I have what I think is a great anti-McCain ad idea...

[GaYellowDawg]

Remember those old-time country fair shooting galleries? Where a target would come out, someone would shoot it with a pellet gun, and the thing would go "DING" and go in the opposite direction?

Well, I'd love to see a commercial where (edited here for suggestions) you have a cartoon shooting gallery. Then a cartoon McCain riding a cartoon elephant comes out (with the bullseye on the elephant) to a track of McCain commenting against the Bush tax cuts. Then you'd hear something like this:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/16077772a7f69eee

and it starts in the opposite direction with him supporting them (NOTE: no gun barrel would be visible). And then another McCain target comes in from the opposite side with another position he's held against Bush but flip-flopped on. Run about 4 of these out, then fade to a picture of Bush holding a gun, something like this:



and a voiceover that says, "Who's really calling the shots here?"


Edited to add new sound effect and the note about the gun barrel and address other concerns

[AllentownJake]

1. Freepers would accuse of us of encouraging assasination

[GaYellowDawg]

5. Well, to discourage that...

a) you wouldn't show the barrel of a gun
b) you'd make the sound effect like this:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/16077772a7f69eee/

Anyone who tried to pass that off as encouraging assassination would be laughed off

[AllentownJake]

7. Presidential Candidates as targets

Will make people go nuts even if its clearly a BB hitting the target.

[GaYellowDawg]

8. OK, got the solution to that.

Make the whole thing a cartoon, with a cartoon McCain on top of a cartoon elephant. Put the bulls-eye on the elephant.

[Orrex]

2. Clever, but...

It seems unlikely that anyone would air a commercial that includes the repeated shooting of a presidential candidate.

[mzmolly]

3. Great idea, sans McCains face. How about

a symbol of corporate interests place of a pic?

[GaYellowDawg]

6. It pretty much wouldn't be an anti-McCain ad at that point.

You need the visual.

[mzmolly]

9. I wonder if there are other ways to insert McCain?

I do think the premise is a good one. It's always fun to think of how one would address a political situation via a campaign ad.

[Democrats_win]

4. Good idea. It would be funny to show bush making McCain change positions.

[GaYellowDawg]

10. Self-kick, OP has been adjusted to reflect comments/concerns

I think it's better now.