Republican Ad Treats President Obama Like Abusive Boyfriend (GOP's Reply to War on Women)

[big_dog]

Source: Jezebel.com

"In 2008, I fell in love," says an attractive and concerned-looking 30-something lady on a clean white couch. "His online profile made him seem so perfect...I trusted him, but by 2012 our relationship was in trouble, but I stuck with him because he promised he'd be better." Step right up and place your bets: domestic violence PSA or an embarrassing anti Obama ad from Americans for Shared Prosperity?

If you put your money on the GOP, you're right! (Also: you win absolutely nothing.) This hapless ad, made by Americans for Shared Prosperity, is the Grand Old Party's latest attempt to win over young, single female voters and — since they can't do it using policy — they're instead trying to tempt us with heaps and heaps of condescension.

"He told me we'd be safe," the woman in the ad says. "Have you looked in the news? He's in my emails and text messages, spying on me, but ignoring real threats...He thinks the only thing I care about is free birth control, but he won't even let me keep my own doctor." Get it? President Obama is basically a shitty, controlling and abusive boyfriend.

Of course, there are better ways of tempting young female voters, but they unfortunately include actually giving a shit about domestic violence and abusive behavior rather than simply mocking it. That and all the free birth control that our greedy uteruses desire.

Read more: http://jezebel.com/republican-ad-treats-obama-like-an-abusive-boyfriend-1637718651

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the absolute bottom of the historical barrel, surely no one will fall for this

[mwrguy]

1. Anyone know the name of the woman in the video?

She should be famous.

[big_dog]

4. almost a look a like for Rosario Dawson, but she would never do an ad like this

n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

17. I don't know her name, but does any know her agent?

She's a trained actress. She looks perfect, she doesn't give her name or give any details of what went wrong with her "relationship." Indeed, it sounds like Republican talking points, not a true story, and we all know it's easy the difference between the two. I'll bet there weren't very many retakes. They were probably all done in time for an early dinner.

If those of us who express frustration with President Obama were to be asked to articulate the reasons why, we'd come with a few things, and NSA spying would be one of them. I'm surprised that made it into a GOP spot, since I would expect any Republican to be gung-ho for it, just like the Frat Boy and the Big Dick were. She mentioned the economy, which I will agree isn't as good as it should be, but there's plenty of blame to go around for that. It isn't all Obama's doing. What he's doing wrong, in my view, is supporting the TPP and not prosecuting Legs Dimon or Pretty Boy Lloyd. Of course, the Republicans will support the TPP, too, and award Medals of Freedom to Wall Street crooks.

No, this was way too obvious. She's not fooling anyone. I wonder if she's even a Republican. Whether she is or isn't, she did well enough to earn he pay, which was probably a little as they could get away with.

[FBaggins]

25. "I'm surprised that made it into a GOP spot"

Don't be. They don't have to believe it's a problem if they're just planning to use it with the target audience (apparently moderate women - many of whom probably do think it's a problem).

Don't be suprised to see "Democrats for candidate X" bemoaning the very things that tick off progressives the most... without any connection to whether or not Republicans care about that issue.

[George II]

2. They are such scum - this is worse than the Lyndon Johnson daisy/countdown/mushroom cloud ad!

[big_dog]

3. this is right there with Willie Horton against Dukakis in 1988!

i guess October must be right around the corner in the swing states

[happyslug]

20. I have seen the Daisy mushroom cloud ad

It summed up Goldwater's attitude to Nuclear weapons. That is why is was so EFFECTIVE. It hit home the Goldwater had called Nuclear weapons "just another weapon" when in the minds of most Americans it was NOT. The GOP called it a dirty ad, and was only SHOWN ONCE but the GOP blasted it for its effectiveness.

I always liked what the maker of that Ad said, the GOP SHOULD HAVE DONE INSTEAD OF ATTACKING THE AD. Goldwater should have EMBRACED the ad, saying he did NOT want to go to war for war is an evil we should all avoid. That would have NEUTRALISED that ad, but Goldwater and his far right supporters refused to accept that the use of Nuclear Weapons was a HUGE step in any conflict and the American People wanted someone who makes that decision to know what the cost of that decision would be.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_(advertisement)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Commercial-LBJ1964ElectionAdDaisyGirl.ogv

[SunSeeker]

21. +1

[BlueJazz]

5. I saw this yesterday. I KNEW right away that it had something to do with Obama, plus ..

..I assumed it would be over-the-top since "Americans for shared Prosperity" should be retitled:
"Americans for shared ignorant lying misleading Ads"

They have a stinking reputation in the advertising world.

