OMG! A New Attack Ad?!?

Posted by Bruce Kluger and David Slavin, AlterNet at 2:13 PM on November 11, 2008.

A lil' fun from the boys that brought you Young Dick Cheney: Great American.

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Tuesday's election brought down the final curtain not only on a grueling, two-year presidential campaign, but also on a noisy season of political advertising -- one that included radio and television spots, internet banners, robocalls, a half-hour primetime infomercial, and an endless torrent of attack ads.

Think we're done with all that for a few years? Not by a long shot. After all, negative advertising is a hard habit to break, especially for our friends in the GOP.

Click the PLAY button below to witness the first shot of the 2012 campaign:

Tagged as: satire, attack ad

Bruce Kluger and David Slavin write satire for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," The Los Angeles Times, and AlterNet.They are co-authors of the new satirical memoir, Young Dick Cheney: Great American.

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Seriously... [Report this comment] Posted by: kepstein7777 on Nov 11, 2008 3:25 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] What has this guy been doing the past 4 days? I mean, by this point the Republicans would already have had a few new wars going and the rendition planes warmed up. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Nice satire, just like the article itself. Quite entertaining! Posted by: chuckjs » RE: Seriously... Posted by: FernLee In case you didn't notice, this ad is a joke. [Report this comment] Posted by: Spot on Nov 11, 2008 4:19 PM Current rating: 3 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] it's pretty clear. don't get too heated. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » I didn't notice anyone getting "heated" but thanks for the warning Posted by: rancespergl » Guess you never read Lauren's posts. Posted by: chuckjs » pot meet kettle Posted by: schiffer Hello.... It's Satire... [Report this comment] Posted by: CanuckKid on Nov 11, 2008 4:46 PM Current rating: 2 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...And not too bad satire at that! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Another Inspector Obvious... Posted by: rancespergl » Does us all a favor! Keep your own "internal monologue".... Posted by: chuckjs Really, now [Report this comment] Posted by: dedalus on Nov 11, 2008 5:00 PM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I can't believe that anybody can't see immediately that this is a joke. Pretty clever, too. Thanks for the laugh! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » I hadn't noticed that anyone here said it wasn't a joke... Posted by: rancespergl » You didn't notice it refered to comment #2.... Posted by: chuckjs Yes, this is a satire... [Report this comment] Posted by: buddyedgewood on Nov 11, 2008 5:56 PM Current rating: 2 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...but there's a bunch of yahoo's out there that are lobbying for an Obama national holiday already! I voted for the guy, but a national holiday? Give me a break! I hope I'm wrong, but if this kind of crap keeps up, there's gonna be a whole lot of people out there really disappointed in a year or two when they discover he had to be a centrist to get anything done in D.C. Give the guy a chance, but don't ever think he's some sort of Messiah! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » No one thinks he's a Messiah, that was Republican claptrap Posted by: rancespergl » Guess you don't read all of the comments here. Posted by: chuckjs

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» Nice satire, just like the article itself. Quite entertaining! Posted by: chuckjs

» RE: Seriously... Posted by: FernLee

» I didn't notice anyone getting "heated" but thanks for the warning Posted by: rancespergl

» Guess you never read Lauren's posts. Posted by: chuckjs

» pot meet kettle Posted by: schiffer

» Another Inspector Obvious... Posted by: rancespergl

» Does us all a favor! Keep your own "internal monologue".... Posted by: chuckjs

» I hadn't noticed that anyone here said it wasn't a joke... Posted by: rancespergl

» You didn't notice it refered to comment #2.... Posted by: chuckjs

» No one thinks he's a Messiah, that was Republican claptrap Posted by: rancespergl

» Guess you don't read all of the comments here. Posted by: chuckjs

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