It's a sheep. It's a demon. It's ... Tom Campbell?

San Jose Mercury ^ | 02/04/10 | Mike Zapler

[TigerLikesRooster]

I hate to be in a position of Carly's sycophant campaign aide who lavishly flatters her for this 'brilliant move,' while watching her smugly satisfied.:-)

[Dr. Sivana]

The male voiceover has what sounds like a Brooklyn accent. Does that play in California?

[TigerLikesRooster]

The ad spends most of its time emphasizing how evil Tom Campbell is. Brooklyn accent must sounds evil to Californians, and is thus effective in delivering the point. LOL.

[svcw]

the former Hewlett-Packard chief's destroyer

The ad is so weird, if I were undecided I would not vote for her. I know Tom from years ago, and Carly's contention that he had the power to destroy California single handily is just bizarre.

[dangus]

At 3:30, it’s safe to say it was never intended for TV.

Frankly, a pox on both their houses.

[Parley Baer]

Tom Campbell is a RINO IMHO. He may have some conservative fiscal bones in his body but that is it.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Again, Carly proves that Tom may be lesser of two evils. Is there another guy running for primary, somebody better?

[TigerLikesRooster]

What do you expect? It is California, after all.

[Brilliant]

Unfortunately, I am not persuaded that either of them will be fiscally conservative. But it’s hard to see how they could be worse than Arnold and Gray, and California’s fiscal mess has reached a point where even those two stooges probably wouldn’t be able to make it worse for the simple reason that no one is going to loan more money to the State of California.

[jpsb]

Very funny, I’m not a Carli fan but that add was good.

[GeronL]

Good in a B-Movie kind of way.

[null and void]

SV Ping?

[EAHovind]

Hopefully Carly will do for Republican voters what she did for HP workers: get them to hate her unreservedly until their dying days.

[null and void]

Hopefully before the election.

[Clintonfatigued]

Regardless of who you support in this race, this ad was really dumb. An experienced corporate CEO approved this ad? Even if Carly Fiorina wins the primary and general, it will be talked about in political circles for years to come, and not in a good way. It’s just that weird. And I support Fiornia in this race, though I’ve lost confidence in her.

Here’s the ad, words cannot do it justice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRY7wBuCcBY

[Clintonfatigued]

That site may be satire, but the ad covered in this thread isn’t. The link is on Posting #15. Then try to push your eyes back into their sockets- it’s that weird.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Again, Carly proves that Tom may be lesser of two evils. Is there another guy running for primary, somebody better?

Absolutely. Chuck DeVore. And unlike Carly, Chuck is a proven fiscal conservative.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I’m not sure we come to the same conclusion on this ad. Eccentricities aside, this was a devastating indictment of Campbell’s record. But I don’t support either Campbell or Fiorina. The candidates running in IL were bad enough, but CA is even worse.

[goldstategop]

Hitler disagrees:

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

[21twelve]

It may be dumb for a TV ad, but for a youtube piece it’s not too bad - they can be a bit amateurish I think. perhaps the Carlson guy can come up with a “and Carly wants to do to California what she did to HP” ad.

I wonder if a good ad for an “outsider”, like a third party, would be the old wolf and sheepdog cartoon. The one where they walk to work carrying their lunch pails talking nicely to each other. They punch their cards and say “Have a great day Ralph.” “You too George”. Then they fight each other until the lunch whistle blows, etc.

Then the voice over guy can say “Republicans. Democrats. It’s just a job to them. Vote XYZ for REAL change”.