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Would someone like to tell me what about this ad doesn't scream "creepy old new-age perv talking about Tantra while he's trying to slip his hand down your shirt?" All he needs is the oily gray ponytail.
That fucking bear ad was a masterpiece next to this.
Ugh. I need a shower.
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It feels very North Hollywood to me.
I just watched that Lieberman sunset ad. I wish I hadn’t - it made my skin crawl.
We’ve been having lots of fun on the last thread over this ad. Wish I could just scoop up them comments and repost them here!
Jack Handey! Deep Thoughts! (SNL)
There were some great comments apparently posted on YouTube but then deleted. ConnecticutBlog copied some before the deletion…
“Did Tom Swan create this ad or is the Lieberman campaign trying to look foolish on purpose?”
“A sunset is the perfect way to illustrate what happened to Liebermn when he LOST the primary. Bonus points for the feeling of solitude…like Joe Lieberman is all by himself. Double bonus points for waves invoking the idea that Lieberman is washed up.”
“A setting sun… the perfect image for a career that’s about to end.”
“This is a laxative commercial right?”
“Plus, bonus points for indirectly attacking your opponent in an ad that whines about negative attack ads.”
You sound like you speak from experience, Jane.
ick
Isn’t there a drink called “Sex On The Beach With Joe Lieberman”?
I believe it’s made with vodka, peach schnappes, cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, cod liver oil, and buttermilk.
Eli @
8
dont forget the prune juice !
I’m sorry you had to be subjected to that.
(where’d I leave that eye bleach?)
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*ilson46201 @ 9
Actually, it’s prune schnappes - I must have been looking at the wrong recipe.
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you creepin’ round any Democratic Senate committee chair…
Okay, the meter may need a *wee* bit of tightening up.
Eli @ 12
Don’t forget to add some EfferDent for the fizz !
Don’t forget to add some EfferDent for the fizz !
I’m pretty sure Joe is able to fizzle Efferlessly.
siun had this on the last thread at 78:
Well done!
RevDeb @
4
Yeah, there was some fun stuff. Folks can backtrack to previous thread to catch up though. Recommended.
Is anyone else not seeing the YouTube ad?
Or missing the ‘Refresh Comments’ button?
Is it just me?
RevDeb @
4
Okay, everyone pile on! Link your ad comments from the last thread. You first, Rev. Deb! You gave us the heads up!!!
(cue muted new age jazz)
(sultry announcer voice start)
‘Joe Lieberman thought he might like a break from reality biting him on his wrinkled ass…So just shut up and think about good stuff…Like 18 years on the public tit coming to a screeching halt…Whoops!…I mean, like a public reputation as a rank Republican teabagger worn like a toilet seat around one’s neck for all eternity…Oh Oh!…Dan! Quick! Um…Um…Like a cushy golden parachute into a Big Pharma lobbyist gig and endlessly lazy days at Sunset Village…Oh, the ignominy.‘
‘I’m Joe Lieberman, and I disapprove of all who question the President’
;>)
Lou Costello @
18
I’ve been having problems with youtube for a few days now. :(
OT - Fark headline - White House rejects debate with Iranian President citing concerns that everyone watching at home would be dumber for having listened to it
He’s been lookin’ like a man
From the GOP
And he don’t always say what he really means
Valley Girl @ 18
too much work—gets in the way of the laughs.
Like OJS said, just go back and read the thread. It’s a short one.
I half expected to see Bob Dole walk by, talking about Viagra.
Darkblack, you raise an interesting point: Has Joey ever held down a real job? Maybe that’s why he’s so terrified.
Lou Costello @ 18
I am seeing it fine, but evidently some changes have just been implemented by WP, which are also giving the stage hands fits. Maybe it’s a browser issue for your problem?
oh and that nice scene with the sunset and the tranquil waters could also be viewed in terms of the gulf coast and Katrina.
Michael Attaboy Brown confirmed with the greasing the skid abilities of the Joe-kster, no questions asked.
