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Title: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: jimmy olsen on February 03, 2010, 07:44:12 PM
 :lmfao:

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/02/carly_fiorina_is_an_internet_g.html

Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: MadImmortalMan on February 03, 2010, 07:52:52 PM
That...is awesome.  :)
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Ed Anger on February 03, 2010, 07:58:04 PM
Elect a woman? No way. Plus she ruined HP.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Sheilbh on February 03, 2010, 08:02:49 PM
I agree this is wonderful in so very many ways.  The one that confuses me most though is the sneaking suspicion I have that Michael Nyman did the soundtrack.

Incidentally I also recommend this magnificent attack ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgCOXaiDjQ
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: DGuller on February 03, 2010, 08:08:31 PM
That woman struck me as not very bright ever since she was McCain's adviser.  Then again, it's tough to look smart while delivering the Republican talking points.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: DisturbedPervert on February 03, 2010, 08:55:03 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 03, 2010, 08:02:49 PM
Incidentally I also recommend this magnificent attack ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgCOXaiDjQ

Yeah, was gonna post that, that's the craziest attack ad I've EVER seen.  Who knew this could happen over the race for coroner of New Orleans?
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: jimmy olsen on February 03, 2010, 09:01:46 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 03, 2010, 08:02:49 PM
I agree this is wonderful in so very many ways.  The one that confuses me most though is the sneaking suspicion I have that Michael Nyman did the soundtrack.

Incidentally I also recommend this magnificent attack ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgCOXaiDjQ
DAAAAAAAMMMNN!

Now that's hardcore, but why the hell are coroners even elected?
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Habbaku on February 03, 2010, 09:20:08 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 03, 2010, 09:01:46 PM
Now that's hardcore, but they hell are coroners even elected?

I see your Korean lessons are going well.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on February 03, 2010, 09:25:09 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 03, 2010, 07:58:04 PM
Elect a woman? No way. Plus she ruined HP.
Harry Potter?
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Scipio on February 03, 2010, 09:34:28 PM
That Carly Fiorina ad is fucking terrible.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: derspiess on February 03, 2010, 09:39:05 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 03, 2010, 09:01:46 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 03, 2010, 08:02:49 PM
I agree this is wonderful in so very many ways.  The one that confuses me most though is the sneaking suspicion I have that Michael Nyman did the soundtrack.

Incidentally I also recommend this magnificent attack ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgCOXaiDjQ
DAAAAAAAMMMNN!

Now that's hardcore, but they hell are coroners even elected?

In Cincinnati our coroner is elected, but the dude (a Democrat) ran unopposed the last 2 elections.  I'd probably vote for the dude even if he had a Republican running against him; I've gotten to hang out with him a few times & he's hilarious.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: jimmy olsen on February 03, 2010, 09:40:20 PM
Quote from: derspiess on February 03, 2010, 09:39:05 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 03, 2010, 09:01:46 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 03, 2010, 08:02:49 PM
I agree this is wonderful in so very many ways.  The one that confuses me most though is the sneaking suspicion I have that Michael Nyman did the soundtrack.

Incidentally I also recommend this magnificent attack ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgCOXaiDjQ
DAAAAAAAMMMNN!

Now that's hardcore, but they hell are coroners even elected?

In Cincinnati our coroner is elected, but the dude (a Democrat) ran unopposed the last 2 elections.  I'd probably vote for the dude even if he had a Republican running against him; I've gotten to hang out with him a few times & he's hilarious.
How would a coroners political beliefs have any impact on his job performance?
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 03, 2010, 09:49:44 PM
This message brought to you through a collaboration between YTMND.com and Albinoblacksheep.com :lmfao:
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: grumbler on February 03, 2010, 10:08:41 PM
Quote from: Scipio on February 03, 2010, 09:34:28 PM
That Carly Fiorina ad is fucking terrible.
Disagree.  It is so awful it is awesome.

I also fucking despise people who use only their first names when they want me to think they are engaged in serious business.  "Carly for Senate" (or whatever office she is running for) destroys her cred right there.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Neil on February 03, 2010, 10:13:58 PM
Quote from: grumbler on February 03, 2010, 10:08:41 PM
Quote from: Scipio on February 03, 2010, 09:34:28 PM
That Carly Fiorina ad is fucking terrible.
Disagree.  It is so awful it is awesome.

I also fucking despise people who use only their first names when they want me to think they are engaged in serious business.  "Carly for Senate" (or whatever office she is running for) destroys her cred right there.
You didn't like Ike?
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: MadImmortalMan on February 03, 2010, 10:14:13 PM
Quote from: grumbler on February 03, 2010, 10:08:41 PM
Disagree.  It is so awful it is awesome.



Exactly. It's awesome like Plan 9, Rocky Horror or something on MST3K. It's hilarious.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Alatriste on February 04, 2010, 01:34:51 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on February 03, 2010, 09:25:09 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 03, 2010, 07:58:04 PM
Elect a woman? No way. Plus she ruined HP.
Harry Potter?

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi534.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee346%2Fddiamonddc%2Fnot-sure-if-serious.jpg&hash=fe45486bfec7f846d288918abd5c35fd3158d4a7)

Hewlett-Packard.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Fireblade on February 04, 2010, 02:27:46 AM
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi379.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Foo236%2Fthumbuki%2Fwtfcarlyfiorina.jpg&hash=7c381a0129715b0ce9c302cbda4284ae414ad472)
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 04:19:32 AM
I would vote for that Campbell guy. Candidates that can shoot lasers from their eyes would always have my vote.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 04, 2010, 04:29:15 AM
I was expecting something different when the link ended "internet g"
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 04, 2010, 05:57:38 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 03, 2010, 08:02:49 PM
Incidentally I also recommend this magnificent attack ad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRgCOXaiDjQ

Totally classic one right there.  The slightest New Yorkish Jew accent is sublime.  Who wants deli?
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 04, 2010, 05:58:10 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 03, 2010, 07:58:04 PM
Elect a woman? No way. Plus she ruined HP.

I could see how that commercial would scare the shit out of 4 year olds.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 07:00:32 AM
I forgot. Elected coroners? WTF? Do you also elect postmen? Street sweepers?
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 04, 2010, 08:11:25 AM
There's an old saying if somebody's disliked, they "couldn't be elected dog-catcher."
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:18:12 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 07:00:32 AM
I forgot. Elected coroners? WTF? Do you also elect postmen? Street sweepers?

Postmen have to pass a postal worker exam and are federal employees.  Street sweepers are typically contract bidders for the municipality.

Interesting anecdote: even though the United States Postal Services maintains its own HR and pays from its own revenue rather than the treasury, postal workers are barred as federal employees from holding elected positions in the federal government; a friend of mine sued the government so he could run as a senatorial candidate for the Green Party and lost.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:20:07 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 04, 2010, 08:11:25 AM
There's an old saying if somebody's disliked, they "couldn't be elected dog-catcher."

Except I believe that ACO (animal control officer) has usually been absorbed into either local police force or the county sheriff's office.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 08:26:23 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:18:12 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 07:00:32 AM
I forgot. Elected coroners? WTF? Do you also elect postmen? Street sweepers?

Postmen have to pass a postal worker exam and are federal employees.  Street sweepers are typically contract bidders for the municipality.

Interesting anecdote: even though the United States Postal Services maintains its own HR and pays from its own revenue rather than the treasury, postal workers are barred as federal employees from holding elected positions in the federal government; a friend of mine sued the government so he could run as a senatorial candidate for the Green Party and lost.

Get your sarcasm/irony detector checked, it's not working.  :P
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:28:05 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 08:26:23 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:18:12 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 07:00:32 AM
I forgot. Elected coroners? WTF? Do you also elect postmen? Street sweepers?

Postmen have to pass a postal worker exam and are federal employees.  Street sweepers are typically contract bidders for the municipality.

Interesting anecdote: even though the United States Postal Services maintains its own HR and pays from its own revenue rather than the treasury, postal workers are barred as federal employees from holding elected positions in the federal government; a friend of mine sued the government so he could run as a senatorial candidate for the Green Party and lost.

Get your sarcasm/irony detector checked, it's not working.  :P

Oh, it is.  If I'd felt particularly cruel, I'd have linked a huge org chart showing positions that must be elected at the municipal, county/parish, state, and federal level. :contract:

Instead, I'll just post a link to this gem; thank Fireblade for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMRWNNBYAc8
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 09:00:01 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:28:05 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 08:26:23 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:18:12 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 07:00:32 AM
I forgot. Elected coroners? WTF? Do you also elect postmen? Street sweepers?

