Comments on: He Talks to Us Like Children

By: Adevarul

Adevarul — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:46:31 +0000

Her next ad features a voting booth with a condom dispenser attached. In that vid she says, “Uh, he forgot to wear one of these and I caught siph.”

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:00:21 +0000

Pseudo’s right. They’re reduced to silly “jokes” about Romnesia and getting celebrities to make insane ads like this. This is not the behavior a campaign that thinks it even has a chance of winning anymore. Cranking up base turnout to avoid a colossal blowout is obviously what they’re going for now.

By: Pseudoplotinus

Pseudoplotinus — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:55:14 +0000

Guys. This is what a campaign in meltdown looks like. Obama should be careful because this kind of stuff is going to destroy what future political viability he may have left.

Douthat’s own wise observations on the spectacle of the media bubble that is Obama bursting before us.

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/obamas-aura-of-defeat/

By: John A.

John A. — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:36:40 +0000

Apparently the Obama campaign is “Forward” in more ways than one.

By: John Presnall

John Presnall — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:34:14 +0000

The Obama campaign’s Putinism?

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/331710/re-lena-dunhams-awkward-ad-patrick-brennan

By: Pete Spiliakos

Pete Spiliakos — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:36:58 +0000

Holy, moley that’s creepy and silly. As I was watching that, I was thinking it was just some celebrity on their own. Was it really an Obama campaign production?

By: John Presnall

John Presnall — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:31:55 +0000

Yes. I can’t believe it, but I’m getting shocked at the descent of the president’s rhetoric these last few weeks. Two years ago it was Slurpees. Okay, one bad hipster political joke is no big deal. But now Romney Hood, Big Bird, Romnesia, the condescension about aircraft carriers, the bulls****er remark in Rolling Stone, etc. It keeps on coming, and the president can’t restrain himself. Did you see the Samuel L. Jackson ad (which I think actually wasn’t sponsored by the campaign)?

Now the Lena Dunham ad. I’ve never seen Girls, but a few people whose opinion I respect (including Peter) have mentioned some good things about it. So I’ll probably check it out.

I did see Dunham’s movie Tiny Furniture. At the time, I didn’t realize that it was made by the maker of Girls. At any rate, it had some decent parts, but it was was not good.

I suspect we’ll get more examples of the president’s clever irony in the campaign’s waning days. Yuck!