With a song so catchy it’s destined to be hummed all the way to the ballot box, this new anti-Obama ad is a toe-tapping animated sensation. It’s put together by the folk at Patriot Super PAC, which says it is independent of any political party, appears to be sympathetic to the Tea Party, and aims to help elect conservative candidates to Congress. The ads’ makers oppose the “lunacy of liberalism” and Obama’s “devious socialist agenda”.
Yes We Can (Vote Him Out)
With a song so catchy it’s destined to be hummed all the way to the ballot box, this new anti-Obama ad is a toe-tapping animated sensation. It’s put together by the folk at Patriot Super PAC, which says it is independent of any political party, appears to be sympathetic to the Tea Party, and aims […]
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Crap.
The advertising agency knew their demographic audience were idiots and framed the ad perfectly.
Zut – you don’t think it’s a little hi-brow for the targets? Some of the words have two, even three syllables!
There’s a fair amount of nasty subtext in that forty-odd seconds.
BHO’s got to go (in case you forgot about his funny, Islamic dictator-ish middle name.
And who “feels imprisoned” by Obamacare? Suprise, suprise, it’s a black guy! Just to twist the metaphor fully around, he is then literally thrown behind bars. Nasty stuff that may go over the heads of the target audience…….. the conscious part of those heads at least.
yep, an absolute dog whistle