Jane, why in the world do you think this is an oily ad?
Doesn’t bother me a bit.
Joe, ignore Ms. Hamsher. She is just trying to undercut you. Spend your money on persuasive ads like this, Joe! Go! Go!
I am sure that you can win lots of votes by saying nothing and saying that your opponent is negative, while providing positive images.
This ad provides thousands (of dollars) of reasons to vote for, uh, who is it for? Oh, yeah, the guy at the end of the ad.
and the reasons are, uh, wait-a-minute, I know, uh, wait, wait, I’ll get it, uh . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Spend it, Joe!)
Oh, and put it on your website.
Oh, forgot. 20 days after the election, the website still says:
I hope you’re spending a bit on that great website also.
(Are the tubes still blocked?)
VG - re last thread, banana hammock - don’t miss darkblack’s second image above - on second thought, you might want to refrain….
Reminds me of all those sci-fi flicks where the sing-song voice lulls the masses into mindless complacency. Did you say you needed a shower, J? How about more like a full on pumice scrub down and a carwash rinse!
puking
Since I have never had a creepy old perv put his hand down my shirt, I can’t really relate. It isn’t likely to happen either as I’m 6′4″, 225,…, well you get da foto.
This advert, from a pervert,
Is creepy, that’s certs.
I hope he keeps making adverts this bad.
By the way, does that Tantra stuff work with you chicks? :) I saw an English Tantra dictionary the other day. I could learn a foreign language…
As a pony-tailed (but not gray-haired) Tantric practitioner and writer on the subject (who prefers the New York Dolls and The Clash to any of that New Age garbage), I take umbrage at the reference. But you’re right about the bear ad. This is pathetic.
1,256 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Joe Likuderman doesn’t need viagra, all he hasta do is wiggle his ears and he tickles his prostate.
KEEP THE FAITH AND DON’T WORRY ABOUT JOE, HE’S OUR BEST ENEMY!!!
this Stalinist Moderator just turned 65 a coupla days ago so tread easy on the ‘old geezer’ cracks — mmkay?
last week somebody compared me to Lavrentii Beria — I was so impressed with his knowledge of history! and then I deleted him …
If I were a CT voter, I would totally vote for Joe out of gratitude for providing me with such pretty sunset pictures.
I been hype-mo-tized
listen closely to the audio in that ad and you can almost hear the subliminal message
relax
close your eyes
you are getting sleepy
very very sleepy
on the count of three
you will be asleep
one
two
three
now listen to my words
forget reality
ignore the war
Ned Lamont is a bad person
on nov 7th you must go to the polls
and vote for Joe Lieberman
now on the count of three
you will wake up
but you will remember my command
one
two
three
I’m joe lieberman and I approve this message
omg you guys are killing me. at a client’s and can’t watch the YouT.
definitely headed home soon for the hi-speed.
are we sure Swanny’s not just messing with our heads??
Jane,
This post made me laugh out loud …. well, more of a snort out loud really.
Years ago, a friend of mine was taking Hakomi massage instruction. This included quite a bit of the new age music and a few older men who were overly eager to “connect” with my friend.
On hearing her stories about a couple of these guys, my husband created a new phrase for the act of these guys making a move on my friend …… as the “Hakomi Hustle”.
In our circle, the Hakomi Hustle came to mean exactly what you are talking about in regard to this ad.
Great work! I am laughing and repulsed at the same time.
(of course I do not mean to disparage practitioners of Hakomi massage)
I think *ilson ought to grab the UTube link for this and put it on his beautiful websites.
A little commentary to go along would be helpful too.
xyz - great minds…
I see you posted some of the comments ConnecticutBlog took off of YouTube in the last thread.
Pretty funny stuff
punaise!!! you mean this one?
http://static.flickr.com/59/22.....890d2f.jpg
Is that Joe, or a Joe supporter?
Teddy, did you happen to ask Howie Kurtz a question yesterday? I saw one from SF that sounded a bit like you.
