has been hovering within 50%. If Obama has 50% general approval in the country, and Mitt Romney canÂ’t even get 40% approval against the current jokester Republican field (sans Paul), in a state he lived in/next to, and campaigned in for years, that does not bode well. ItÂ’s pretty obvious Paul votes wonÂ’t gravitate towards Mitt in the general election, not to mention most Â“hardline conservativesÂ” are already considering voting for Mitt a Â“hold your nose and voteÂ” situation.

The Â“the anyone on this stage could beat ObamaÂ” line has been used repeatedly throughout the debates (I think I even heard Paul use it once, unfortunately), and it has no basis in fact.
RW sites are drowning in racist, Obama-hating reader comments?

Posted by: Questionman at January 12, 2012 12:02 PM (rVHGg)

116 This Republican ad is unfair. Obama delivered lots of change. It just wasn't the change people were expecting.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 12, 2012 12:12 PM (OTNmy)

117 Star Wars as it should have been! Yeah!

Posted by: Benzadmiral at January 12, 2012 12:30 PM (WuRdj)

118

What happens if he amasses billions in his re-election fund , then decides not to run due to "health issues"?

Does he get to keep the money ??

I wouldn't put it past him and his patriotic wife.

He'd become a Soros mini-me.

Posted by: seamrog at January 12, 2012 03:44 PM (6fr9P)

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