Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Welcome to Bizarro World...



As with any good cult, there’s not a whiff of rational appeal to be found; the “argument” for joining, such as it is, is the feeling of warm fuzzies you’ll derive, appropriately symbolized by a harmless yet adorable baby chick whom we’ll call “Barry.” This one’s destined for MTV and Comedy Central, partly because of the C-list celebrity spokesmen at the end but mostly because the jokey herpes analogy communicates just enough sexual sophistication to impress the average 18-year-old as “hip.” The punchline? Strip away the MoveOn graphics and you could insert this as is into any episode of “Mad TV,” where it would be received without a second thought as a heavy-handed parody of the vacuity of Obamamania.

I’m tellin’ ya, they’re gonna change the electronic voting screens to say, “Click here to accept Barack Obama’s Friend Request” so that these dim-witted youth voters can figure out how to cast their ballots for Obama. It’ll be like ballots in Spanish. You will soon be able to request your ballot in electronic youth-speak.

This next ad is an actual ad decrying the media for being in the tank for McCain. Yes you read that correctly.

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