I really really really enjoyed this story. The rest at the link.
In the same manner in which microwave popcorn and hamburgers are sold to the gullible American public, here we had a diet of good and evil, black and white, right and wrong being touted to a population that relies heavily on the power of the box to mold their perception of the outside world. No matter how distorted, far removed from reality or totally untrue that junk food for the soul may be.
I sat amazed as I watched the developing Western-serialization of the conflict by Fox News. The scene was set with a star cast that included some familiar faces. The sheriff was beautifully played by Uncle George. His sidekick is the dapper and reasonable sounding Ehud Olmert. Auntie Condi looked immaculate as the iron maiden who would stand by her man come rain or shine (Tammy Wynette would have been so proud!). Tony Blair, desperately clambering for attention with his tap-dancing and other wonderfully effusive talents, is mostly relegated to the background, although he does make a memorable contribution by cozying up to his hero.
The Israeli public are the good law-abiding citizens of the world. The baddies are played by the raucous, uncouth elements of Hezbollah who do not wash behind their ears. The Lebanese population had a tiny bit part that you would have missed if you blinked.
The plot is marvelously simple.
Hezbollah is an incarnation of the same faceless evil organization that blew up the county saloon a few years ago. (They are part of a wider network of crazy weirdoes that are against law and order. This bunch of anti-decency felons includes Hamas, Al-Qaeda, the governments of Syria and Iran and the Iraqi insurgents. A bit hard for the average viewer to digest; so let’s just call them “the Indians”.) The good people of Israel, therefore, have the blessing of Uncle George to blow up the Lebanese.
I told you. Marvelously simple.
When John Dingell, a Democratic Congressman from Michigan, urged the US to seek a speedy conclusion to the war instead of taking sides he was vilified and labeled a “Hezbollah apologist” in the mainstream press. When Joe Lieberman was defeated in Connecticut it was seen as a largely anti-Semitic anti-Israeli protest. In fact, Dick Cheney ventured to proffer that his defeat would be seen as a victory for “Al-Qaeda types” who tried to undermine the will of the American people! Even the massacre in Qana was alleged to have been a hoax until it was the Israeli Army itself that took responsibility for the bombing.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=.....amp;y=2006
Valley Girl @ 41
Both, I think…
I bet TRex would hit this ad right out of the ballpark. Where is he when we need him?
Ewwww is a great title for Joe’s ad!
But a much bigger “EWWWWWW” is happening in the Eastern Mediterranean - the Beirut Oil Spill. I’ve been quite shocked at the total lack of interest in this major environmental catastrophe.
The only MSM outlet to have a credible reporter at the scene is the San Francisco Chronicle, which has assigned Christopher Allbritton to cover the progress of the spill and cleanup efforts. The Chronicle gave him a major space on page A-1 today:
(08-28) 04:00 PDT Beirut — The sand along the public beach in south Beirut is blackened and stained. The sea, normally a rich azure, is a noxious yellowish green. The water reeks of petroleum. All the fish are dead; there is not a single bird in the sky.
These are the scars of the Lebanese oil spill, triggered July 15 when Israeli jets bombed the power station at Jiyeh, 18 miles south of Beirut. Between 10,000 and 15,000 tons of heavy fuel oil spilled into the Mediterranean Sea and began flowing north. After six weeks, the slick has spread an estimated 90 miles north and now could threaten the coastal waters of Syria and Turkey.
And it’s getting worse.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/.....KQHK31.DTL
From last thread…
Twisted Martini @
19
1,256 DAYZ AND THE KILLING GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
*ilson:
OK brother, where is it…if yer worried about the “old age crack” in my post, please be advised I got an AARP membership.
KEEP THE FAITH AND POST MY MESSAGE!!!
OK, I got to get to work on a parody of this thing…I’ll be back later.
Trex was last seen, oh wait– nothing Jane. (whistling)
You know what would make that beach scene even *more* beautiful?
Pameluh rolling around in the surf, ranting about the Islamic menace.
