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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
These are not very smart people, and things got out of hand.
They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.
We can’t confuse what’s necessary to win elections with the policies that we want to implement when we do.
Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.
She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.
Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.
Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.
Anne Laurie is a fucking hero in so many ways. ~ Betty Cracker
If you tweet it in all caps, that makes it true!
Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.
You are either for trump or for democracy. Pick one.
“Everybody’s entitled to be an idiot.”
In my day, never was longer.
Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.
The words do not have to be perfect.
The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it is not glory.
“woke” is the new caravan.
Let me file that under fuck it.
Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.
You cannot love your country only when you win.
It’s the corruption, stupid.
The unpunished coup was a training exercise.
The willow is too close to the house.
You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.
lamh36
Ok, now that is a good commercial.
I am sooo stealing it and sharing it…lol
Trollhattan
Damn clever. Nice to see something new, because it’s bloody rare.
But I want demon sheep!
piratedan
I expect to find his dad floating lifeless in Boston Harbor within a week…or at least completely disavowed
Roxy
I love it. So different. I hope Carl gets elected.
geg6
Awesome ad. Hope he wins. Maybe I’ll throw a sheckel or two his way to help him along.l
Ash Can
Cute!
Tommy
I am an advertising guy. Best ad I’ve seen this week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s22HX18wDY
I swear the best three minutes I’ve send this week. I wish I made that ad ….
Baud
@Tommy:
I teared up. Don’t know what the ad is for, however.
Anne Laurie
Perhaps it should be added (to ease the consciences of the dudgeon-prone) that Carl is openly gay. So he’s not, y’know, inappropriately appropriating another subcultures experience, in case any knickers were knotting…
Baud
Don’t like Carl’s ad. Makes tea party types seem like reasonable people.
Tommy
@Baud:
For a cell phone. I hate ads and I am an ad guy, but that is a good ad. As I said, wish I made it.
gogol's wife
@Baud:
I like the ad, but I don’t believe that person is really a Tea Party person. He seems too intelligent and ironic. He’s shamming . . . .
gogol's wife
@Tommy:
It’s for a cell phone? Isn’t it a campaign ad for the son?
JPL
Earlier today after watching Carl’s ad on the Washington Post Politics page, I googled it and several news sites picked it up. He’ll certainly raise enough money to compete.
@Tommy: Paying it forward is so socialistic. Now I have to find a hanky.
ruemara
@Tommy: That ad made me cry by 1:42. I loved it and the Chipotle game ad.
Ash Can
@gogol’s wife: Did you click on Tommy’s link?
ETA: If not, do it; that too is a really cute ad.
Tommy
@JPL: LOL. My parents are hardcore Republicans. I am not. They always even if it wasn’t a term, to play things forward. My mom and dad do it almost everyday. I try when I can. Funny, it is such a good thing. Most times good things come back to me ….
gogol's wife
@Ash Can:
No, I misunderstood and thought he was talking about the ad in the original post.
MomSense
I want to vote for Carl for Congress. Best political ad I’ve seen.
ETA: Damn, I used to live in his district! I would have loved to vote for him.
Don’t let me down 5th district!!
PurpleGirl
@gogol’s wife: I think the cell phone ad is the longer ad involving charity. Although I don’t see the connection to cell phones there. But it is a good ad about being charitable. (RWNJ in the US would hate the ad and the story.)
gogol's wife
@Tommy:
Wow, that is a whole movie.
Roger Moore
@PurpleGirl:
No, they’d love it. It’s their alternative to Obamacare.
MomSense
@Tommy:
Oh my goodness, I am in tears.
Tommy
Wisconsin Tourism Ad.
http://deadspin.com/tourism-ad-jordy-nelson-gets-concussed-dreams-of-oz-l-1315175011
I mean us ad guys do try.
Ash Can
@Tommy: LOL! Were you in on that? If so, were you in on this one too?
If so, bravo!
Tommy
@Ash Can: Nope. Been about a decade since I did any ads you might see. I don’t do that anymore, but I do still like good “creative.”
Baud
@Tommy:
Awesome ending with the shoes.
Fluke bucket
@Roger Moore: exactly. All day I have had to put up with people showing that ad and letting everybody know that health care should be taken care of with voluntary charitable giving. Damn. Ruined the ad for me.
lamh36
@Tommy: Wow. That was a really good ad.
Roger Moore
@Fluke bucket:
It’s such a predictable response. Anything but government healthcare, at least for the under-65 set.
mainmati
Really well done and nice camera work and cute music. Mostly great because it’s simply about those two people and no other distractions.
Bobby Thomson
George Takei was promoting the cell phone ad on his face book page. Someone else linked to this ad. It’s for a bank, but will still raise the dust in the room.
Libby's person
@Tommy: Thank you for the link. That was beautiful.
TaMara (BHF)
@Tommy: I hate you just a little bit now. And love you just a bit, too. Crying was not on my agenda today.
TaMara (BHF)
And @DougJ – thanks, that was a perfect ad. Wish more campaign ads were that thoughtful and…civil.
Comrade Mary
I feel predictable today. (I’ll feel mysterious tomorrow.) Smiled at the political commercial, cried on cue for the Thai commercial.
Man, Thai advertising specializes in squeezing out tears in the most obvious but effective way. A compilation.
satby
@Tommy: I posted that on FB, watched it 3and times, just eatched it again, and blubber like a baby every time. It is a great ad.
satby
I hate posting from my cell, excuse all the typos, FYWP is not lwtting me edit.
hamletta
@gogol’s wife: Naw, it’s real. My dad and brother are wingnuts, and I disagree with them on everything political (except they’re cool with gay people), but I love them unconditionally.
Tea Partiers are misguided, no doubt, but they aren’t all morons.