In response to Fiorina: "Society for the Eradication of Demon Sheep from Our Political Discourse"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Baaad ad? GOP candidate pledges ‘demon-sheep free zone’

By David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Thursday, February 4th, 2010 -- 11:47 am
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The Republican primary battle between would-be California senatorial candidates Carly Fiorina and Tom Campbell has so far gained only minor attention outside the state. But a bizarre new web ad from Fiorina's campaign is drawing astonished laughter nationwide and giving new hope to a conservative candidate who has been a distant third in the polls.

What MSNBC's Rachel Maddow describes as "the attack ad so bad no one wanted to believe it was real" begins with a flock of sheep grazing peacefully as a voice intones, "Purity. Piety. ... Wholesome. Honorable." But after two minutes of straightforward attacks on Campbell's positions, it abruptly switches to images of a demonic sheep with glowing red eyes menacing the flock.

"Tom Campbell. Is he what he tells us?" a voice-over intones menacingly. "Is he what he's become over the years -- a FCINO? Fiscal Conservative in name only?"

The ad has already spawned a host of snarky comments and bad puns. "Wildest attack ad ever, complete with devil sheep, paints GOPer Tom Campbell as bleating heart," the San Francisco Chronicle headlined its story. There is even an active "#demonsheep" tag on Twitter, dedicated to mockery and jokes at Fiorina's expense.

In a poll taken two weeks ago, Campbell led Fiorina by 30% to 25%, with both trailed by conservative Chuck DeVore. It seems unlikely that Fiorina will make up any ground with her latest venture, but DeVore may be hoping to gain by his pledge that his own campaign will remain "a demon-sheep-free zone."

DeVore's campaign has now created a website for the Society for the Eradication of Demon Sheep from Our Political Discourse...



http://www.demonsheep.org/demonsheep/

...which asks supporters to "pledge your efforts to stop these Jawa-like, Terminator-esque, Demon Sheep from taking over California" and promises "your email will be kept strictly private and never shared with demon sheep."

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/fiorina-releases-bizarre-demon-sheep-attack/

[joeybee12]

1. Hey, Carly is running her campaign as well as she ran HP!!!

:evilgrin:

[Mz Pip]

2. That sheep looks a lot more

like Carly than it does Campbell.

The ad wouldn't play for me but the description had me :rofl:

[Jack Rabbit]

3. "There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore"

-- Carly Fiorina, 2004

This lady is an enemy of the American worker. No amount of fast talking she does now will get me to vote for her, ever. She will forever be the woman who said that in an era of American unemployment, underemployment and falling wages.

[wryter2000]

4. A conservative with a sense of humor?

The End of Times are truly upon us.

[Lucy Goosey]

5. I still can't quite believe that ad is real.

I'm honestly experiencing cognitive dissonance over this one - I know it's real, but at the same time I really can't believe that anyone making a serious run at the Senate would do this. I find myself believing that there must be something we don't know yet. I mean, I know "Carly-fornia" was hilariously bad, but my brain is seriously not wrapping itself around demon sheep.