LA-06: Cassidy Rain Ad Named One of TOP 10 Worst Ads This Year

by: ryan

Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 19:39:13 PM CDT


I mentioned this terrible, terrible ad from the Cassidy campaign in the past:

Well, Politico called this ad one of the year's TOP 10 Worst ads of the election cycle. While I agree, I think they could at least know what the hell they're talking about when it comes to why the ad was run:

The ad begins with Cassidy's wife pull-starting a generator - for no obvious reason - and yelling, "Okay, Bill!" Cassidy then begins an anti-earmark, drill-now spiel in the rain, under an umbrella, again with no explanation. Maybe it had something to do with Katrina. The ad - the candidate's first - has been taken down from the campaign's YouTube page. But we dug it back up.

Wow. Maybe it had something to do with Katrina? Are the people who wrote the piece at Politico that dumb? Do y'all recall a little hurricane called Gustav? If you don't, I suggest you take a look at this this post, and this one.

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"I'll Fight WITH John McCain" (0.00 / 0)
Daniel makes a good point: What does Cassidy mean when he says he will fight WITH John McCain? It sounds like he wants to beat him up.

Not only is the ad pathetic and ridiculous, it's also poorly scripted.  


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Ryan, correct me if I am wrong or mistaken, but the opening frames of this commercial display the signature of George Kennedy, a political and media consultant who is the brother of none other than John Neely Kennedy, our illustrious State Treasurer and opponent of Senator Mary Landrieu.  

It definitely looks as if John N. Kennedy's brother is responsible for this "terrible, terrible ad."

The McCain name-dropping, coat-tail-riding strategy appears to be a family tradition.  


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