Login HereVia TPM Election Central, it turns out that reactionary Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo really is living in the past -- he thinks this week is Halloween:
Tom Tancredo's new ad, set to run in Iowa — if any stations will accept it, that is — is a true original. The ad depicts the dire consequences of our open borders through a dramatization of a fictitious terrorist attack in the middle of a shopping mall. Furthermore, it even ends with the sound of an explosion!
You can view the ad above, if you think your stomach is strong enough. Which, I guess, is the broader question -- we all know the GOP (and their shadow allies) are going to be desperate enough to run ads like this in 2008. Maybe it's not a bad idea to encourage goofball efforts like this to remove the shock value? A hamfisted ad like this could be a vaccine that helps inoculate the voting public against the more slickly produced emotional manipulations we're bound to see by next fall.
What do you think?
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Woo Hoo, got me a zed.
Yuk!!!!!
ReneND @ 2
Who is this Woo Hoo person everyone is always talking about?
marymccurnin @ 4
Well, it’s not Loo Hoo ;-)
clue me in now, I am confused
he quit running for head dick, couldn’t raise enough money
he quit congress because of reasons known and un?
is he now the poster boy for let’s keep them othercoloredpeople in they place as long as it is gardening or out of here?
what the hell is the poodle running ads for? campaign war chests are for legal defense after you quit the race Tom, don’t you know anything?
Why do I have letters and symbols and goofy stuff instead on the ad?
That
adhate speech is beyond offensive.marymccurnin @ 4
I would never say woo hoo in real life. Only on the tubes and only here.
Twain @ 7
Sorry. Got the ad - other stuff is at the top of the post.
Swopa, are you sure that’s not a parody ad? That is’t be a serious production, is it?
C’mon, really?!
Twain @ 7
You must be hallucinating. Refresh your page.
(*whistles and attempts to look innocent*)
Holy Shytzky, Batman, I’m shopping at Ross this year!
Twenty million aliens?
Let’s ask the other GOPs to denounce it. That’s the ticket — let’s ask Congress to denounce it.
ReneND @ 9
This isn’t real life? I am in trouble.
oldtree @ 6
Brownback is the one who dropped out of the Pres race for the R nomination. Tancredo is the racist ‘thug from Colorado who has said he will not run for re-election even if he doesn’t get the nomination.
Swopa @ 12
Your attempt didn’t work :-)
How many times did they play Howard Deans war whop before it sounded stupid?
I think Tancredo will not do well with the Hispanic/Islamofascist/Jihadist/illegal immigrant voters. Are there any? Just a guess.
subtle, ain’t it? /s
Hope Tancredo buys ad time on 24 — boy, will that be confusing!
OldCoastie @ 20
And that creepy voice.
A new slogan:
Vote Tom Tancredo before the illegals kill your children, rape your women and destroy economy.
Vote Tom Tancredo, for a positive change.
-GSD
But but Mommy there is a sale on..
The most frightening terrorist on the planet is George W. Bush. There are of course other terrorists, but he’s the most worrisome.
JohnJ @ 18
Once.
I thought they attacked us because of our bases and other occupations in places like Saudi Arabia.. So bombing, occupying and building more bases ought to ease the tensions, right Tom?
Twenty million aliens….Gawd…Ack Ack..must be War of the Worlds…
and wasn’t it supposed to be that we were fighting them over there so we wouldn’t have to fight them here?
is Tancredo sayin’ Bush’s policies have been a failure?
Shorter Tancredo: “Fear for sale, get yer red-hot fear right here.”
oh, fer all that’s holy! *ucker is saying the swift boat ads were not only defensible, but accurate.
Methinks the Xmas-hopeful retailers won’t be tickled with this ad.
Does anyone really think a television station should censor this ad by declining Tancredo’s business? I don’t like it but it is free speech without direct threats or slander.
JohnJ @ 18
To be truthful, Howard Dean’s war whoop still doesn’t sound so stupid to me!
OldCoastie @ 31
Why do watch him, woman? You know it’s bad for your health! *g*
OldCoastie @ 29
left you a link downstairs you might find interesting…
TeddySanFran @ 35
why do I watch any of this crap? now, what did I do with that blood pressure medication?
Eureka Springs @ 33
Oh, I hope the Iowa stations let him buy as much airtime as his wee budget will allow, and I hope he gets lots of free media for it as well. It’s the central GOP message for 2008, after all.
It needs to be heard!
And the other GOPs need to denounce it, or agree.
They’re already here. First they steal your job, then they kill you. All because of spineless politicians who won’t control the borders. Vote Tommy T to save the day - before its too late.
If they’re already here, who is Tommy T gonna stop? What about the ones that are already here? Makes no sense. Pure fear mongering, racist, xen*phob*c bullshirt. Are people that stupid?
Tucker’s history.
In the first place, he stinks.
In the second place- MSNBC has discovered that they get more viewers for lefty aimed programs.
Tick, tick, tick..
Even Joe Scarborough has made peace with the truth and now makes fun of goopers.
