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GOPer Burr Brings Back Old Men From 2008 Dem Ad
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Sep 09, 2010 09:13pm |
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| Author | Eric Kleefeld |
| News Date | Friday, September 10, 2010 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) has an incredible new ad out -- rehiring the actors who appeared in a popular Democratic ad from 2008, with their characters talking about how they bungled it last time.
Back in 2008, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ran ads featuring two down-home old men on a porch, talking about how ineffectual and pro-Bush Sen. Elizabeth Dole was. The ad picked up a lot of attention. When election day finally rolled around, Dole lost to Democrat Kay Hagan by a 53%-44% landslide, and Barack Obama carried the state against John McCain by a margin of less than one percent -- the first Dem to carry the state for president since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Now Burr's campaign has headhunted those two old men actors, snatching them away from the Dems for the incumbent's new spot, clearly aimed at voters who might have buyer's remorse. "Boy we sure got it wrong last election," the first man says.
The second man follows: "Some hope and change! Bad economy, lost jobs, more government spending, bigger debt. Who's going to pay the bills?" A younger woman then chimes in that she's going to pay the bills, and she and the old men all agree that Burr is now the candidate for them.
This ad should at least be in the running for the best spot of the whole 2010 cycle -- simply for the pure ingenuity of its concept. |
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