*ilson- you are taking the “old geezer” thing too literally and too personally. You are young in heart and mind, though also a “Wise Elder”. That is entirely different than being a geezer, young or old.
Valley Girl @
41
“Ewwww…”
I thought it was a SNL ad. I kept waiting for the punchline.
(heavy sigh)
One more time, Lieberman has let me down.
CT Bob @ 48
I can’t wait!
Bahh ha ha ha.
Is that the sun setting on Joeloser or what?
Not only that, but how about attacking you opponenet with a Rove attack on election day (not that he respects that) will charges of “hacking” when it was incompetence that brought his site down.
Attaturk has hilarious take on it
Valley Girl @ 52
Hell, my dad’s 80 and he can out-write me without even breaking a sweat.
take that pathetic to a new high, Joe
crappy female voiceover
somebody forgot to hit the de-hiss button, seriously
mind-numbing porn music background
Ned and Joe, I want another debate.
Eli @ 44
who said Joe’s got his ass in a sling, anyway?
Atrios agian:
Twisted Martini @
48
http://static.flickr.com/59/22.....890d2f.jpg
EWWW… that is one bad ad!
ya’ know - with shooter and Dumsfeld talking, talking, talking about nazis and fascism… between their total lack of credibility and the fact that they are insulting all WWII vets (and probably anyone over the age of 60 with the “Democrats are Nazi sympathizers” meme)… I think they are shooting themselves in the ass… they sound so gawddamn silly…
CT Bob @ 49
Wouldn’t that be kind of redundant?
Eli @ 42
busted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....00600.html
Howie thinks RGJoe’s not been excommunicated. Not sure who holds that power in the Democratic Party — Reid? Schumer? Connecticut Democrats voting in their own damn primary?
meta- should they wear Speedos for the debate?
Please, God: let Jon Stewart take this on. . .
I had put off AARP membership, especially after the awful Pill Bill. Then the wingers started to attack it with a bullshit ad implying the AARP was against the War on Iraq and supported gay marriage. Hey, sounds like my kind of organization — so I joined!
Pachacutec @ 66
We’ll have to wait for that one. He’s on “hiatus” until after the holiday.
Do we have him on the Spotlight feature?
That was nasty.
Seriously, voiceovers like that always backfire with me. I know they’re supposed to be sexy in a gentle soothing way, but they just make me want to vomit. No matter what they’re promoting. If Barack Obama had an ad like that I’d vote for his opponent.
ET @ 47– but, but doesn’t the MSM care about OUR oil? It’s the least they could do even if they don’t give a damn about the environment.
disgraceful and expected.
ccmask @ 44 — thanks for that!
Titanyum @ 45
there is no truth to the rumor that TRex has replaced the polygamy guy on the ten most wanted fugitives list.
Valley Girl @ 66
Not a debate…a pose-off.
;>)
You all seem very worked up and tense about this ad. Let me give you a nice backrub…
Oh Eli, that is funny! Pam and Joe crawling around in the red tide! Bet that’d make some footprints in the sand…
Courtesy of TPM, Reid retuns fire on Rummy’s
azzposition:http://www.talkingpointsmemo.c.....php#009583
I agree, not bad.
Going to a fundraiser shortly for Deval Patrick (running for Gov. in MA). I’ll have to wear my Kiss button and tell one and all about this ad!
1,256 dayz and the killin’ goez on and on and…
*ilson:
OK good fer you, I dropped my membership when they supported the Bush medicare bill…when they backed off my wife reinstated for the travel “benefits”. So where’s my post??!!
KEEP THE FAITH AND DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SERIOUSLY!!
ccmask @ 75
Maybe they could make the back with two beasts…
Oh, VG, now that’s just cruel.
Prof @
28
Prof you are right. I stand totally corrected.
Go Joe.
CTBob has a comment just released from autospeedo… errr mod. It ended up in automod because it had the V**iagra word. Please don’t make the same mistake anyone, and refresh/ F5 so see all comments (not just hit refresh comments).
