Rovian racist insets in Clinton's anti-Obama 3AM ad. I will NEVER vote for this woman!!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

ON EDIT: Congratulations to everyone who replied who saw how stupid this is, but unfortunately it's not an invention on my part. This is real. It is mainstream stuff from a major blog, linked by an even bigger blog. This is what Hillary hate can do to people. (And this "outrage" is no different from the "Hillary darkened Obama" thing that a lot of people are taking quite seriously in three current threads in GDP. (for example: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... )
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Today's "Clinton darkened Obama's picture" scandal is just the tip of the iceburg. Andrew Sullivan linked to this Ann Althouse catch:

Ann Althouse
Saturday, March 01, 2008

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-are-letters-ni...

"Why are the letters 'NIG' on the child's pajamas?"






Asks a commenter — "Tom" — on my post about the new Hillary Clinton commercial, the one that shows several children sleeping and then Clinton taking a national security phone call in the middle of the night. You can see the commercial at the link, and the pajamas in question are on display during seconds 11 and 12. On pausing, staring, and thinking, I believe these are pajamas that say "good night" all over them, but the letters "NIG" are set apart by a fold in the fabric.

Is the campaign responsible for sending out a subliminal message to stimulate racist thoughts in the unsuspecting viewer? It is either deliberate or terribly incompetent. There is no other writing on screen until the very end of the commercial, and if letters appear in any place in a commercial, they should be carefully selected letters. Certainly, each image is artfully composed and shot and intended to deliver an emotional impact. Could this be a mere lapse?

In 2000, there was a much-discussed commercial for George W. Bush that displayed the letters "RATS":

The announcer starts by lauding George W. Bush's proposal for dealing with prescription drugs, and criticizes the plan being offered by Vice President Al Gore. Fragments of the phrase ''bureaucrats decide'' -- deriding Mr. Gore's proposal -- then dance around the screen.

Then, if the viewer watches very closely, something else happens. The word ''rats,'' a fragment of the word ''bureaucrats,'' pops up in one frame. And though the image lasts only one-thirtieth of a second, it is in huge white capital letters, larger than any other word on the commercial... (SNIP)

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-are-letters-ni...

[Seeker30]

1. This is the dumbest shit I've seen yet

Is this all ya have?

[tyne]

2. Good Lord

Stop this. The childs pajamas say good "nig"ht.

[NightWatcher]

3. I'm an Obama supporter and volunteer and this is WEAK

Hillary has done some less than above board things, but this is just silly.

[whatchamacallit]

4. No, if anything they simply got lucky on this one ;-)

[KittyWampus]

19. good way at phrase it. Sometimes things just happen... but they follow a pre-existing pattern

by coincidence not conscious intent.

[whatchamacallit]

29. I don't believe they'd intentionally do something like that

but I doubt they'd have a problem with reaping the accidental benefits if there were any.

[KittyWampus]

30. exactly. although I do think they'd be happy to look the other way if ad agency went ahead

and did something like that.

[Hoof Hearted]

34. You have lost all sense of reason. What is to look the other way about?

The OP is batshit crazy and it looks like you are setting up camp in the same cave.

[SoonerPride]

5. Only it doesn't say NIG, it says NI and half a letter

lame

[Kittycat]

24. It actually says Good Night - but still... WTF? Is this even worthy of a post?

[Marie26]

6. LOLOLOL

If nothing else, GD: P is good for comedy. Andrew Sullivan linked to this? Has he gone insane?

[Greyskye]

7. well, the simplist explanation...

..is that 'NIG' is part of 'NIGHT'. As in "Good Night".

I'm an Obama supporter, and this is just silly.

[leftofcool]

8. Oh for cryin' out loud!

[Monty__]

9. Wow

I'm not a Hillary supporter but are you serious with this cr@p?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

10. ENOUGH WITH THE INSANE OP'S ALREADY!

This place has fucking totally lost it. Holy fucking cow.

You all look like fucking fools. Like batshit crazy fucking fools. What the fuck are your malfunctions?????

[Common Sense Party]

22. At the same time, it's entertaining to see an entire forum lose its

collective mind. It's like watching those experiment films in Psychology class.

[Hoof Hearted]

31. Or Lord of the Flies without the literary value. n/t

[Common Sense Party]

53. Which one is Piggy?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

33. All The Proof One Needs To See How Insane This Forum Has Become, Is In Your Post.

And not because of the words of it, but because of your avatar.

You're sporting a gravel avatar for christ's sake, yet things have changed so much that you actually are coming off as the sane one. I think that speaks volumes as to how far down things have gone.

[Hoof Hearted]

36. Wait until the Chuck Hagel avatars start showing up! n/t

[Common Sense Party]

40. I knew that sooner or later, Gravel would finally seem like the sane choice.

This place is definitely Looney Tunes.

[mmonk]

11. The pajamas say Good Night.

Let's don't reach.

[Dogmudgeon]

12. It says "Ni". The kid's parents are Python programming geeks.

We are the knights who say "Ni"!



--p!

[likesmountains 52]

13. OMG! In another shot I see the letters GOO...

[IndianaJones]

heh. nt.

[rodeodance]

14. TAKE THAT DOWN NOW---BRINGING CRAP LIKE THAT HERE!

[high density]

15. Pulease

This stuff looks like stock footage they dragged off the shelf from somewhere. I dislike the ad and its message, but this is a joke.

