Out here, you’re tested. You face an opponent experts say can’t be beat. You fight. You bleed. You prevail. Our country’s down, but we’re not out. To come back, we need a leader with a proven record, not just rhetoric. Tim Pawlenty took on The Unions and won. He shut down a government and won. He took “Miracle on Ice” footage from the 1980 Winter Olympics and added it to his Presidential campaign ads without asking anyone’s permission and … well, okay, so that didn’t turn out so great.
From the Des Moines Register:
ABC Sports may slap presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty with a cease-and-desist letter for improperly using its footage in a political advertisement, a company official told The Des Moines Register today.“It’s a violation of our copyright and exclusive proprietary rights,” said Louise Argianas, director of rights and clearances for ABC Sports.
The struggling Pawlenty campaign launched “The American Comeback,” a television commercial with a down-but-not-out theme, in Iowa on Wednesday.
America needs a leader who doesn’t understand basic laws. You’ve got to love that we’ve come so far with the “Obama is a socialist” thing that now he’s just blatantly being called an evil Russian from the 80s. Brigitte Nielsen should start following him around. Pawlenty’s big comeback doesn’t look like it’s going to work, so maybe next time politicians will stick to depicting children being murdered by nuclear holocaust and leave our precious sports history alone. I hope this ad was taped on the same VHS Pawlenty used to record himself pulling sweet lightsaber moves.
In a related story, President Barack Obama is prepping a campaign ad using footage of the O.J. Simpson Bronco chase. Hundreds of white guys relentlessly chase a black guy, and by the time they catch him nothing has been accomplished.
[h/t Puck Daddy]
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He’s bragging about how he shut down the government in an ad for his presidential campaign?
Isn’t that like boasting about all the patients you killed in a bid to start up a medical practice?
Yes, Marc. Yes it is. that was awesome.
Brandon, if you made up that OJ Simpson joke yourself, holy fuck. Quick, get the whole fucking thing trademarked, because you could put that on t-shirts and make a mint.
Because it’s funny.
And true.
The scary thing is that I didn’t even find the subtext about Obama = communist until reading that part of your post. I was stuck on the Pawlenty = the miracle the US needs.
Anyway, this demonstrates the power the ultra-conservatives have on the US electoral process. Run right! Run right! Tell everyone you can convert liberals into conservatives! Then get your ass handed to you in the general election!
Obama needs to run an ad with Mike Eruzione staring into the camera and saying. “Jim Craig played the game of his life, and saved many impossible shots–he saved us from the Soviets. Governor, I knew Jim Craig. Jim Craig was a friend of mine. Governor, you are no Jim Craig!”
Shit. I had to look up the roster to make sure I spelled “Eruzione” right, and next to the US roster is the Soviet roster, all with ages. Good grief, how did anyone ever pretend that the Soviets were amateurs when the average age of their team is like 50, compared to 22 for the US?
“I took on unions, you know, like the ones that all professional sports players you love belong to. You hate those guys, right? Selfish pricks and their CBAs. And don’t get me started about all those movie stars you also love, union thugs every one of ‘em. That pinko fag Ronald Reagan was a union man. His cunt wife still gets money from taxpayers – you believe that shit? wait…this thing still on?”