[cstanleytech]

6. You know the irony is that the poor who vote for republicans are the ones

who are an abusive relationship.
I mean the GOP cuts social programs for the poor, votes against a minimum wage raise hike and gives tax breaks out the ass to corporations and the wealthy with the promise that it will create jobs (which it doesnt) and yet alot of the poor still vote for republicans.

[big_dog]

7. Conservative version of Rosario Dawson in the ad needs to read 'Whats the Matter with Kansas'

you nailed it on the head!

[jtuck004]

13. It's abusive, but it's people with money voting those things in on top of people with less that

is responsible for far more of this. It helps them keep their money and houses and all the other things they really think are important. (And in this administration so far it has been those with the most money and houses who have been helped the most, but that's another topic - Timothy Geithner's "Stress Test" is pretty informative on this, as was Jon Stewart's review and interview on the Daily Show).

Simple fact - mostly people who have less money don't vote or vote in far less numbers than those with better jobs and education. Those statistics and numbers are public, and constant across the country. It takes money and education and cars and employers that will let you and a whole lot of other things that comfortable people don't think about which allow one to take advantage of that so-called duty or right - and mostly a belief, from early on, that this is something that one does. That doesn't happen a lot in neighborhoods where one is targeted by police for skin color or where they live.

Doesn't appear that education and good nutrition, or being part of a political party, are enough to keep someone from being mean.

[Dont call me Shirley]

8. Americans for "Shared?" Prosperity? Yeah right, Shared only amongst the .001%

[Cha]

22. Pure Orwellian.. who do they think they're kidding? Oh wait.. the suckers who immerse

themselves in fox "news" and limpbaugh.

[jmowreader]

33. Yes, shared prosperity

I get paid $100 and give $90 of it to a rich guy. Everyone else here does the same thing. Presto: We're all sharing in the rich guy's prosperity!

[Dont call me Shirley]

34. That's the way they are making it happen. Nine for me, one for you. Hehehe

[jaysunb]

9. Very opportunistic....

While the media and lots of liberal/progressive's are kicking the shit out of those violent black men in professional sports, lets get in on the fun with this kind of shit. It really helps divert the attention of the abuse they've been responsible for years.

Very clever

[big_dog]

11. notice the pearls, preppy shirt and living room couch.... everything really, really WHITE!

not a mistake at all

[Dont call me Shirley]

35. I suspect the media blitz on the mainly badly behaving black nfl athletes is racist in origin

The nfl doesn't want the same team ownership racism blowback as Donald Sterling and cohorts are getting, so switch the attention to the badly behaving mainly black athletes, and voila, "look they really are brutes" thinking becomes entrenched.

Also it rings to the Nov election, "Don't vote for democrats, cause their leader is black and they are wife/child beaters"

This is truly truly perverse (a republican speciality)

[strawberries]

40. how is she a racist

You may not like the commercial. You may not like the idea that the couch is white and you may not like her shirt. Obviously it is a republican add trying to reach women, but where do you get off that it is a racist commercial. Do you think if Gore was president the republicans would have a different commercial?

If I ever disagree with my president, congressman or senator, believe me it has nothing to do with the color of their skin. It has to do with their policies, so bring on an AA republican president and I will do a commercial like that.

[Dont call me Shirley]

42. I was responding to jay snub #9 comment. very opportunistic.....

About how the media blitz is on full swing in regard to the violent black males. I was not referring to the commercial.

[Iliyah]

10. Excuse me, is Pres O is running

again?

A large portion of the "teabaggers" are on Government Assistance, including food stamps

[Dawson Leery]

12. Post Nixon Rethugs are pure filth.

[big_dog]

14. this is something straight out of the Lee Atwater playbook

n/t

[msongs]

15. some day the dems will start calling out repubs for their racism. like in 100 years maybe nt

[big_dog]

16. Politico said these kind of ads just dont move the needle, thankfully

One GOP strategist who worked in the 2012 campaign and with the Republican National Committee pointed out that the spot is very similar to a Web ad the Republican National Committee did in 2012 called “The Breakup.” “It worked well on digital, but it never moved numbers to justify it on broadcast, as it wasn’t giving any information to voters to move them,” the strategist said. “The ads that the Romney campaign ran focused more on economic issues for women was the obvious stuff that tested well.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/americans-for-shared-prosperity-to-launch-women-focused-ads-111168.html#ixzz3E648dqWg

[bullwinkle428]

18. I now believe in zombies, because apparently, Lee Atwater has risen from the grave.

[CBHagman]

19. And of course the Americans for Shared Prosperity provides zero information...

...about its funding, origin, etc. In fact all offers is a place to sign up -- ironic when the ad makes a dig at online monitoring.

[url]http://americansforsharedprosperity.com/[/url]

[tanyev]

23. Projection thy name is Republican.

[Plucketeer]

24. My mind is spinning

Spinning with how this same script could be used by our side with the names and points changed to make it different. Maybe feature a very Hispanic or Asian-appearing lass to read the lines.

