Campaign Ad: Obama hits back at Clinton, Lobbyists

[powergirl]

"On the last episode of Amargura Y Lagrimas, the searing, endless, telenovela of the Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton had gathered a handful of Pennsylvania's finest non-union actors to use the powers of their Stanislavski training to pretend that they weren't bitter and yell at Barack Obama for his no-good elitism. Well, you knew that wasn't going to stand! So Obama took the issue head on by releasing his own ad that...uhm...totally changed the subject. And deployed cocktail jazz.

"The result is "Guide," which attacks Clinton's connections to lobbyists using groovy music, a grainy film effect, and the sort of ironic humor that made Mike Huckabee a household name without making him President. The ad's money shot features a clip of Clinton shouting at the YearlyKos convention that she was going to go right on taking money from lobbyists, thank-you-very-much, which is sort of damning, but then again, who hasn't wanted to yell at the YearlyKos convention at least once? I mean, we're only human."

Go to the Link to view the ad:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/campaign-adwatch-obama-hi_n_96756.html

Well done Obama, well done.


:applause:

[JackORoses]

1. boy, that totally destroyed Hilly's sad attempt

[cali]

2. lol

hit her hard, barack. time to smash it back at her.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. agree with you on the "money shot"

Noticed that it included her reasons for taking the money--I feel that is being fair to her, and not distorting what she had to say by taking her words out of context.

[powergirl]

4. Her yelling like that shows her true persona

I've always believed that you measure the character of someone by how they react in a stressful/challenging situation. Now we all saw it. Yikes! Who's bitter now? :evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

33. Like "SHAME ON YOU".. only funny as hell

Yeee-ouch !!

[Coexist]

5. that was a really cool ad.

[redqueen]

6. Hahahahaha... BEAUTIFUL!

:woohoo:

[ampad]

7. LOL, oh shit

I know that ad was not suppose to be funny but I cracked up at the look on Edwards face when Hillary screamed "yes I will because those lobbyist represent real people." OMG, the look on his face was priceless. I'm gonna watch it again just for that part. :rofl:

[powergirl]

9. Edwards looked like he wanted to get up and leave

it was a cringe inducing moment. Poor dude!

[redqueen]

14. That was the best part!

:rofl:

[americanstranger]

23. I didn't notice it the first time.

It looked like he was thinking 'Shut up, shut up, shutpshutupSHUTUP!'

Damned funny.

- as

[jenmito]

8. HAHAHA! GREAT ad-factual-not an attack! Perfect!

:hi:

[scheming daemons]

10. That's well done.... please release that IMMEDIATELY.....

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. I posted this in the DU video section this morning

Give it a hit if you want.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x118953

[powergirl]

13. Sorry, Iching - I didn't see it

Isn't this ad awesome though? I want to watch it again, so I'll give your post a hit. :toast:

[woolldog]

12. Why doesn't it say "I'm Barack Obama and I approved this message?"

Doesn't that mean it's not being used?

Great ad though.

[TheDoorbellRang]

18. Good question

I couldn't read the fine print at the bottom of the ad where it usually says "Paid for by..."

Is there any law that says the candidate has to approve the message? If not, it was smart of him to leave his endorsement off of this. It's as close as I've ever seen him doing an attack ad.

But it's an awesome ad because it's TRUE.

[woolldog]

35. Yes it's the law.

http://www.factcheck.org/specialreports137.html

If it is indeed an Obama ad. I guess if Moveon or some other organization made the ad then no need for that.

[Exilednight]

45. It depends on who actually produced the ad. Candidates do not have to..........

put an approved by tag line at the end of ads. It's only required if the ad was paid for by the candidates party or campaign.

[NOLALady]

15. Float like a butterfly

Sting like a bee.

This ad is good enuff for Muhammed Ali.

[City Lights]

16. That voice - defending those poor lobbyists.

It is me, or did she sound, dare I say, bitter? :rofl:

[BeyondGeography]

28. And the way it shattered the spell of that most pleasant cocktail-hour jazz track

made her sound even worse.

Why is that rude person interrupting Lionel Hampton?

Four stars for the production team.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. I call that the "O-Snap!"

:thumbsup:

[BumRushDaShow]

19. "We can't end the Washington games... until we change the players."

Ho!

:applause:

[Zachstar]

20. Whoever plans these ads has one HELL of a resume!!

The mood of the ad is PERFECT!!

The effects are spot on.

The transitioning is amazing!

This is not half half baked ad! This is an ad that can be used all the way to the end!


Common Clinton supporters, you may not agree with the ad but you have to admit the guy who does these has gone experience eh?

[powergirl]

26. I wonder if the Clinton folks will have a comment on this ad

I'll wait with you. :popcorn:

[americanstranger]

39. Damned right.

The funny thing is, it probably cost about the same amount to produce as that cheesy Clinton ad that dropped yesterday.

