Clark to Bachmann: I see your Jim and raise you two more
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 12:13 pm
- 6 Comments
DFLer Tarryl Clark has responded to Rep. Michele Bachmann’s new TV ad — which debuted the character “Jim the Voter Guy” — with a web video of her own. She’s touting three Jims, all of them “actual voters” in the district, a distinction that implies Bachmann’s “Jim” is a paid actor who doesn’t live in the district. Sergio Gor, Bachmann’s media contact, is on the campaign’s bus tour and wasn’t available to respond to the Minnesota Independent’s query about the actor’s identity and where he resides; we’ll update should he respond to our email.
Clark’s video shows three men identified as Jim, who promise — in words identical to Bachmann’s Jim — to help “sort out things out during this upcoming political campaign.” They then decry the Bachmann ad for “attacking” Clark for “balancing the budget” and “keeping taxes down for 95 percent of working Minnesotans.”
What would Bachmann know about balancing the budget, one Jim asks. A series of intercut Jims respond, “She spends hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars promoting herself and her agenda,” before listing Clark’s bonafides: “She cut 10% from the state budget in the last two years alone,” reduced her office’s expenses and took a compensation cut to deal with a budget deficit, they say. Further, she’s rarely in the district, “spending her time in Texas, California, Florida… It’s hard to keep track!”
Decrying Bachmann’s “namecalling,” the video ends asking, “Who is this Jim the Election Guy?”
We’ll let you know if we find out.
6 Comments
Comment posted August 26, 2010 @ 8:25 pm
The American PEOPLE must ORGANIZE… NOW, to get rid of the Corporate Conservative propagandists before they work the rightwing nutcases into a murderous, Civil War type frenzy. Limbaugh, Beck, Krystol, Hannity, Palin, etc must be stopped because there’s too many stupid, uneducated weak-minded Americans who fall for their crazy BS!
Conservative clones/spokespersons/pundits to use hate speech, race baiting, bold-faced lies, fear mongering, warped interpretations of the Bible and other textbook forms of bias persuasion to create a cult of right-wing wackos
And don’t give me that line about Conservatives deserve the rights or freedoms to spread their vile propaganda. THEY’RE DESTROYING THE NATION! The rich guys who own the news media might as well give national broadcast air time to Al Qaeda… I mean for all the BAD Republicans have done for the last 3 decades+.
Waste, fraud, abuse, scandal, sexual deviancy, corruption, lies, incompetence, job outsourcing, off-shore tax evasion, reckless economics, welfare for the rich, deregulation, war profiteering, Constitutional violations AND a Corporate Crime Wave of epic proportions…. The WORST looting of a nation’s wealth and resources in the history of MANKIND!
Where was the Tea Party anger THEN? Ya #*~/’n ignorant hypocrites.
But you want Democrats/Progressives to believe if only Conservatism had one more chance it can work? The very definition of insanity, isn’t IT? Over and over AGAIN! Just separate yourselves from Bush/Cheney… bull$#!~ MISINFORMED people into believing they’re part of a NEW Conservative Movement.
In OTHER WORDS Republican Party talking points are based on the ignorance of their constituents. They revise history and LIE because they CAN… because morons who vote for Republicans DON’T KNOW THEIR OWN HISTORY! This ain’t NO Tea Party… it’s a damn CLASS WAR!
Do I miss George W. Bush? #*~/ NO! WE’VE GOT TO STOP THE MADNESS! America needs a new revolutionary war.
Let me tell you a brief story about revolutionaries getting the job done. The Republicans/Conservatives of 2010 can be compared to the Loyalists of the 1760’s-1770’s. Loyalists were the Joe Barton’s of their time. Nothing but apologists and flunkies for the British Crown (or British Petroleum). The Loyalists were like the Tea Baggers, sticking up for a bunch of wealthy, corrupt aristocrats
The Loyalists did all they could to impede the PROGRESS of our Founding Fathers to form this great nation. They obstructed and spoke out against any talk of CHANGE or an American Revolution. Just like FOX news and AM Radio Free Conservative are doing to a Progressive movement.
Thank GOD American Patriots had the wisdom and courage to recognize what a THREAT these Loyalists were to the USA. They ORGANIZED, tracked down these traitors, DESTROYED their printing presses and PUNISHED THEM for their treasonous activities.
If the Republicans of today had been in charge in 1776 we’d still be living under the Queen of England… (or at least Goldman Sachs).
lol
Ohm, I see the Queen came to America to save her BP pension.
NOTE: I think the Conscious Man Consultants technique is the ONLY way to reach the Republican voters before they do something stupid like give the Congress back to Republican rule.
“The Concerned Citizens of America“
concerncitizens.blogspot.com
Comment posted August 26, 2010 @ 10:07 pm
Well done Terryl!
Why are republican media people so frequently out of contact?
Comment posted August 26, 2010 @ 11:20 pm
So who is that Jim the election guy? and what happened to Joe the plumber? Has Michele sprung a leak? Is Michele French? Sounds French. And arent the French socialists who like, what are those things, lozenges? I’m so confused. Who should I vote for?
Comment posted August 29, 2010 @ 9:47 am
Charles well you still have none of the above to vote for jim the election guy is great i honestly truly haven’t had more fun since i saw the commercial,, i just cant figure out what the subliminal message she is sending i am telling you right now buy tivo or dvr because it is going to be 8 million commercial bachman i couldn’t imagine living in Arizona when mcain spent 20 million just think what 20 mil could do to help people THANK GOD FOR DVR AND PUBLIC RADIO NO ADDS independent voter ray
Comment posted September 13, 2010 @ 4:00 pm
A good concept for a retort executed only marginally well. I get the point about using real voters, but I can think of a hundred ways I would’ve made this better and more powerful, namely citing not only all the places Bachmann the Insane shows up, but how much she enjoys galavanting around kingdom come with that other quitting failure, Palin. I would’ve also been a little more serious in tone.
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