Right now, the one minute spot is an advertisers dream: it has made news; it gets repeated on television without anybody paying for it. Goldmine.
I'm not even quite sure how put phrase my own thoughts on the matter, because apparently Karl Rove and David Axelrod have told me what I should think about it.
Rove's response was, as usual, a baseless lie coupled with character assassination. On the bright side, Rove's words were stupid enough to induce uproarious laughter.
“I was, frankly, offended by it,” said Rove. “I'm a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, but it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising.”
Um, okay. I guess the ad had too much hope and unity and Rove went ballistic. I guess it just goes to show how much the Republican Party is focused on letting us know that our country has been on a one-way track to the underworld ever since January 21st, 2009. And that the fact that people have jobs, well, that just makes things worse!
Okay. Whatever. Karl Rove doesn't like the ad. I guess that means Obama's people love it, right?
Not so fast. Thanks to the genius of twitter, David Axelrod was able to share his douchbaggery to the masses within seconds.
“Powerful spot." Tweeted the twit Axelrod. "Did Clint shoot that, or just narrate it?”
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| Hey Punk! Maybe we should stop sending jobs overseas and rebuild at home! |
From his tweet, I can't tell if Axelrod should have utilized a medium that would allow to speak more than 140 characters to further explain himself, or if he should have just kept his mouth shut and enjoy the game like everybody else.
But what is Axelrod saying? That Eastwood's words don't matter, simply because he didn't direct the commercial? Is he afraid that Clint Eastwood will make a run for president?
If that's the case, it underscores how much President Obama doesn't know how to play it cool. But what better can we expect from a man to full of cowardice to simply let the Bush tax cuts expire?
And when it comes to re-election, he's worried about Mitt Romney? Aka, BarMitt RomnObama? I guess Obama's losing sleep about actress Roseanne Barr, and the thought about Dirty Harry making a run has the President not feeling lucky at all.
What do you think? Should Clint go for it? Who cares if he's a Republican. Obama sure governs like one! Or should we call on McGovern once again? And does anyone want to fill in the scantron dot for macadamia nut farmer Roseann Barr?
Whatever. Maybe I should just watch Gran Torino again.
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