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NY-20: New Ad Raps Sweeney For Partying In Dorm -- Just Like Foley Did
On the lighter side, Dem Kirsten Gillibrand has just released a new ad rapping GOP Rep John Sweeney for a recent boozy excursion to a late-night frat party which got him in some trouble. The ad's key line quotes the Beastie Boys: "We deserve a Congressman who will fight for more than his right to party." Why focus on Sweeney's partying in a dorm? Easy: It's a subtle allusion to Foleygate. As Ben Smith of The Daily Politics notes, the ad "is an attempt to paint John Sweeney -- who was allegedly drunk at a frat party -- with Mark Foley, who allegedly showed up drunk at congressional page dorms." The acting in the ad is pretty awful, but it's still worth a look. You can view it here.
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That wasn't much of an ad. I suppose some elderly church-going women might be convinced by it, but most other people are just going to laugh at it.
If the acting was better it might convince some people that that was really Sweeney in the ad. But, it's not and it doesn't.
Compare for instance those amazing attack ads against (R) Marilyn Musgrave CO-04 that showed a somewhat dumpy looking woman in a pink suit (designed to look like Musgrave) sneaking up behind a soldier in full combat gear who's engaged in a fire-fight -- and picking his pocket! She removes his wallet, takes the money out, and then puts it back before sneaking off. And the tag line was "that's not supporting our troops! That's just cheap!"
It was totally hilarious! But the best part of it was that not until the ad is over and you think about it do you realize it's not Musgrave in the commercial.
In this commercial, it's painfully obvious right away that it's not Sweeney, but a college student portraying him. They need a much older looking actor to portray Sweeney if they're going in this direction.
October 12, 2006 12:07 PM | Reply | Permalink