I think they'd have to be smoking some primo shit over there to think this TV ad is effective and not, oh, incredibly creepy.
Update: The insanity over at the Lieberman for Lieberman camp is apparently stemming from the very top. Steve Benen caught a nice bit of petulance from Cialis Joe about the likelihood of his campaign hurting Democratic House candidates in the state:
Fox News asked Lieberman whether his campaign would hurt Dem candidates' chances down-ballot. Lieberman said, "They should have thought of that during the primary, but here we are."Yeah, me too. At this rate, I'm surprised Lieberman and his fellow tantrum-throwing senator, Ted Stevens (R-Spite) just don't take their ball and go home.
It's an odd thing to say.
As recently as last week, Lieberman reiterated his belief that he's a "committed Democrat." But confronted with the idea that he may single-handedly keep Dems from taking back the House, he literally laughs and blames Dem voters for the problem. It's not a particularly subtle message — Lieberman's telling Connecticut Dems, "You backed the other guy, and this is my payback."
In response to Lieberman's Fox News comments, Chris Bowers said:[T]here seem to be two ways to read this quote. One reading would be that Lieberman thinks that instead of voting their conscience, Democratic primary voters should have instead capitulated to his threats to leave the party. The other reading is that the party establishment, which gave their complete support to Lieberman during the primary, should never have allowed the primary to happen in the first place.Sounds right to me.
Either way, Lieberman clearly views his run as revenge against Democrats for actually engaging in party democracy. So, either voters should be swayed through threats, or votes should not be allowed to take place. No matter which reading is accurate, Lieberman's sheer disdain for democracy is overwhelming. As far as he is concerned, democracy is only useful as long as it allows you to remain in power, and now he is just a tough parent punishing bad children who actually had the gall to vote for someone else.
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I'm predisposed to dislike most everything from CFL (that's his party designation, right?), so I definitely didn't like the ad. However, I can't say that I see what the big deal is. It looks like it's an attempt at humor, so of course it's not going to work on his enemies (i.e., democrats).
Unless I'm missing something - are they spoofing an old movie or TV show?
No, I think it's an effort to be funny. But it still comes off as pretty cheesy. I was waiting for them to scroll the names of Lieberman's greatest hits across the screen and then urge me to act now before the offer closed.
I think they're after "Deep Thoughts" or whatever that SNL skit was.
Meanwhile, a few observations:
1. Think about good stuff??? Uhhh, ok, if you insist.
2. Joe's voice sure kills the buzz.
3. Mrs. Mike walked by as I was playing it, and hyearing none of the content, said three words: "That sounds creepy."
'Nuff said.
Yeah, whatever mood they were going for, the nerdvoice at the end kills it.
Maybe ol' Joe's pollsters are telling him to focus on old people?
As Kos says, it'd be funny if someone dubbed in that kissing float.
Lieberman's sudden blurting of the obligatory statement kills what's supposed to be a mellow mood, all right. That may be deliberate, to grab attention.
But nothing about the ad seems creepy to me. Maybe it's necessary to have a visceral reaction to the sight and sound of him.
I can relate to that because a certain few people just trigger loathing in me. Phil Gramm, Tom DeLay and Karl Rove all do, with Gramm actually causing the strongest revulsion.
I don't agree with Lieberman's politics and don't like the way he's played the election. I hope he loses. Still, he doesn't come across to me as creepy.
"...think about good stuff..."
...like midgets and strippers and balloons. Like that kind of good stuff? That's what I started to think about, with this sultry female voice and lovely visions of sunsets (what can I say; a good sunset gets me in the mood for strippers, balloons and little people). But then Holy Joe's voice brought me crashing back to reality. No strippers. No balloons. No midgets. Just Joe Lieberman.
Someone else (FDL?) has coined a new nickname for Lieberman -- Cialis Joe.
"Someone else (FDL?) has coined a new nickname for Lieberman -- Cialis Joe."
Oy!
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