Attack Ad Generator
[ Comments Off ]Posted on November 1, 2008 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
Saturday, November 1st, 2008If the toned-down rhetoric of the McCain campaign in these final days of the election has left you feeling a bit, well, under-outraged, bring back the psychotic, demented rambling of the Palin rollout days with your own attack ad. The creators of the Attack Ad Generator have gone to great lengths to give you all [...]
If the toned-down rhetoric of the McCain campaign in these final days of the election has left you feeling a bit, well, under-outraged, bring back the psychotic, demented rambling of the Palin rollout days with your own attack ad. The creators of the Attack Ad Generator have gone to great lengths to give you all the tools you need: images of all four candidates, a way to add titling, and an impressive selection of drag-and-drop words spoken in a menacing basso voiceover style. I did a quick-and-dirty version here. If you took a little longer than the 5 minutes I devoted to this, you could probably come up with something pretty slick. When you’re finished, there are options for e-mailing and embedding. I didn’t embed it here, those are just screen-grabs at left. Happy slandering!
2008 Presidential Debates: It’s A Bird, It’s a Plane, No It’s…
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on September 29, 2008 by admin in Comics
Monday, September 29th, 2008John McCain, or as his comic book fans know him “The Flash” saves the economy by suspending his campaign.
…SuperCain! Able to suspend elections, chat with Katie Couric, save the economy…
…and still take time to vanquish his unworthy debate opponents!
Ladies Love Cool J MC
[ 2 Comments ]Posted on September 1, 2008 by admin in Politics
Monday, September 1st, 2008Does John McCain Need A Bitch-Slap?
Well, not all of them. Somehow, I don’t think the typical female voter in this country is falling too hard for this Sarah Palin thing. In fact, it’s such an utterly transparent move that I’m convinced that it was a short-term media ploy to recapture the press cycle after Obama’s speech, and that there’s going to be a scandal or two, she’ll be discredited, and the McCain campaign will make their final choice later, when it all benefits the campaign. Or maybe McCain is really just not so bright, and forgets there are other ways to destroy your opponent’s campaign. But then, I sometimes have trouble getting my mind around conservative American values. I mean, do Republican women really prefer PINK Women For McCain Mugs, and buttons with frilly patterns on them? Or is that just more luddite McCain campaign thinking? Ironically, their African Americans For McCain (don’t laugh, I know a few personally) buttons are white, and their Arab Americans For McCain buttons are black.
The Pepsi Candidate
[ Comments Off ]Posted on August 22, 2008 by admin in Politics
Friday, August 22nd, 2008In a blind taste test, which candidate would you choose?
Today Slate had an amusing piece pointing out the similarities between the presumptive Democratic candidate and Pepsi. For the record, someone else pointed this out way back in February. The logo similarity had never occurred to me, even though I had parodied it for the (ahem) donate button (yes people, that thing works, try it some time!) on the upper right of these pages. The design blog Under Consideration/Speak Up digs deeper into the genius of the Pepsi candidate’s marketing materials here. So what would McCain’s beverage brand be? Pepto-Bismol? If you consider the fact that most of his wealth is derived from the wife’s Anheuser-Busch ties, you could pick from the product list. Busch Light? Bare Knuckle Stout? Hurricane Ice? Lost Energy (yes, that’s an actual product name)? Feel free to post your suggestions.
Capitol Hilton
[ 1 Comment ]Posted on August 6, 2008 by admin in Politics
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008The video speaks for itself, if a bit woodenly.
Proving that political campaigns have truly devolved to the level of entertainment, Paris Hilton responds to the McCain campaign’s use of her likeness by announcing she’s running for president. No big deal, I’m running for president too. This got me thinking though, about that rarely-mentioned monster, the Military-Entertainment Complex, which then (curse you, Internet!) led me to spend an hour or so perusing TomDispatch.com, which further led me to impulsively order two books: The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule