I love that ad!!
Posted on 02/13/2016 9:19:37 AM PST by SoConPubbie
It has long been the conventional wisdom that Republicans and conservatives just don’t “get it” with respect to popular culture. It was actually a relatively fair critique as Republicans often railed about popular culture and attempting (incorrectly) to blame it on the downfall of society. It paid, electorally, to shun and mock mainstream pop culture rather than engage and embrace it.
However, with a new generation of Republican leaders taking over positions of power across the country, that has changed. Senator Marco Rubio can comfortably talk to TMZ about hip-hop music, Republican politicians are happy to go on late night talk shows and not worry about what it may do to their image (Bill Clinton was doing this nearly 25 years ago – that’s how long it has taken for conservatives to catch up) and politicians are not concerned about telling voters they enjoy television shows that feature lots of sex and violence – such as Game of Thrones.
It’s also a welcome change to see Republicans effectively using pop culture to engage voters. Ted Cruz recently released an ad using a scene from the movie ‘Office Space’ to go after Hillary Clinton. ‘Office Space’ despite being over 15 years old, is a movie that transcends time because despite its age, the frustrations many have working in a medium to large office, still hold true today.
The scene where Peter, Michael and Samir destroy a printer they hated along to the Geto Boys ‘Die Motherf***er (Still)’ was re-created by Cruz’s team for an ad (the song was replaced with a parody of the Geto Boys ‘Damn It Feels To Be A Gangsta’ which was also used in Office Space) that showed Hillary Clinton and her team destroying a server instead.
As Caleb has shown, Andrea Mitchell freaked out about the ad and now it was Chuck Todd’s turn. Watch him:
Stephen Miller (aka @redsteeze) says it best:
This ad is “disturbing” to @chucktodd because it breaks into pop culture. Simple as that. https://t.co/4Ubo6b5b95
- Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 13, 2016
If the situation were reversed, the same media would be guffawing over this ad and chattering about the “brilliance” of using pop culture so effectively.
But you see, this is a Republican using this tactic against a Democrat. And not just any Democrat, but the heir apparent herself, Hillary Clinton.
And that, just cannot stand.
I love that ad!!
It a dam good ad ....they’re just whining about it because it’s damn good ad
if you seen the movie Office Space and I know every IT guy in the businesses has seen that movie.... it copy that movie scene very well
Now as a followup have Bernie Sanders as Milton with his Red Swingline stapler torching the whole countries business
Holy cr*p! That ad was off the hook! Cruz and Trump are showing us how to use the media to win and I love it.
It's one of life's greatest ironies. Most of the best comedians are lib. And most libs have no sense of humor.
Bwa hah hah hah!
The lapdogs in the press who keep their lips tight must be seething over this!
That’s true, in a sense. But I would posit that whatever it is about them that would lead us (and most anyone else) to characterize them as libs-—is what they know they have to act like if they want to work.
Libs do not find “humor” in irony. They derive anger from irony because it is a betrayal of equal justice.
And the disapproving reaction of the scolds at Fox is pretty funny too.
Forever the double standard. The left hates to be gored by its own ox.
F Chuck Todd
They do, up to and including Samir getting his foot waaay up there on the leg drop.
Damn that’s a good ad!
Dear Dirty Lib Bastards,
We watch movies too. We listen to music too. You don’t own pop culture. Die and go straight to hell.
Hate,
Impy
“....If Trump and Cruz would stop their attacks on each other and form a unified front agasint the left we would steam roll them”
Trump started attacking Cruz when Cruz started rising in the polls. Cruz tried to ignore Trump’s attacks at first, but Trump would not stop. I’m actually glad Cruz is fighting back, and very well.
At the debate both Trump and Rubio were attacking Cruz. Are Trump and Rubio forming a pact?
Wish somebody would silence Donald’s microphone when others are speaking. The squabbling and talking over each other only make Hillary and Bernie look better (to sosme).
Trump acted like such a douche bag last night. Like a spoiled brat that always has to be in the spotlight. If I was Jeb I would have told him to STFU.
Trump is living proof that money cant buy class.
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