I think it's rather telling that they can't even make a new smear-ad, but have to recycle footage of one that's over 40 years old.(CNN) — The Republican National Committee Friday unearthed one of the most controversial political ads in American history to take aim at President Obama's decision to close the detention center in Guantanamo Bay.
Called "Daisy," The RNC's new 30-second Web ad uses footage of the now-infamous 1964 Lyndon Johnson commercial by the same name that showed a young girl picking off the petals of a flower as a nuclear explosion is heard in the background.
That ad, which only ran once but was widely criticized as being extreme, ends with the image of a mushroom crowd and Johnson declaring, "We must either love each other, or we must die."
The New RNC ad splices the image of the girl with Obama's earlier declaration suggesting that closing Guantanamo Bay is "easy." This time the girl asks "To close it? To close it not?" as she picks off flower petals.
It also shows Senate Democrats — including Majority Leader Harry Reid — appearing to take issue with proposals to relocate current Guantanamo detainees in the United States.
The new iteration, which forgoes the original's dramatic mushroom-cloud ending, comes days after RNC Chairman Michael Steele declared an end to the Obama administration's "honeymoon" and pledged more aggressive opposition from the GOP.
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Sauce.
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Didn'tcha hear? The GOP is frugal again now!General Zod wrote:I think it's rather telling that they can't even make a new smear-ad, but have to recycle footage of one that's over 40 years old.
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It's a wonder they don't have footage of the WTC towers collapsing at the end of the girl's flower-picking. It would fit in with their overall fearmongering hysteria and they certainly don't care about being crass about it.
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Republicans: Because there's an invisible dragon that's out to get you!
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I'm suprised they didn't use Willie Horton myself
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What, so they're out of money to pay for new ads?
Funny how this footage could so easily apply to them today, once you change the dialogue. How about financial regulation, eh?
Funny how this footage could so easily apply to them today, once you change the dialogue. How about financial regulation, eh?
Turns out that a five way cross over between It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the Ali G Show, Fargo, Idiocracy and Veep is a lot less funny when you're actually living in it.