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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

2012 / LGBTQITSLFA Mother Jones Rounds Up The Five Most Comically Bad Anti-Gay Ads

Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:25 PM

THE FAIL: The ominous jars of animal crackers, the old-timey "I just lost my job in a Lucille Ball comedy" music, the furrowed brows, the mysteriously awkward sentence cadences, and the completely false premise that these people actually voted for President Obama in 2008.

Added fail: the husband's body language & startled expression screams, "I wonder if my wife knows how many men I've sucked off since I discovered Craigslist."

Go to Mother Jones for the rest.

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"That's Not the Change I Voted For...."

Because, you know, Obama opposed homosexual "marriage" in 2008.

Posted by my, how that man has grown....hahahahahahahahah! on September 5, 2012 at 1:28 PM

yeah.

he totally looks gay......

Posted by (everyone who disagrees with Danny is a Closet Homo....) on September 5, 2012 at 1:30 PM

btw, Danny-

Paul posted this video less than an hour ago.....

butt, thanks for the paranoid hysterical Queen perspective.

Posted by Hey! I sucked that guy last week. HE DIDN'T VOTE FOR OBAMA! on September 5, 2012 at 1:35 PM

They also seem like the five most prominent. Are they just picking out well-publicized ones instead of truly awful ones?

Oh, wait! I forgot. They are all by their very nature truly awful (as well as vapid, fearmongering, and credulous). You can pick out any ad to this effect and it will fit the bill. Nevermind~

Posted by Zebes

on September 5, 2012 at 1:40 PM

This is clear evidence that the bigots have lost...they're not even trying anymore.

Posted by shotsix on September 5, 2012 at 1:41 PM

What about:

http://www.commercialcloset.org/common/a…

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on September 5, 2012 at 1:46 PM

I don't remember from my first viewing of "New Morning" the guy's last line sounding like it was redone by someone else. Someone who was standing in a tunnel.

Posted by Fred Casely on September 5, 2012 at 1:50 PM

I got the same vibe from the husband's body language & delayed response.

Posted by sall on September 5, 2012 at 2:02 PM

The music is what gets me, music that screams "this is an ad! this interaction is sooo fake!" Sad piano...

Posted by Nitidiuscula on September 5, 2012 at 2:29 PM

NEWSFLASH!.....................

God reinserted into Democrap Platform!!!!!

The Republic is Saved!!!!!

obviously the Democraps are scared SHITLESS of Fox

Posted by HEY! THAT GUY DIDN'T REALLY VOTE FOR OBAMA!!! on September 5, 2012 at 2:30 PM

The husband is walking on eggshells, because he knows that the slightest slip of the tongue will cause her to have a psychotic episode.

Posted by Tor on September 5, 2012 at 4:31 PM

She sort of reminds me of Mink Stole's character in "Desperate Living"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCyMkgqY2…

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay

on September 5, 2012 at 4:38 PM

It was nice of them to leave rating enabled on that video. Even Chuck Norris didn't have the guts for that. 151 likes, 14,314 dislikes.

Posted by jzimbert on September 5, 2012 at 5:54 PM

@12 - Thanks, that clip was awesome.

Posted by Free Lunch on September 5, 2012 at 6:05 PM

The self-centeredness of these idiots ("I'm being oppressed when complete strangers aren't required to seek my approval!") just pisses me off too much to even laugh at their idiocy.

Posted by Bonefish

on September 5, 2012 at 6:08 PM

@12 Thank you, but too bad that clip ended right before the best answer to a telemarketer EVER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BfLOZBT…

Posted by Biologist in the stix on September 5, 2012 at 7:26 PM

You know it's a loving, successful marriage when he greets her with the same tone of voice and rhetorical questions one usually uses for a work acquaintance.

Posted by Knat on September 5, 2012 at 9:19 PM

239 likes, 23,172 dislikes on YouTube for the video as of now. I was thinking of giving it a sympathy "like", but then I realized that Google would just use that to target me with more pro-Romney bullshit.

Posted by The Beatles on September 6, 2012 at 7:13 AM