LIEberman: McCain ad "creative"..."People complain about it.--They should just relax and enjoy it."

[jefferson_dem]

Meanwhile, Sen. Joe Lieberman took a different tack, saying the ad simply compares the two candidates in a "creative" way and people should lighten up. "To some extent the appearance of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears -- people complain about it -- they should just relax and enjoy it," he said. The idea is to draw people into the ad. The point of the ad is really quite strong: Who's ready to lead America?"

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1237665.aspx

[ErinBerin84]

1. oh, Graham's take is pretty funny too...

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said the whole idea of the ad was "fame without portfolio." "This is a hysteria around a personality that's attractive, but when you look under the hood there's not a whole lot there," Graham told reporters. "So fame without portfolio is sort of fashionable. But leadership without experience is dangerous."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/

[cliffordu]

2. Yeah - that Chihuahua humping tyour leg?? just lay back and enjoy it......

[foo_bar]

3. it's an old rape "joke"

By about 1950, the phrase became a sick barroom “joke”: “Confucius say: if rape’s inevitable, relax and enjoy it.” The meteorologist for the local ABC television station in New York City, “Tex” Antoine (who was raised in Texas), repeated this rape “joke” on the air after a 1976 news report of a rape. He was suspended and then fired.

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/if_its_inevitable_relax_and_enjoy_it_said_of_texas_weather/

Sen. John McCain on Friday abruptly cancelled a Monday fundraiser that had been scheduled at the home of a Texas oilman, after ABC News contacted the campaign inquiring about a verbal blunder the Texan made during an unsuccessful 1990 campaign for governor.

Clayton Williams stirred controversy during his 1990 campaign for governor of Texas with a botched attempt at humor in which he compared rape to weather. Within earshot of a reporter, Williams said: “As long as it’s inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/14/mccain-cancels-event-with-fundraiser-who-compared-rape-to-the-weather/

[yellowcanine]

4. Really odd thing to say. Does Lieberman even know the source?

It's a good bet that Holy Joe has no idea how much he just stuck his foot in his mouth. Hopefully someone will point it out to him. Pass the popcorn.

[Supersedeas]

5. when substance is not your strong suit -- try try try bad humor, then demand people relax