[HoosierCowboy]

26. Has anyone told the GOP...

....that President Obama is not running for any office in this election? My first 5 second reaction would be it's a commercial for feminine products and hit the FF>> button. The lady looks like she's having menstrual cramps.

[cap]

27. I think they knocked off the insurance ad about "brad" the car

And figured they could get some mileage out of some thinking that women are emotional and women are into feelings.

All this is "scare the voters"...

I heard Cheney on cspan on the lead up to ISIS and I immediately thought "be afraid...be very afraid". I felt quite chilled.

[cap]

28. Also what's the deal with a pink pin striped shirt

Pink... Ok I get it...soft and feminine to deliver a hard message.

But return to pin striped shirts? Who wears them now a days? I mean besides Ann Romney?

Are we pushing a return to Reagan... We had loose flowing clothes under Carter and Obama so, now in order to feel safe, we women need to constrain our bodies?

Yeah....you need white in order to feel safe....

Thinking about the visuals Is fun.

[big_dog]

31. plus the bafefoot feet relaxing on her couch with a laptop

like she is heaving a heart to heart talk with her best friend, none of that is a mistake --its all propoganda

[senz]

44. And it shows how dishonest they are.

[santamargarita]

29. No morals; no shame!

[jmowreader]

30. Okay guys, you fuckers want to play that way, here's what we do...

Step 1: We flip the House of Representatives and convert five Republican Senate seats to Democratic. I think we can get four: Georgia (Perdue is unpopular enough they had to run a revote to legally put him on the ballot), Kentucky (Kentuckians know what to do with a snapping turtle; this year, they won't reelect it to the Senate), Kansas (if Brownstain loses, which seems likely) and Texas (if Wendy wins which, considering her opponent is a known crook, is possible). Five might be a stretch, but it's possible. In 2016 when the Teabagger Revolution class is up, I think we can make the Senate 70-30.

Step 2: Over the next two or three election cycles, we get 38 statehouses into the Democratic column.

Step 3: We then drop two Constitutional amendments on the states: one states a "corporate person" is a business construction that shields the owners of said construction from personal liability and not the equivalent of a flesh-and-blood person, the other sets limits on campaign contributions.

Step 4: We elect two more Democratic presidents. By the time we've used up the second one, Vaffanculo Scalia, Sam Alito, and Clarence Thomas should be about ready for the Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings and the balance of power on the Supreme Court will shift. When that happens, we get a union member who's willing to claim Right to Work laws violate his freedom of association and who's got enough money to contest it to the Supreme Court.

and...

Step 5: We rewrite the tax laws to eliminate any advantage from offshoring and inversions.

[graegoyle]

32. Gee, change the name and year...

...and it's all about Bush.

Use the same audio but add a parade of right-wingers who have demonstrated how they live--like David Vitter and his "wife" (he has said that his wife would divorce him if gay marriage ever became legal; I'm taking him at his word)--and see how that performs.

[Bette Noir]

36. On a par with the Creepy Uncle Sam commercials.

Those didn't work, either.

[ffr]

37. I'll take the insurance. I have blackjack!

Ads do nothing for me, one way or the other. I'm surprised anyone is swayed by a video personality who's being paid to say whatever it is the sponsor scripts them to say.

Yawn!

[frazzled]

38. And yet it echoes all the "disappointment" threads right here

on DU. We see dozens of them every day. Same ploy; sometimes I can't tell the difference between the disappointment from the supposed left and the disappointment being sold in this ad. It actually doesn't matter. The disappointment ploy is all based on the personal creation of a myth and is rarely aimed at changing the real, systemic reasons for their "disappointment." That would be too hard; it's easier (and more propagandistically convenient) to build a straw man and burn him down.

[Tom Ripley]

39. The Ike Turnerization of Obama; Lee Atwater would be so proud

[Shadowflash]

41. She's not even a real person

Real people blink occasionally. She is a lizard person.

[big_dog]

47. actors will tell you that less blinking is supposed to make a character more believeable

nothing these people do is a mistake

[Shadowflash]

48. Yeah....

But NO blinking is creepy. Reminds me of Batboy.

[senz]

43. Whoever this woman is, she's doing the work of the debil.

I do not care if she needed the money, there have to be limits to what we will do for dollars. I hope this woman will be identified and disdained for her perfidy. She is not a good person. Period.

[marym625]

45. Let's hire those people who came up with that ad

and use them to get the climate change deniers.

EEASH!

Thank you for posting.

[WestSideStory]

46. Downright racist

Sick

[uppityperson]

49. k&r for damn them for not caring about dv and abuse