Huff Post: DNC Goes All In: Takes On Birthers, Conservative "Mob" In New Web Ad

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DNC Goes All In: Takes On Birthers, Conservative "Mob" In New Web Ad

The Democratic National Committee released a notably aggressive web ad on Tuesday evening, accusing the Republican Party of being taken over by an angry mob of "birther" conspiracy theorists and disgruntled partisans.

The spot, titled "Enough of the Mob," is as engaged as the Democratic Party has been to date with what its own leadership has deemed a fringe element of the GOP. But, with boisterous protests routinely interrupting Democratic town hall events and dominating news coverage, one DNC official put it succinctly: "We aren't going to back down from this shit."

The spot is a minute long. And the DNC official didn't rule it being paired down to air on television. It includes a veritable greatest hits list of conservative attacks on Obama, looping it all together to make the case that "the right wing extremist Republican base" has overrun the GOP.

"They lost the election. They lost on the Recovery Act, the budget and children's health care," the script reads. "They've lost the confidence of the American people after eight years of failed policies that ruined our economy and cost millions of jobs."

"Now, desperate Republicans and their well-funded allies are organizing angry mobs - just like they did during the election. Their goal? Destroy President Obama and stop the change Americans voted for overwhelmingly in November."

The spot reflects the strategy employed by Democrats in the wake of recent disruptions at local town halls: to conflate multiple fringe elements and issues of the Republican Party with conservative opposition to the president's health care reform agenda. Though, in the case of the DNC ad, health care is hardly mentioned.

Perhaps more telling is how quickly the DNC and the Obama White House have moved to turn the anger of the crowds into a rallying point for proponents of reform. Throughout the afternoon on Tuesday, the DNC was alerting reporters to particularly outrageous moments at various town hall gatherings; notably protesters who made jokes at an event in Connecticut about Sen. Chris Dodd's (D-Conn.) newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

There is, of course, a template for this. During the late stages of the 2008 election, the Obama campaign effectively used the most inflammatory moments at rallies for Sen. John McCain, (R-Arizona) and Sarah Palin to define the Republican ticket.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/04/dnc-goes-all-in-takes-on_n_251438.html

Youtube of the DNC Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtTBkxvBq88&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehuffingtonpost%2Ecom%2F2009%2F08%2F04%2Fdnc%2Dgoes%2Dall%2Din%2Dtakes%2Don%5Fn%5F251438%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded

DU Political Videos thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x348368

[mshasta]

1. kick

:kick:

[EarlG]

2. "The Mob"

:thumbsup:

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. They are incredibly good at motivating the emotions of a large group

of people. "The mob" is aptly put.

[tabatha]

3. One of the posters had this:

I always liked the old Bennett Cerf quote:

"Conversation is an exchange of intelligence. Argument is an exchange of ignorance."

[cliffordu]

4. I'm liking this tactic a lot.

[bleever]

5. Now we're talking.

Don't fear the speaker.

[SeattleGirl]

6. Great ad!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Lorien]

7. So, who here has called the number at the end of the ad?

I'd love to hear what they said in return!

[JayMusgrove]

10. Good question!! So would I ! n/t

[Kingofalldems]

9. I like it. K and R. The disruptor crowd will unrec this one for sure.

[scheming daemons]

11. Give this thread wider play.... move it to GD instead of GDP

[Forkboy]

12. This is how it's done.

[goclark]

14. Love it ~ The only way to handle bullies is to call them out

For so long Democrats play the nice guys.

Bullies usually win when the others "take the high road."

Outsmart them. Out think them

Where would we be today if we had really stood up to them in Florida and the fraud at the ballot?

Where would be be today if we had beat down the "Band Aid" mess and the " Dean Scream" and on and on.

Let's roll!

[Forkboy]

15. Couldn't agree more!

:toast:

[goclark]

18. Let's get this Party started!

No more the party of the "nice guys" that take stuff sitting down.

:party:

[drm604]

13. K&R

This is exactly how to do it. Turn their tactics against them.

[Cha]

16. Makes me want to donate to the DNC

https://www.democrats.org/page/contribute?source=NETA454

[Phx_Dem]

17. Sweet!

:fistbump:

[WCGreen]

19. Put it on the cable and then we'll talk about it....

[jefferson_dem]

20. Call the stinky smelly mob what it is...

Disarm the bastards...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. Hmmm...

I just got something in the mail today from the DNC...

Maybe I'll retrieve it from the recycle bag, and see what's up.


K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. I think banning PoxSpews for reasons such as treason, incitement to violence

and just plain pretending to be news would be more effective.

Instead of fighting cockroaches, get rid of the nest.

[glitch]

23. FWIW advertising != "all in" otherwise, most supportive of this effort. nt