Eureka Springs @ 33
to me, this is almost the yelling fire in a crowded theater thingy. This hateful stuff can be inciteful (not insightful).
Oklahoma kiddo @ 25
Because he has his finger on the nuclear button, I agree, although he might have a little competition from Musharref, because Pakistan also has nukes, but the country is in chaos.
OldCoastie, YHM.
Tom Tancredo’s grandparents were immigrants.
In some places this would be considered hate speech.
OT -
Even the Methodists are against Bush on the war: war is incompatible with the teachings and examples of Christ.
The military is speaking out against his agenda, the church is speaking out against his agenda, and there is The Lake.
Mommybrain @ 42
yeah, it had good news in it
;-)
Tancredo has money for ads?
ah, racists fear-monger, the christofascists in all their glory.
Ann in AZ @ 41
Exactly. But Bush’s guy, Musharraf, probably doesn’t have as many. And they may not be a ‘big’ as our infant prez’s.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 43
My first thought about this ad - and Tancredo is from what Native tribe, exactly?
They don’t call you the Great Swopadamus for nothing. Innoculation is exactly how it would work. Gad, I hope somebody listens to you this time…
dakine01 @ 36
thanks, reply also downstairs
I want HRC to start kicking George W. Bush’s phony little cowboy’s ass. Every day. And hard.
Spotlight!
Why do the mexicans want to kill us all?
peanutbutter @ 5
Hi! Just got here, and congrats to ReneND!
Oops- forgot- everyone wants to kill us cause they hate our freedom—that’s why our president is protecting us by takin that nasty freedom AWAY—whadda guy.
Mommybrain @ 51
I think I can say Tancredo is not Cherokee. ;0)
Jihadists who froth with hate…Dang, Tancredo, look in the mirror…
rwcole @ 57
well, there is a perverse logic in that (emphasis on PERVERSE)
TeddySanFran @ 55
and digg it!
Flyby OT — ABC Nightly just did a report about a flagrant abuse of water in the Atlanta area, 400,000 gallons a month range when the average user uses just 100,000 gals a year. He was allowed a 2″ water pipe when the usual is 5/8″….
Meme: governments need to manage their resources better.
Homeowner: identified as the son of liquor distributors now hiding out from the public outrage.
[preview is my friend, preview is my….]
Why didn’t ABC name names? Advertiser, you think?
demi @ 46
At C*tholic Church yesterday, the priest intimated that the war is just. Isl*mic fundam*nt*lists are bad. Anti-war f*ndament*lists are also bad. The hope is for peace in the ME thru conversion to Cath*licism. It could take many years, but that is the only acceptable outcome to the Cath*lic Church.
hackworth @ 63
I would rather try to make a tiger a vegetarian.
Elliott @ 11
Yep! That’s our boy! I’m so glad the rest of you are getting a taste of our misery here in Co. CD6, now you know why we keep bitchin’.
Don’t let’s forget that Tom Tancredo thinks Miami is a Third World Country.
“could take many years”
Boy Howdy!!!!Many millenia!!
OT but ON Veteran’s Day
CSPAN 1 tonight
· 25th Anniversary of Vietnam War Memorial Ceremony (8pm)
· Discussion on Women in Military Service (9:05pm)
· Pres. Bill Clinton Speech at Slate Conference (10:20pm)
So Musharraf has put Bhutto back in jail. I just love big bad bullies. I like to buy them lunch.
TeddySanFran @ 54
digg it!
Meet Christofascist Tom Tancredo
Thought I’d check out Tweety- is he any good today? He was bitchin last time I saw him that the ratings don’t favor “fair and balanced” shows—-like HIS. Guess his ratings are in the toilet.
Tank Credo: all bluster
Elliott @ 67
ooo - thanks, Elliott! the 905 listing should be interesting!
Elliott @ 62
A really good one for digg, imo.
So when the Mexicans come to kill us–I’ll ride spreading the alarm—-One if by land- two if by sea!!
rwcole - it was interesting in that tweety got his man love on for Obama… but it was also kinda gross… so, depends on your mood.
Maybe it’s not a bad idea to encourage goofball efforts like this to remove the shock value? A hamfisted ad like this could be a vaccine that helps inoculate the voting public against the more slickly produced emotional manipulations we’re bound to see by next fall.
What do you think?
I think immigrants are going to be lynched before this is over
Mebbe it is time to remind our esteemed media that the owner of that radio station in Rwanda is in prison for her role in the massacres.
Not a single Republican candidate for prez disagrees with the president’s handling of the Iraq War.
Prairie Sunshine @ 62
CNN report includes the owner’s name at the tail end.
rwcole @ 40
You and I aren’t watching the same scar. ;-(
And then there’s Rudy. A man who has never served in the military, but is ready and willing to blow up the world.
And who hires these killer-immigrants? Funny how Tancredo doesn’t condemn the “hospitality” industry, or Big Agra, or the other corporatists who have gotten obscenely rich from the toil of illegal immigrants.
Alice @ 77
Good idea!
All the gop propagandist should be reminded Court Convicts 3 in 1994 Genocide Across Rwanda
Veritas78 @ 82
Surely you’re not expecting him to be logical. He’s a nut case, pure and simple. I don’t think he even knows what he’s talking about half the time - or more.
rwcole @ 76
that’s a Paul Revere and the Raiders song right?
one if by land
two if by sea
kicks just keep getting harder to find
(I love songs that rhyme perfectly)
Is there a way to outsource Tancredo?
i like the bit about ‘roaming’ freely.
We have lots of brown people in my family. I like them every bit as much as I do white folks.
Fineman (on Hardball) just said Romney is running a perfect campaign.
Guess they forgot about the hiring of Larry Craig. Or assumed that the audience has forgotten.
rwcole @ 70
Did you see the nukes expert author on Book TeeVee yesterday? Richard Rhodes author of Arsenal Of Folly discusses the likelyhood that the Catholics may not have nearly enough time to get ‘er done.
dakine01 @ 80
Dial-up precludes vid viewing: Do they explain how for the love of rain someone can use 400,000 gals/mo…..even with a 2″ pipe?
hackworth @ 63
I thik there are some progressive Catholic Congregations, but when you look to their Boss. It’s not very comforting.
But, the more organizations that come out against the war, the better.
For you Mabel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2xYl2hswY4
Alice @ 77
I think you are right.
I think Lou Dobbs will love it.
For those who follow energy issues, there is an interesting perspective at the Oil Drum on the future of various energy resources in the next 50 years or so.
http://canada.theoildrum.com/node/3222#more
For a quick over view, you can scroll down and just look at the graphs.
This might backfire on Tancredo. Watch the video: You see a bench, the body of someone sitting down and resting their backpack on the ground next to the bench and then getting up and waling off, ominously leaving the backpack behind.
I thought immediately of Richard Jewel, the guy the FBI wrongly charged with the Atlanta Olypmic bombing because they jumped to the wrong conclusions.
Watching this ad, I thought to myself, they were wrong about Jewel! They are wrong about a lot! It’s subtle, but I hope some others see it, too.
Robert Paehlke @ 96
Suggested modification. *g*
demi @ 94
Amen to that, Sister. They run on the old fish rot parable. Like the Republicans under Dubya. When that head starts to rot, there ain’t no stoppin’ it. Shame on….. Don’t get fooled agin’!
Loo Hoo. @ 90
And forgot the part about the boys “serving” the country by getting Dad elected Preznit.
And forgot the part about the dog being stored on the car roof during family vacations.
And forgot the part about calling the junior Senator from Illinois “Osama” and standing with a supporter holding a poster alleging same.
Yup, sounds like a perfect campaign — if you’re Howard Fineman.
I absolutely love Mexican food. And I adore Italian cuisine. Which is better? I really can’t say.
TeddySanFran @ 102
His hair is perfect.
I wonder how he found the jihadist islamofacisist fanatic hoody-wearing actor for his ad???
Hugh @ 97
I do question the predictions on hydro - water shortages will affect the flow of water which would, I imagine, affect ability to generate power.
LS @ 104
They are roaming everywhere!!
I do not think Ms Bhutto will survive these troubles, but I think she is very brave to try.
I’m hearing it said that a Rudy v. Clinton will be very close. If America elects another Republican president in 2008, what am I to think?
Tweety traded in his codpiece lust for a bout of jungle fever.
-GSD
TeddySanFran @ 106
And furiously frothing at the mouth, rabidly hunting every
whiteman, woman and child in the country to kill them…dead…dead as a doornail…tonighttomorrow, while they’re at the mall….when theirbrownhands intentially leave a backpack, next to a whites only bench at the mall…no..please not that…not the mall!!!! O.M.G….LS @ 103
Somebody from ICE in brownface?
An army of Padillas is out there.
Boo!
-GSD
Ya’ll will really get a kick out of this Pope/ Neil Bush piece from European News. If there is any question that the American News Media was not complicit in the double coup that was Dubya, this should help:
http://www.caucaz.com/home_eng.....php?id=168
Whether Bhutto survives or not, may depend on what GWB wants. And Hillary, you might take a lesson from Bhutto in courage.
Maybe Tancredo hired that Taliban spokesman that attended or is attending Yale for the part…that would at least be authentic to his thinking…
So the jihadist are here already according to the ad.
Considering Commander Codpiece has been in charge for the last 6 years and he has gotten everything he wanted as far as jihadist fighting legislation, I would venture to say that the ad is telling me that the president is a failure, as well as the policies that said Commander and his rubber stamp cohorts in congress have enacted.
Fern @ 105
Yes, that struck me as well. One of the IPCC reports predicted, for example, decreased snow melts in the Rockies and increased drought in the American Southwest. So this is likely to affect our hydro resources negatively.
tw3k @ 111
I don’t think his face is shown at any time in this ad. If you watch it with the sound off, he looks like any kid at the mall. It felt to me like the ad was also trying to exploit people’s fear of kids and youth violence.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 108