Postmen have to pass a postal worker exam and are federal employees.  Street sweepers are typically contract bidders for the municipality.

Interesting anecdote: even though the United States Postal Services maintains its own HR and pays from its own revenue rather than the treasury, postal workers are barred as federal employees from holding elected positions in the federal government; a friend of mine sued the government so he could run as a senatorial candidate for the Green Party and lost.

Get your sarcasm/irony detector checked, it's not working.  :P

Oh, it is.  If I'd felt particularly cruel, I'd have linked a huge org chart showing positions that must be elected at the municipal, county/parish, state, and federal level. :contract:

Please do, please do.  ;) So, which is the least reasonable position that has to be elected in your opinion?

QuoteInstead, I'll just post a link to this gem; thank Fireblade for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMRWNNBYAc8

:lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao: :lmfao:

And I've only seen one minute of it!
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Malthus on February 04, 2010, 11:55:04 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:28:05 AM

Instead, I'll just post a link to this gem; thank Fireblade for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMRWNNBYAc8

Well, he'd have my vote.  :D
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Agelastus on February 04, 2010, 12:13:13 PM
I think I am a tad jealous of the American political process in this single instance. These "attack ads" are so much more fun to watch than our boring and sanctimonious old "Party Political Broadcasts". :(
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: MadImmortalMan on February 04, 2010, 03:04:15 PM
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=283839144901

Demon Sheep is going viral.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: jimmy olsen on February 04, 2010, 07:30:40 PM
Brutal ad. :pinch:

QuoteAs attack ads, though, it pales beside this barn-burner aimed at Pat Quinn in the Illinois Democrat governor's primary, using a savage clip of the late and much-beloved former mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zns-K8XrOAk&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: DGuller on February 04, 2010, 07:46:04 PM
That's in a different category.  There is no "WTF" element in it, just a brutal tongue-lashing by a dead guy.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Neil on February 04, 2010, 08:09:16 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 04, 2010, 07:30:40 PM
Brutal ad. :pinch:

QuoteAs attack ads, though, it pales beside this barn-burner aimed at Pat Quinn in the Illinois Democrat governor's primary, using a savage clip of the late and much-beloved former mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zns-K8XrOAk&feature=player_embedded
Ouch.  Somebody didn't bribe hard enough.  He should have known better, given how Chicago politics is based entirely on graft.  I can't think of a single politician to come out of Chicago who wasn't irredeemably corrupt.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: sbr on February 04, 2010, 08:30:10 PM
No idea how old this is, but I just came across it for the first time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1L4eeu5KI
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: DisturbedPervert on February 04, 2010, 09:06:15 PM
Quote from: sbr on February 04, 2010, 08:30:10 PM
No idea how old this is, but I just came across it for the first time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1L4eeu5KI

Convinced me.  I would never vote for Jesus.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Korea on February 04, 2010, 11:26:57 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:28:05 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 08:26:23 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 04, 2010, 08:18:12 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 04, 2010, 07:00:32 AM
I forgot. Elected coroners? WTF? Do you also elect postmen? Street sweepers?

Postmen have to pass a postal worker exam and are federal employees.  Street sweepers are typically contract bidders for the municipality.

Interesting anecdote: even though the United States Postal Services maintains its own HR and pays from its own revenue rather than the treasury, postal workers are barred as federal employees from holding elected positions in the federal government; a friend of mine sued the government so he could run as a senatorial candidate for the Green Party and lost.

Get your sarcasm/irony detector checked, it's not working.  :P

Oh, it is.  If I'd felt particularly cruel, I'd have linked a huge org chart showing positions that must be elected at the municipal, county/parish, state, and federal level. :contract:

Instead, I'll just post a link to this gem; thank Fireblade for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMRWNNBYAc8

That's fake, right?
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Jaron on February 04, 2010, 11:39:42 PM
Of course it is.
Title: Re: Let the attack ads commence! Amazing or Amazingly stupid, I just can't tell
Post by: Korea on February 06, 2010, 12:45:50 PM
Quote from: Jaron on February 04, 2010, 11:39:42 PM
Of course it is.

I know.