But the difference in sophistication - miles ahead of the Clinton stuff.

His team is a good one, top to bottom.

- as

[Zachstar]

41. It is simple video work. Somthing that can be done on a laptop.

The difference is the way it was planned and told which kicked ass!

[DemVet]

21. Except that Obama DOES take money from special interest groups.

But since you all are so devoted to your candidate and know all about him, you all knew that, right?

[americanstranger]

Does he take more than any other Democrat or Republican?

Thought not. As you were.

- as

[scheming daemons]

30. Sorry.... all he said was he doesn't take money from PACs and registered lobbyists.....

both statements are true.


Every single person in the country is a "special interest group". That term is meaningless.

[DemVet]

38. Do a little research and you will find....

...Mr Obama does indeed accept money from lobbyists and PACs...albeit in a deceitful way. I must admit, he has his game down. Particulary the part where he has all of his supporters fooled.

[powergirl]

48. Obama has registered more voters and has more actual people donating

to his campaign than any other candidate. Does Sen. Clinton really think those folks would stay with her if she tries to steal this election???

[DemVet]

51. There is no such thing as "stealing the election."

You need to learn what the rules of the convention are.

[powergirl]

53. I know the rules - Clinton doesn't

Clinton tries to change the rules because she is LOSING. Therefore, there is stealing of the election when she tries to change the rules in the middle of the game. Hopefully she won't succeed in her rule changing or she will destroy the party.

Again, I ask you, do you think all of these new registered Democrats and the millions of individual donors who give money to Obama will support Clinton? Do you really believe that?

[Zodiak]

32. Yup, all 2,000,000+ of them

And you have to play the Kevin Bacon game of one degree of separation to find moneyy actually tied to special interests.

Ask the DUer who had his money given back how easy it is to be part of a lobbying firm and get money to Obama.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5418222

[DemVet]

37. And only several thousand have ties...

...to big oil. Smart move on Obama's part, I must say. Saying he doesn't accept money from big oil (which he can't, legally) is playing the public for fools. He WILL, however, accept money from CEO's and other corporate "citizen" donors.

[scheming daemons]

42. Out of $240 million raised, $213,000 from individuals who work for oil companies....

That's:

$240,000,000 raised

$213,000 from individuals who happen to work for oil companies


Less than 1/10 of 1%.


FAIL.

[DemVet]

52. Nope.

Obama said he didn't accept ANY money from big oil. He lied.

[Zodiak]

44. If that is true, they sure are not getting their money's worth

"Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will push on Friday for passage of a bill to put the huge pay packages of some U.S. corporate executives under greater scrutiny."

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1131749320080411

If you have to play the Kevin Bacon game in order to arrive at the conclusion that one is receiving contributions from in industry, then you are digging to deep, especially when one compares Obama's position to his opponent ("I will continue to take money from lobbyists because represent REAL Americans")

[cali]

34. great ad isn't it?

she's just so... presidential. snicker.

[Zodiak]

22. Hillary got PWNED

I was wondering whether or not he was going to use that damning sound-byte.

I would say that is at least a 100X dumber thing to say than "bittergate" ever could be.

[Zachstar]

24. Anyone else constantly rewinding the video to keep hearing the music?

I like it! :D

[thoughtcrime1984]

25. I'd like to know, is this playing in PA? nt

[BumRushDaShow]

36. Don't have access to a TV to see

but the substance of it has been in other ads that he has running here. I think this is just a web ad for now according to his website. But see his campaign knows that stuff like this (especially due to its quirkiness) can go "viral" and will eventually force the M$M to report on it. ;)

[Bigleaf]

27. This is a web ad according to his site. Are they doing any TV ads or are they waiting until after

the debate.

[futureliveshere]

29. This ad is just too good.. brings the point out amazingly well

[elmerdem]

31. Brilliant!

[quantass]

40. .

[K Gardner]

43. Good.. but man, her WHOLE performance should be aired somehow. Very damning.

[TexasLady]

46. good stuff!

:applause:

[GarbagemanLB]

47. nice!

[AtomicKitten]

49. Oooooooh snap.

[Catherina]

50. Ohhhhh how beautiful!

I called this one twice because she left the door so open :woohoo: What an idiot.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5503323&mesg_id=5503627
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5506218&mesg_id=5506293

That was well done! Adding the Yearly Kos clip was genius.

The Obama team ROCKS!

[TML]

54. I loved it

Very subtle, but very lethal. I love how Obama fights back.

[GoldieAZ49]

55. Gas prices due to lobbyists? BULLSHIT

Obama cannot be honest, he lies when he doesn't have to

[knixphan]

56. REALLY well done.