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December 7, 2011 3:46 PM Subscribe
Rick Perry's new campaign video (SLYT) Rick Perry released this video yesterday, promising to "end Obama's war on religion" and making it clear he doesn't approve of gays in the military. It already has 25,000 "dislikes".
Not completely un-reminiscent of LBJ's Daisy ad.
This post was deleted for the following reason: It's gonna be a long election season; hail mary passes by trailing candidates probably aren't gonna clear the bar most of the time as post material. There's a thread from yesterday about primary stuff, feel free to take this there. -- cortex
God bless America.
posted by Rory Marinich at 3:52 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by Rory Marinich at 3:52 PM on December 7, 2011
As president, I'll end Rick Perry's war on post depth-of-field faux focus.
posted by wcfields at 3:53 PM on December 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by wcfields at 3:53 PM on December 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
I'm entirely tired of Rick Perry's war on my non-religion.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 3:53 PM on December 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Mister Fabulous at 3:53 PM on December 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
It is titled "Strong", in reference to his strong opposition to the first amendment.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 3:54 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by furiousxgeorge at 3:54 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
i don't understand how a governor who suggests seceding from the union can possibly run for president. is he too white and christian and male to be considered a traitor?
posted by nadawi at 3:55 PM on December 7, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by nadawi at 3:55 PM on December 7, 2011 [5 favorites]
I eagerly await the end of Rick Perry's war on rationality.
posted by me & my monkey at 3:56 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by me & my monkey at 3:56 PM on December 7, 2011
Something tells me 40 years from now people will watch this video in history class in the same way we view videos of Bull Connor's police force spraying fire hoses at blacks.
posted by cloeburner at 3:58 PM on December 7, 2011 [4 favorites]
posted by cloeburner at 3:58 PM on December 7, 2011 [4 favorites]
Ron Paul's new campaign ad titled BIG DOG is pretty unfortunate as well.
posted by DeltaZ113 at 3:58 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by DeltaZ113 at 3:58 PM on December 7, 2011
also: having watched the ad - um, students can pray in school, right? you can't have a teacher led prayer or prayer as a mandatory practice, but students are free to pray as long as it isn't a disruption, i thought...
posted by nadawi at 3:59 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by nadawi at 3:59 PM on December 7, 2011
...but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country
On this we agree.
when gays can serve openly in the military...
Oh.
posted by The Card Cheat at 4:00 PM on December 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
On this we agree.
when gays can serve openly in the military...
Oh.
posted by The Card Cheat at 4:00 PM on December 7, 2011 [3 favorites]
My long term opinion on Perry has been that his suppressed attraction to men has so twisted his brain that he is functionally insane at this point.
He needs to just give in to his feelings and kiss a man. That would start the healing process for what is obviously a broken person.
posted by y6y6y6 at 4:01 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
He needs to just give in to his feelings and kiss a man. That would start the healing process for what is obviously a broken person.
posted by y6y6y6 at 4:01 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
You are correct nadawi. But apparently keeping people from forcing kids to pray is just as bad.
posted by brundlefly at 4:02 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by brundlefly at 4:02 PM on December 7, 2011
You know this is all "lol extremist Republicans" and clearly an awful ad. But dammit, as a gay man I'm tired of being the punching bag. What scares the hell out of me is this ad was clearly focus tested and works to appeal to whatever hateful people he's trying to appeal to this week.
posted by Nelson at 4:02 PM on December 7, 2011 [7 favorites]
posted by Nelson at 4:02 PM on December 7, 2011 [7 favorites]
I'm not sure the 'daisy' analogy is appropriate. I mean, the ad was scandalous, but LBJ won the election ... surely you're not forecasting a Perry victory based on this?
posted by zomg at 4:03 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by zomg at 4:03 PM on December 7, 2011
Yes, I feel like it's my job as a teacher to forcibly prevent my students from celebrating Christmas. Just today, I suspended two students for drawing pictures of Christmas trees during free time. Then I sent another to the principal's office for making a snowman out of construction paper. I know, a snowman isn't really about Christmas, but it makes people THINK about Christmas, and there was red and green on the hat, so off he went. I spent the rest of the day Venn diagramming Jesus and Santa, making sure there was a big MAKE BELIEVE right there in the center.
