So, you going to send an Imperial Storm Trooper to the Senate?*
Which is to say that W. VA Gov. Joe Manchin’s web ads kick ass:
More here. Fun.
*(Ahhh, Godwin…just can’t quit you, can I. I mean really. We know who Palpatine was, don’t we. And we know who the Sturmabteilungen were, right)
Tom Levenson
OK. This is annoying. I do what I do over at Inverse Square to hang a Youtube video up there, and it doesn’t work.
So, anyone. What did I do wrong. Am I just a bad person?
Chris G.
I may be developing an entirely heterosexual man-crush on Joe Manchin.
MeDrewNotYou
Awesome ad! I just hope the 1000 lasers aren’t manned by actual Imperial stormtroopers, or we’re totally fucked when the missiles come flying. “Only stormtroopers are so precise” my ass.
MeDrewNotYou
@Tom Levenson: The Internet always works perfectly, so I’m assuming you’re a bad person. Why not a post about when you stopped beating your wife? ;)
gbear
Those ads were fun.
I bet they even got permission to use the images (unlike the republicans who always appropriate songs and then get slapped by the artists).
freelancer
@Tom Levenson:
Ask Cole, I know that with WP, when I embed a youtube at my site it’s just
[youtube=YOUTUBE URL PASTED HERE]
into the html field on the dashboard.
Beyond that, you got me.
Comrade Mary
OK, that whole set of ads was awesome.
Tom Levenson
@freelancer: That’s what I thought I did. There is something funky in the url…and I’m too into watching my Giants to dig into it.
So yup, I’m a bad person.
freelancer
@Tom Levenson:
You know who else was a bad person…
Mark S.
Jeez, how many walks this inning?
Martin
@Tom Levenson: Sacrifice a chicken. Failing that, just say FYWP and be done with it.
Tom Levenson
@Martin: FYWP
Comrade Mary
Just keep fucking that WordPress, Tom.
Uloborus
That was the greatest campaign ad in the history of campaign ads.
John - A Motley Moose
The rifle is over the top. We complain when the goppers even mention the 2nd Amendment, yet here’s a Dem with a real rifle shooting his opponent out of the sky. I predict a real uproar on right-wing blog and media. Then, the left will pick it up too.
Other than that, I loved all 3 ads.
Cris
I’m kind of proud that my four-year-old thinks the word “stormtrooper” refers to brown shirts, not white armor.
asiangrrlMN
Eh. I don’t like ’em. There. I have officially crossed over into grumpy curmudgeon territory.
morzer
Raese bears an alarming resemblance to Songbird John McCain, right down to the total ignorance of military and strategic reality.
p mac
OK, that is some seriously funny shit.
Why are they web ads? They should be playing at least the first one on TV. (Comedy Central would show them for free.)
morzer
@p mac:
They probably calculate that someone will show them on TV because they are funny and fairly cutting, which means they can save some money and get people to see them anyway.
Angry Black Lady
@Tom Levenson: i’m having the same problem! (among others.)
this ad is hilarious, btw.
Angry Black Lady
@freelancer: barack obama?
Jude
Technically, the stormtroopers were a German innovation from the first world war.
So you’re Godwin-free on this one.
matoko_chan
hey science-guy……do you take requests?
the Liberal Gene.
heres discover if you like it pre-masticated instead of raw.
i think the implications for SNT (social network theory) and SBH (social brain hypothesis) are fascinating.
:)
warning– hyar thar be bioluddites.