They were reaching a bit with the beer and corn-dog stuff, weren’t they? I mean, if they had footage of Varilek eating bruschetta washed down by a nice Sauvignon Blanc – now that would be damning. But corn-dogs? That’s Freedom Food.
It seems to verge on parody, but apparently the South Dakota GOP insists that it’s meant to be taken seriously. The ad’s problem isn’t irony; it’s incoherence. They’re trying to imply that Varilek is both a rootless cosmpolitan contaminated with dirty foreign ideas anda boorish yahoo. It doesn’t work. The one just muddies the message of the other.
Noem has at least figured out how to text on a cellphone — there’s some footage of her getting reprimanded by a fellow Republican for doing it during a meeting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfI7cBxLs-I
October 26th, 2012 at 6:05AM
They were reaching a bit with the beer and corn-dog stuff, weren’t they? I mean, if they had footage of Varilek eating bruschetta washed down by a nice Sauvignon Blanc – now that would be damning. But corn-dogs? That’s Freedom Food.
October 26th, 2012 at 7:09AM
Alan: I have to say I also thought the corn-dog/beer motif damaged the integrity of the piece.
October 26th, 2012 at 7:49AM
I thought ironic language was all the rage now. Maybe it’s different when South Dakotans do it. Or Republicans.
October 26th, 2012 at 7:59AM
Shane: Was the ad ironic?
October 26th, 2012 at 10:56AM
Was the ad ironic?
It seems to verge on parody, but apparently the South Dakota GOP insists that it’s meant to be taken seriously. The ad’s problem isn’t irony; it’s incoherence. They’re trying to imply that Varilek is both a rootless cosmpolitan contaminated with dirty foreign ideas anda boorish yahoo. It doesn’t work. The one just muddies the message of the other.
October 26th, 2012 at 1:27PM
I insist it is possible to be both contaminated with dirty foreign ideas and a boorish yahoo. Not that I have anyone particularly in mind.
October 26th, 2012 at 1:44PM
Shane – dude. Take a chill pill.
October 26th, 2012 at 3:01PM
Varilek is turning that goofy ad into a “Donate for Corn Dogs” fundraiser:
https://www.mattforsd.com/donate-for-corn-dogs/
Noem has at least figured out how to text on a cellphone — there’s some footage of her getting reprimanded by a fellow Republican for doing it during a meeting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfI7cBxLs-I
October 26th, 2012 at 3:11PM
Alan, brother, you have an unfortunate autocratic reflex to tell others what to do and not do.
October 26th, 2012 at 4:00PM
wayward: Yes – I see that Varilek has put the Noem ad on his website. The ad has motivated at least one person – me – to give Varilek’s campaign $50.
October 27th, 2012 at 10:09AM
Yeah, I gave him $10.