18 Responses to “aside: ads”  

1. 1 Mamala Mar 5th, 2008 at 9:48 am

   No, you’re a wise mother and your children are the better off (and safer) for it.

2. 2 Keith Mar 5th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

   I haven’t seen these. Who’s the boogeyman?

3. 3 reverendmother Mar 5th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

   here

4. 4 Keith Mar 5th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

   I can’t decide whether it’s playing off his being black or not, so it probably is.

5. 5 reverendmother Mar 5th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

   That’s nothing! Check how they edited Obama’s face!

   His record’s not the only thing they distort…

6. 6 esperanza Mar 5th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

   I hope you’re not a bad mother for this…we saw that ad incessantly over the past week or so. It was my tipping point on who to vote for. And it didn’t go the way the ad-makers intended. The pontificators are crediting that ad with her winning Texas. It just feels smarmy.

7. 7 Fergus Carrick Mar 5th, 2008 at 10:51 pm

   No - you are not a bad mother. There is nothing worse than a parent who panics and upsets their children. Your ability to stay cool and ignore this piece of rubbish points to your wisdom. The ad doesn’t even make sense - if the phone rings that long before somebody picks it up then our Homeland Security representative on duty should be fired! Nobody really thinks the President personally answers the hot line at 3:00AM

8. 8 reverendmother Mar 6th, 2008 at 8:29 am

   Not to mention dressed with jewelry and makeup!

   The incessantly ringing phone is very shrewdly designed to increase the viewers’ anxiety level. It appeals to the lizard brain. Apparently it worked.

9. 9 Keith Mar 6th, 2008 at 10:11 am

   They should just use the steam whistle from SWEENEY TODD.

   Regarding the facial distortion:

   J effin C.

10. 10 reverendmother Mar 6th, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Damn straight.

    And she accuses *him* of using Karl Rove’s playbook?

    Pot, this is kettle. You’re black.

    (tasteless pun intended)

11. 11 recovering baptist Mar 6th, 2008 at 11:20 am

    No you are not a bad mother, but a wise one. Fear mongering has been the chosen ploy for the current occupants of the white House and the gullable followed just like sheep. This is a new twist though, forget about the reds or terrorists under the bed, now, it’s fear the weak occupent of the bed.

    I would suggest the phone continues to ring because the occupant of the bed might be hard of hearing and that comes with age!!! the moral… elect a young president though not another c student yalie!

12. 12 CGAuntie Mar 6th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    Here in Texas, this ad is credited for tipping the late-deciders in her favor.

    I, for one, thought the ad was poorly done, and it did not appeal to me on any level.

13. 13 Teri Mar 6th, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    RM, that is one of my favorite sayings, in spite of its bad taste. Amy and I often say “hello, kettle? this is pot. You’re black! BLACK BLACK BLACK BLACK BLACK!!!!!”

    You have to say it exactly like that. With that last part in a sort of descending tone throughout the six “black”s.

    RE the ad, and the crazy manipulation of the photos, GRRR and GAG and OMG how can we even be thinking of electing someone like this? ugh.

14. 14 Keith Mar 10th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/10/girl-in-clinton-ad-supports-obama/

15. 15 Manya Mar 10th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    Do not ask for *WHOM* the red phone rings…

    Children or no children, I would prefer to have a president who knows grammar.

16. 16 Mamala Mar 10th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Obama won Texas!

    http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/10/151122/998/240/473676

17. 17 purechristianithink Mar 14th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Why didn’t she just re-run that old Goldwater daisy thing and be done with it??

18. 18 Jonah May 15th, 2008 at 7:42 am

    Not only are you a good mother, but a wise political participant.

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