DAY WELL SPENT! SCREW YOU, RICK PERRY!
posted by Huck500 at 4:03 PM on December 7, 2011 [7 favorites]
DAY WELL SPENT! SCREW YOU, RICK PERRY!
posted by Huck500 at 4:03 PM on December 7, 2011 [7 favorites]
Funny that he calls it a "war on religion", yet Christianity is the only one worth mentioning. "Stop the figurative war on religion! (but those literal wars against people of a certain religion need to be ramped up, of course)"
posted by Dr. Christ at 4:04 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Dr. Christ at 4:04 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
It already has 25,000 "dislikes". Not completely un-reminiscent of LBJ's Daisy ad.
Remind me again: how many dislikes did LBJ's ad get?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 4:05 PM on December 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
Remind me again: how many dislikes did LBJ's ad get?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 4:05 PM on December 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
It's just national trolling from a candidate desperate to regain some attention, there is nothing conservatives like more than someone who can make liberals angry.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 4:05 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by furiousxgeorge at 4:05 PM on December 7, 2011
In all seriousness, though, more Republicans support gays in the military than don't at this point. I guess he has to appeal to the crazies, but man.
posted by Huck500 at 4:07 PM on December 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Huck500 at 4:07 PM on December 7, 2011 [2 favorites]
I have largely not seen much of the US election as yet but I clicked through to his energy ad, is it just my ears or does he have a problem pronouncing 'oil'? Or did nukular work so well for Bush this is his spin on that?
posted by biffa at 4:07 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by biffa at 4:07 PM on December 7, 2011
zomg: To be fair, Goldwater *would have* started a nuclear war if he'd gotten half a chance.
posted by absalom at 4:08 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by absalom at 4:08 PM on December 7, 2011
"What scares the hell out of me is this ad was clearly focus tested and works to appeal to whatever hateful people he's trying to appeal to this week."
I really doubt it. I think his campaign is just looking at the full-on crazy that seems to be winning polls lately and trying to out crazy the crazies. The only functional person in the race is Romney, and he's been losing all along. The evidence seems to indicate you don't get votes in this race by saying rational things.
posted by y6y6y6 at 4:08 PM on December 7, 2011
I really doubt it. I think his campaign is just looking at the full-on crazy that seems to be winning polls lately and trying to out crazy the crazies. The only functional person in the race is Romney, and he's been losing all along. The evidence seems to indicate you don't get votes in this race by saying rational things.
posted by y6y6y6 at 4:08 PM on December 7, 2011
The dislikes are already up over 31,000 now. Keeps going up every time you refresh. I also reported it as hate speech.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 4:08 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by furiousxgeorge at 4:08 PM on December 7, 2011
It's cute how Perry thinks he still has a shot. Hell, Katy Perry has a better chance of getting the nomination.
posted by Legomancer at 4:08 PM on December 7, 2011
posted by Legomancer at 4:08 PM on December 7, 2011
One of my high-school English teachers taught me that poetry was the most compressed form of literature, packing more meaning and portent into every word than any other form of communication.
I think modern, focus-group-tested political ads and sound bites are a lot like that. They can cram more lies and tortured half-truths into a few words than anything else I've encountered.
posted by Western Infidels at 4:09 PM on December 7, 2011
I think modern, focus-group-tested political ads and sound bites are a lot like that. They can cram more lies and tortured half-truths into a few words than anything else I've encountered.
posted by Western Infidels at 4:09 PM on December 7, 2011
What's the phrase? Flag it and move on?
(I'm not actually saying such stupidity should actually just be ignored.)
posted by Brian Puccio at 4:09 PM on December 7, 2011
(I'm not actually saying such stupidity should actually just be ignored.)
posted by Brian Puccio at 4:09 PM on December 7, 2011
Flag as inappropriate > Hateful or abusive content > Promotes hatred or violence > sexual orientation
posted by brundlefly at 4:10 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by brundlefly at 4:10 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]
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I've found myself thinking that about a lot of things lately.
posted by brundlefly at 3:50 PM on December 7, 2011 [1 favorite]