Huh?
An analysis in the New York Times points out some alleged elements of the McCain campaign that we completely missed when reviewing his ads:
from the hapless but increasingly venomous McCain campaign, comes the slimy Britney Spears and Paris Hilton ad. The two highly sexualized women (both notorious for displaying themselves to the paparazzi while not wearing underwear) are shown briefly and incongruously at the beginning of a commercial critical of Mr. Obama.
The Republican National Committee targeted Harold Ford with a similarly disgusting ad in 2006 when Mr. Ford, then a congressman, was running a strong race for a U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee. The ad, which the committee described as a parody, showed a scantily clad woman whispering, “Harold, call me.”
Both ads were foul, poisonous and emanated from the upper reaches of the Republican Party. (What a surprise.) Both were designed to exploit the hostility, anxiety and resentment of the many white Americans who are still freakishly hung up on the idea of black men rising above their station and becoming sexually involved with white women. The racial fantasy factor in this presidential campaign is out of control.
Someone appears to be having some sort of fantasy. Perhaps it is Mr. Herbert. (Question: using Mr. Herbert’s odd mode of interpreting McCain’s ads, what would be the hidden meaning of using Charlton Heston as Moses in another of the commercials?)
August 6th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Has Herbert been in cryogenic suspension for the last, I don’t know, several decades? I think the idea that anyone is shocked about a mixed race couple here, now, is somewhat odd. Perhaps he’s nostalgic for the 50s and 60s. Instead, he comes across as bitter and out-of-touch.
It’s best to ignore people with such ugly dispositions. I await the return of the Times Select program which spared me from his bile for all these years.