[Pirate Smile]

16. I saw this the other day and thought it was ridiculous.

It seems like a parody actually.

[Der Blaue Engel]

17. Good Fucking Night.

This place is psychotic.

[sharp_stick]

18. OH FUCK ME

This idiocy is just getting to be incredible. Now it's some hidden racist ad, what utter and unmitigated bullshit.

Andrew Sullivan is a lying asshole at the best of times and I have no idea who the fuck Ann Althouse is but my guess is she's just as bad as Sullivan.

If this is the best people can come up with to slime Clinton that truly is pathetic.

[Medusa]

20. Remember the Cross in Huckabee's "Christmas" ad?

Subliminal

[LostinVA]

21. How dumb -- not you, I know what you're doing

[mcctatas]

27. care to share...

or do you have to be a member of the "super-secret Hillary fan club"

[LostinVA]

37. Why the HELL are you being so snotty to me -- I gave you zero reason to be

UGH.

I am so tired of the kneejerk rudeness here, and having to ALWAYS mention someone's avatar in the slam.

[demo dutch]

23. You are out of your f-ing mind!!! Nig as in NIGHT you dumb ass! Obama phobia surely!

[mcctatas]

25. OMG...

you're making the rest of us Obama supporters look insane along with you. I suppose you're one of those people who sees the huge penis in the ice cubes

http://www.subliminalworld.org/classkey.htm#Castrated

[rox63]

26. This is just friggin' stupid

Weren't you a Hillary supporter a few weeks ago?

[IndianaJones]

28. they don't realize you're making fun of them. nt.

[redqueen]

32. Nig? Maybe it's part of the word NIGHT?

*sigh*

[Arkansas Granny]

35. And if you play it backwards does it deliver a Satanic message?

This is all very reminiscent of the backward masking controversy of the 80's.

[greguganus]

42. OMG!! If you play it backwards it spells out "GIN" !! Hillary is trying to get the alcoholic vote!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

44. REDRUM... REDRUM... REDRUM...

[Mags]

38. Maybe it could be "night"

You guys are really losing it.

[UALRBSofL]

39. This is the kind of stuff coming from the Obama Camp

accusing Hillary and Bill as being racists. Obama has done this quite a few times. The Clinton's are not racists but Obama has been accusing them of this since Nevada. I think the Clinton supporters are upset with Obama accusing the Clinton's of being racists and when they go to vote they may think twice before deciding.

[JimGinPA]

41. I Don't Think Anyone At The Clinton Camp Is Clever Enough To Think Of It

Dirty enough, yes. Clever enough to think of it, no.

[BlackVelvet04]

43. Maybe because NIG is part of NIGHT?

Get a grip.

[mtnsnake]

45. No wonder so many people are bailing on this pathetic place. n/t

[goclark]

46. I am African American and I would bet than any African American

that was able to preview that "AD" beforehand would have noticed the N the I and part of the G.

We have seen it too much and felt the sting of it.

That little sweetheart is even a "little brown one" as George HW Bush once said about his grandchild.

How odd that the "NI 1/2 G" was on the little brown child.

[Perry Logan]

47. Far out. The Obama camp would appear to be splitting into The Crazies and The MORE Crazies.

[mudesi]

48. LOL! (nm)

[onenote]

49. As an Obama supporter, let me apologize for the fact that this shit was posted

It doesn't matter who you support...crap like this is just nuts.

[Beausoir]

50. Beyond lunacy.

[superkia]

51. Ive seen some pretty pathetic things from the Clinton folks but...

this one is one of the stupidest things I have seen in a while. It obviously says good night, I'm not sure why anyone would see what is being implied in this post.

[Beacool]

52. Wow, and double Wow!!!!!!!!

Some people are not just a little loony, but are now officially certifiable!!!!!!

In a million years would I have thought that I would be squinting at a 30 sec. ad depicting children sleeping trying to figure out the print on one child's jammies!!!!!!!!!!

For the record: it appears to say "Good Night".

[slutticus]

54. Oh man...this takes the cake...

Shouldn't this go in the 9/11 forum?

[jillan]

55. Nig(ht) hahaha - you don't have kids, do you??

[jillan]

56. Nig(ht) hahaha - you don't have kids, do you??

[Tektonik]

57. Shut the fuck up jackass

jesus christ...

[LittleClarkie]

58. That's so far of a stretch I'm surprised you didn't hurt yourself

Eesh.

[CyberPieHole]

59. I'm confused. Are you exposing "racism and rovian tactics" by Hillary Clinton?

Do YOU think there is a racial epithet suggested in the child's jammy?

[TheDonkey]

60. LOL!!!

ok, that's going way too far. Just have to laugh.

[cynatnite]

61. The children's pajamas prove it...

This is truly some dumb shit.



Thanks for the laugh.

[LisaL]

62. Oh dear lord.

Some really gone off to the deep end.
The pajamas say good night.

[BreweryYardRat]

63. Dude, I prefer Obama over Clinton, but you're being silly.

Nobody's going to plan an ad that minutely.

[MonkeyFunk]

64. Wow!

You guys have really gone around the bend, over the edge and down the rabbithole.

That's some kinda crazy you got going on!

[Apollo11]

65. NIC = National Intelligence Committee