Obama, The Paris Hilton of Politics
Says McNasty, the new name the DNC is using for Little John in his new effort to paint Obama as “out of touch” and nothing more than celebrity. Paris Hilton and Britney Spears made Little John’s latest TV ad in a childish comparison to Obama. You got to hand it to him, he sure is trying, trying anything. However, nothing he has thrown out these past few weeks is working. So this time McNasty is saying that big crowds is evidence of celebrity, not of a new democracy in action. Acceptance speeches in stadiums is showing off, not audacity of hope. Pretty pathetic.
The good news is that the Obama campaign knows what he is up to.
Posted: July 31st, 2008 under Best of the Blogs.
Comments: 9
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Comment from timr
Time: July 31, 2008, 11:02 am
Josh, that is not what I see in this ad. The McCain people involved in this ad-one of whom also made the Harold Ford “call me” ad-make me believe that the ad is sending a very racist messaage. Here is what I see in this ad. Huge crowds chanting O BAM A, while a very large, very black tower-I think it has been photoshopped to make it blacker(phallic symbol-black phallic symbol?) interspersed with shots of young white women who -in britneys case, is noted for being from La. and one big “partay” girl, and in hiltons case is known for making a sex tape-bring the same image as the Ford ad did. More subtle perhaps, but the idea in the ad will only reinforce the fact in lots of older white voters(men) minds that a black man running for office will be after your white daughters, or conversely, that young “hot” white women will prefer a black man to them. Again, this is what I see in the ad, which I think is aimed at mostly uneducated middle aged white male voters-sheeple in other words-(I wonder what networks are running the ad, and in what time slots)the symbolism in the ad will go right into their subconscious, and they will then have their extreme views reinforced. Do you think I am wrong?
Comment from Josh Hammond
Time: July 31, 2008, 12:37 pm
Timr, I think you are overreaching a little. You do have some interesting content analysis here, nonetheless. Britney and Paris are hardly your “daughter”. They represent excess celebrity of emptiness, and that is what McBush is saying. I was less interested in content than the context, McCain complaining endlessly about the press coverage Obama gets and about scheduling his acceptance speech in a stadium. Like Hillary’s complaints along the same line, Little John’s don’t stick either, so he tried this stupid approach.
Comment from Sasha
Time: July 31, 2008, 1:34 pm
Comment from timr
Time: July 31, 2008, 3:54 pm
Josh, I don’t think that I am over reaching. But britney-who is a big bush supporter, and from what Sasha linked to on the hilton part, makes me think that at least the Hilton camp saw the ad the same way I did. If it was all about excess celebrity would they have gotten so furious? Context is everything. The man who made the ad is the same one who made the Ford “call me” ad, which some think is what cost Ford the election. I just believe that it is all in the juxtaposition of Obama(AA) and 2 nubile white women-don’t get hung up on the daughter bit, they are also sex objects-it is the racial aspect in the ad. Remember the basic ad mans mantra;sex sells. and biracial suggestion of sex goes right to the sheeple brain.
Comment from Sasha
Time: July 31, 2008, 4:12 pm
Um, you didn’t click on my link, did you. It is a joke.
Comment from Josh Hammond
Time: August 1, 2008, 7:47 am
This morning I saw where Hollywood is upset that McCain doesn’t know what celebrity is. Hollywood says Obama is a rock star, not a celebrity, the difference between Bono and Jessica Simpson. I’ll take that.
Comment from timr
Time: August 1, 2008, 11:15 am
Sasha, yes I did, but I also found it in a different place that is usually reliable, & I also heard it on TV last nite.-are you sure it is a joke?
Josh, I have seen my point in 3 different places so far this am-in my first 15 min on line to be concise. TPM- 2 different segments & 1 link plus the Diane Reihm show on PBS this am, so I am-now at least-far from the only person who is saying the same thing. The ad was racist.
Comment from bill
Time: August 2, 2008, 1:14 am
Right on timr. Found your comment with help from my niece. I thought I was the only one on the planet that caught the phallus behind Obama in the McCain ad. It is basic freudian psych 101. It will leave a subconsciece imprint on a certain demography. It is a very evil ad that could only be cooked up by a very derainged person
Comment from john
Time: August 2, 2008, 8:00 am
Kudos timr! you spotted it just like I did - black tumescent phallus - blacks on blonds - it’s powerful subliminal ad-code - Willy Horton redux, only more deftly rendered. Obama can expect an avalanche of these microcuts from now until election day. They will feed the fear that so much of white America feels toward black males. The press isn’t talking straight about it, neither talk radio, but this election is ALL about race. Look for a Bradley effect shocker on election night.
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