Rove's American Crossroads ad attacks Obama for being "cool."

[ProSense]

American Crossroads Ad Attacks Obama As ‘Celebrity’

American Crossroads is out with a new web ad today that casts President Barack Obama as a Hollywood celebrity and features clips of him on Jimmy Fallon, drinking beer, criticizing Kanye West and killing a fly with his bare hand.

The ad is reminisent of a 2008 John McCain ad that featured Obama and Paris Hilton.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/american-crossroads-ad-attacks-obama-as-celebrity

Republicans have lost their damn minds.

[monmouth]

1. Over at HuffPo they laughed it off the page...They have nothing!!!...n/t

[gateley]

2. Rove never has to fear that charge being levied against him! nt

[DisgustipatedinCA]

4. Obviously you haven't seen MC Rove in awhile

[ProSense]

5. Oh my!

[DisgustipatedinCA]

9. pretty hideous stuff, isn't it? Note bought&paid-for David Gregory onstage also

.

[gateley]

12. Bwah! I'd forgotten all about that!

He STILL doesn't qualify. I'd use "pathetic", not "cool".

[bluestateguy]

3. As a matter of fact, yes my life is better than it was 4 years ago

Not perfect (it never is).

But I don't blame the president for not having a girlfriend at this time.

[philly_bob]

6. Republican playbook: take your opponent's strengths

and use it against him or her....

Don't underestimate the effectiveness of this strategy or this ad.

[siligut]

7. Exactly

And some people will just buy it because they heard it on TV.

[ProSense]

8. Cleary

"Don't underestimate the effectiveness of this strategy or this ad."

...it doesn't always work. From the OP:

"The ad is reminisent of a 2008 John McCain ad that featured Obama and Paris Hilton."

That said, the ad is so stupid, I can actually see this backfiring on Rove.

[philly_bob]

19. Hope you're right.... (nt)

[ProSense]

20. This is

on DU's front page:



http://www.democraticunderground.com/101724606

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002617056

[dmr]

10. From June, 2008 - Rove said "Obama’s the Guy at the Country Club Holding a Martini

Making Snide Comments About Everyone Else."

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/06/rove-obamas-the/

By Kelly Moeller
Jun 23, 2008 1:36pm

ABC News’ Christianne Klein reports that at a breakfast with Republican insiders at the Capitol Hill Club this morning, former White House senior aide Karl Rove referred to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, as "coolly arrogant."

"Even if you never met him, you know this guy," Rove said, per Christianne Klein. "He’s the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by."

Rove said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., "needs to come right at him." He referred to the latest Newsweek poll showing Obama with a 15-point lead over McCain as nonsense, though he used a more scatological synonym. Rove said he was heading over to the White House for lunch and a chat with the President, Klein reports.

More at link ...

Personally, I like my POTUS cool ...

[gateley]

13. That reminds me (because whenever I see one of these I always think "I hope

Obama gets a chance to see this&quot --

In Game Change it tells that Valerie Jarrett forwarded an email with the "I got this -- chill the fuck out" to Obama. He responded, "see?"

[GoCubsGo]

17. Wow! What a load of projection.

The guy from the country club crowd, who has made a career of making snide comments about other people. And, his buddy, the Mittster, epitomizes that, as well--in spades. Well, except for the "beautiful date" part.

[kentuck]

11. And not only that...

He is a practicing heterosexual !

[dmr]

14. lol, I forgot about him smacking that bug!

Oh, yeah ...


Love that guy.

[JoePhilly]

15. Epic fail by Rove.

[Swede]

16. You've either got or you haven't got style.

[emulatorloo]

18. Who will be the first DU'er to adopt the "Celebrity President" meme?

That of course is a rhetorical question.

Yes Republicans have lost their minds. I think it is intended as some kind of pre-emptive strike to try to distract from Romney's actual billionaire robber baron status.

[Hubert Flottz]

21. Well that's one thing you could never say for Karl Rove!

He was a fuckin' geek from the day he was hatched.