This is one of the most hilarious things I’ve seen in a while. It’s an ad by Carly Fiorina (you may remember her as the CEO of HP; that’s right, the one who nearly ran the company into the ground), who is planning to run for Republican gov of California. It’s an ad attacking another Republican contender, Tom Campbell.
There are so many things wrong with this video that I can’t even begin to enumerate them. OK, I can.*
1. Is she calling fiscal conservatives sheep?
2. What other way to fall besides down is there?
3. Why is that sheep wearing loafers?
4. Does she not realize that FCINO is perilously close to Fiorina? (this kind of subtlety matters in advertising, I’m told)
5. Is the narrator, with his over-the-top “Hi, I’m a narrator” voice, really serious? Or is he just poking fun at the project he somehow got sucked into in a desperate attempt to appear snarky and ironic and thus salvage his credibility?
All of these questions just add to the mystery. What is known is that Republican “insiders” are calling this video a “meltdown” for Fiorina, and that Campbell, her opponent, is sending the video out as part of his campaign materials to demonstrate once and for all that Fiorina is on the Express Train to Crazy Town.
I’m looking for a seminar or retreat or something where they help you tell the difference between satire and reality, because it’s getting harder and harder to tell.
*I'm not the only one who has these very same questions. They're very obvious if you watch the video -- so much so that even the commenters on YouTube (usually a haven for slack-jawed, hairy-backed mouth-breathers) are asking them. My beloved Metafilter also has a funny comment thread on this video, where you can learn more about Fiorina's tenure at Hewlett-Packard, the fallout from this video, and California politics in general.
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