I stole this line from Jim Geraghty, because it’s the perfect way to visualize this latest ad from the Sharron Angle campaign. In this one, Harry Reid is reminded that lying about how you treat our military personnel is a bad idea, and that he should apologize for it:
Isn’t it nice to have a grown-up around who has some small hope of making Harry Reid behave like one?
Moe Lane
PS: If you’re wondering why Harry Reid thinks that he can get away with this, well, it’s pretty simple: the ability to easily link to inconvenient video is fairly new for the Internet (never forget that YouTube started up after the 2004 election), and Reid doesn’t really have the mental flexibility needed to deal effectively with the new way of things. Honestly, he’s been saying and doing some bizarre things lately…
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Moe Lane
Dan McLaughlin
Gee Harry...
snowshooze (Diary) Friday, August 20th at 3:04PM EST (link)That was outstanding.
When did this take place?
Is this a TV ad or just a web ad? Hopefully it's the former. -nt-
eburke (Diary) Friday, August 20th at 3:09PM EST (link)“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
Unified Patriots
My thoughts exactly eb. If it's on the web few will
throwback59 Friday, August 20th at 4:32PM EST (link)see it. That would be a shame as this is a devastating ad. How can you defend against your own words: “I was against the surge before I was for it”?
Ask John Kerry how that strategy worked for him.
Go Sharon!
Has to be just a web ad
Sundayjack (Diary) Friday, August 20th at 6:38PM EST (link)I was trying to think of the last full-minute ad I’ve seen. Aside from the ridiculous waste of money Barack put into his 2008 infomercial, I couldn’t think of any. But that might just be me. Reagan’s “bear” ad was 30 seconds. LBJ spent a full minute on the “daisy” ad, but I don’t think they invented 30 second ads until the 1970′s. Heh.
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.”
Then they should cut the ad to 30 seconds.
throwback59 Friday, August 20th at 6:59PM EST (link)Instead of coming across as a jackass he’ll just be an a**.
Harry Reid's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
partyof1 Friday, August 20th at 6:15PM EST (link)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqyeb-5ZfEc&
That there's funny,
Steph C (Diary) Friday, August 20th at 7:19PM EST (link)I don’t care who you are.
On the serious side, the left may have successfully used the internet to astroturf but they can’t run from their words and deeds. We may have been a little behind the curve starting out but we’ve caught and exceeded their expectations.
Once on the internet it’s forever. Well, unless they get their Net Neutrality and start taking down sites like the one below:
http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
Hillbilly Politics
Funny thing about that last statement in Sharon's ad....
yoyo (Diary) Friday, August 20th at 7:26PM EST (link)“Harry cannot run from his record.”
Yeah, well he cannot run ON his record, either.
‘:o)~
Nemo me impune lacesset
“No one will provoke me with impunity!”
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The ‘yoyo’ replaced my cigarettes January 22, 2006….
Nicely done, Sharron Angle
Coop Saturday, August 21st at 10:27PM EST (link)I do hope your fine commercial is rewarded with some more donations.
Angle leading within the MOE
finaljeopardy Sunday, August 22nd at 1:28PM EST (link)Well, done! Harry Reid would rather talk about football uniforms than our men and women serving in uniform.