Ox battles rat in Georgia politican's ad/fable
Just when you think political ads can't get any worse, along comes this four-minute travesty starring a rat (a stand-in for the villainous Democratic former governor, Roy Barnes) and an ox (representing the ad's strong though perhaps somewhat dumb creator, John Oxendine). Via The Awl, which believes the ad "is not just stupid, it is powerful stupid." A commenter over there adds: "This is the most Aesopian campaign ad ever!" —Posted by Tim Nudd |
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October 16, 2009 in Nudd, Political ads | Permalink |
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Oh Christ! I Googled "over-the-knee-boot" and yes, they are really selling them.
Thank god Ohio has no real fashion!
Posted by: Phil | Oct 18, 2009 8:53:14 PM
"Only the Ox can stop the Rat."
Of course! It makes perfect sense! Perfect, perfect, utter sense!
Actually, if we're going with their analogy, couldn't quite a lot of animals stop a rat? What's wrong with, say, a lion, if you want an image of strength and power? I know "ox" is in his name, but you're still calling yourself a man-cow. Also, the candidates' names were mentioned so seldom and the "only the ox can stop the rat" mantra repeated so often that if I had only seen the ad and knew nothing else about the race, I would be more than half convinced that an ox literally was fighting a giant anthropomorphic rat in a crown for the governorship of Georgia. If only.
Doesn't help that the narrator sounds like the "Rob Schneider derp-di-derp" voice from South Park: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYsUSBG0BN4
Posted by: Tomos | Oct 27, 2009 6:15:27 AM
And now the world sees the horrors and stupidity of Microsoft and it's clipart...
Posted by: RIRedinPA | Oct 27, 2009 7:28:24 AM
I'm not going to vote for a f'in cow, I don't care how strong it thinks he is... or his stupid ad.
I would be ashamed that sound made this and put my name on it. How pathetic... Georgia.. you guys got issues.
Posted by: Deline | Oct 31, 2009 7:18:06 AM