Eli @ 80
Knock it off, Eli, if you don’t plan to bring brain bleach for everyone.
Eli @ 75
LOL
Eli @
52
My thoughts exactly. Isn’t that Pam’s beach?
Ed*ard Teller,
OT, but here’s a link where you can listen to samples of PDQ Bach’s “Oedipus Tex”
http://www.telarc.com/gscripts.....AC6#tracks
angie,
Rick Steiner, a scientist and friend of mine from UAA, is over advising. He’s mentioned in the SFChron article.
Valley Girl @
84
What, did he say something about a little blue pill looking more and more reddish?
Jane…I had a French professor who had the Tantra rap AND the oily gray ponytail.
Ugh is right.
Pam and Joe, in From Here to Paternity.
Hey gang,
“just sit back and think of…good things” ?!? WTF!
It made me think of the Victorian era advice to new brides re:wedding night sex: “Just lie back and think of England”
Appropriate, I suppose, as Joe is proposeing to F*** us all one more time…
OT…has anyone seen Blank Kludge lately?
Failure to read the previous thread’s comments — and in particular the remark about the Kee-Ri bird — is blog-commentary malpractice.
Don’t be guilty.
And on other matters:
Someone is working on that, right?
Knock it off, Eli, if you don’t plan to bring brain bleach for everyone.
I buy it by the barrel, but it’s BYOH (Bring Your Own Hose).
meta @ 80
meta- I was speaking metaphorically, of course!
Pachacutec @ 91
you funny Pach
Whoever thought up that ad should now be referred as Smartacus.
Mine was a Biblical History instructor - no ponytail (but still long oily hair) — Do I get extra points since he always wore clogs?
RevDeb @
71
He’s not in the database. If anyone has his an/dor the show’s contact info, I’ll add it to the database.
I would totally love to see Lieberman and Bolton fighting to the death for Pam’s affections, in that dramatic Vulcan blood ritual whose name escapes me.
Pam Farr? Neocon Farr?
Eli @ 101
Does Pam go to the winner or the loser-man?
Oh that article is thoroughly chilling, ET– yet another grotesque crime among so many. It is beyond belief! Those waters were so beautiful, and now so many will never see them again. ;(
all the life extinguished.
leftofliberal @ 91
Joe’s challenge: use that intro with “pleasure” as a reflexive verb
Eli @ 101
Malkin caged and baring her fangs nearby….
Valley Girl @ 86
EPU’d. Kinda tame, considering the previous discussion, but it is about making babies…
When I looked at the post the first time, it was just a blank where the video should be. When I got to this page, the link was up.
I sure do miss that blank screen now. I’m not sure a shower will help, either. *shudder*
Pachacutec @ 103
Well, it is a fight to the death, although I suppose the death doesn’t necessarily have to be from the combat…
Angie@73- Wasn’t that a good article! That girl can write.
LOL Teddy.
fiance sez the entire right-wing vlogosphere is funded by clorox
watch the vlogs; you need their product.
ET @ 48 I thought the beaches were oily when I was on the eastern Mediterranean in 1979. I can’t bear to imagine how much more terrible it is now. I can’t bear to look at any more of the photos. And I am so angry.
Eli at 53–Oh ISH. Mention not the vlogstress……
Eli @ 79
Brain… dirty… need… scalpel…
There’s a missing label on this ad. It should note who REALLY commissioned it.
My first thought (while registering the creepy sensation running down my spine was:
Mind Control Agents for Lieberman
but then I started laughing out loud at it, so my best guess is this:
Incompetent Hypnotists for Lieberman.
Maybe someone mentioned this upthread, but
What’s with the bloody red sun in the ad?! It certainly doesn’t make me think of security — makes me think of death, Iraq, and “Red sky, blood has been spilled tonight,” but mostly:
I’m thinkin’, after the bear ad, the Loserman folks thought, “HA! nothing for the blogosphere to laugh at with this one!”
boy, were they wrong!