Posted on 02/04/2010 7:06:08 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina stood by her now infamous “demon sheep” ad on Thursday morning, arguing that the online video, widely panned by pundits but also widely viewed, did what it was intended to do – challenge the underpinnings of primary opponent Tom Campbell’s candidacy.
“Look, what I like about the ad is first, it’s funny, but it’s also factually correct. Despite all the commentary about this ad, no one, including Tom Campbell, has even attempted to dispute the facts because the facts are true,” ..
Fiorina’s campaign caused an uproar on Wednesday when it released a three-minute, 21-second attack ad that features a pastoral field of grazing sheep, which are apparently supposed to represent fiscal conservatives, and one demonic-looking interloper, a man in a sheep suit with blazing red eyes who is supposed to represent Campbell as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. ..
Both Campbell, a former congressman and Chuck DeVore, the Orange County assemblyman who is the third GOP primary candidate, seized upon the hoopla, trying to use the ad to raise money and mock Fiorina’s judgment.
[Updated at 3:46 p.m.: Campbell's camp deemed the affair a "full Mutton Meltdown." ..
Fiorina said she saw the ad before it was unveiled publicly, and acknowledged that the reaction in some quarters has been less than kind.
“The reaction is all over the map: It’s the best ad ever, it’s the worst ad ever,” she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
I think it was cool. Definitely not the run of the mill campaign ad. It certainly leveraged itself.
Hitler Is Informed About The Demonsheep Campaign Ad
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
It simply confirmed that she’s nuts (not that everyone at HP didn’t already know).
LMAO Thanks!
Personally, I thought it hilarious and look at the reaction it’s getting. I’d say it was accidentally a hit.
memetics bump :]
I love it, she can channel Kalefornicators. If she were in Chicago, she would have to channel dead people. Oops, there is a similarity.
Is there a video; where Hitler rants about the number of Hitler rants videos?
As long as the ad is seen as over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek it is a great ad.
That description accurately describes everyone who lacked the discernment to leave California years ago.
You got that right, brother.
Where is the real freaking Sheep video? Some link had some BS to make them their home page to see it.
When the other side goes beserk, you know you have hit it on the nose.
Hitler Is Informed There Are Two Hitlers
A CLASSIC! FEGELEIN! FEGELEIN!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
The ad is mildly amusing (I don’t know whether its intentional or not). The real issue is Campbell’s liberalism. If the choice was just her versus him and they had an equal chance of being elected, I’d pick her because he is a flaming fiscal liberal. Having said that, he may be much more electable, in which case I’d choose him over Comrade Boxer. Of course, the last time I said that was an argument in favor of voting for Schwarzeneger over McClintock and that was one of the worst judgment calls I’ve ever made. I guess I’m as confused as the demon sheep at this point . . . . .
The one who’s certifiable is Tom Campbell...the guy proposed hiking taxes as a solution to California’s fiscal and economic mess while running for the GOP governor’s primary...when that incredibly shrewd (not) piece of economic positioning didn’t help him catch fire among GOP voters, he suddenly switched to running for the Senate. We don’t need Campbell’s moronic, Barack Obama-style statist economics in the Senate any more than we needed them in Sacramento.
Then there’s Campbell’s Obama-like friendship with a terrorist, in this case an Islamic one he tried to help escape prosecution: http://www.debbieschlussel.com/16005/stop-tom-campbell-pan-jihadist-in-california-u-s-senate-race
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