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Too good to last

by Aaron Wherry on Friday, January 28, 2011 3:27pm - 29 Comments

If you scroll down down to yesterday’s post on those new Conservative ads—”The no context zone“—and click on the video, you will receive the following message.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Ottawa_Centrist Ottawa_Centrist

    Once the Advil and glasses of water kick in as well, the hangover will be cured in time for the next binge.

  • Emily

    Jumping The Shark has consequences. LOL

    • Mandatory Jedi

      It wasn't funny the first 100 times you said it…still not funny.

      • Jan

        I guess Nigel Wright got himself untied.

      • Emily

        What's funny is that I never said it before….but I'll agree that Harp's ads aren't funny.

  • gottabesaid

    It is satisfying to see attack ads come up and bite their producers in the butt.

  • Crit_Reasoning

    Common sense prevails. Those two 15-second spots were so half-assed and lame, they never should have seen the light of day, even on Youtube.

    • TJCook

      Or this was the plan for them all along. Trial balloons? Throw some talking points out and see if something catches? Hoping for a media hit?

      I dunno, that sort of thing happens in the US all the time. It seems unlikely that a PMO so obsessed with controlling the message would leak poorly-produced material for 24 hours entirely by accident.

      Or maybe it's been a long week and I need a drink.

      • Stewart_Smith

        Since A_logiciann is falling down on the job, I feel compelled to point out that your two possibilities are by no means mutually exclusive.

        • A_logician

          Thanks fo filling in while I was off-line.

      • burlivespipe

        i clicked thumbs up because of the drink part…

  • Guest

    It's actually pretty refreshing to see a political organization admit to a mistake.

    • tdotlib

      They've admitted nothing and all CPC sources are suddenly 'anonymous' again today.

    • Amateur Hour

      Puh-leaze.

      Conservative Party communications director Fred DeLorey called the ad "accurate and fair" — last night.

      These were party-produced ads approved by the party leadership.

  • Leo

    Guess it pays for the Bureaucrats to monitor online forums.

    • Holly Stick

      Our tax dollars at work.

      • Dave

        You know, it'll drive them right around the bend if we start talking about the seal hunt.

  • Tceh

    Too bad we weren't into the campaign with a week to go to the election. These ads had the potential to bury these clown-servatives.

    • Jan

      They don't seem to be able to help themselves, so I'm sure this won't be the last of them. Fish rots from the head.

      • lgarvin

        Exactly. The Conservative communication team appears to be made up entirely of adolescent boys who can't make a team, can' t get a date, don't have a car, won't get a haircut, hate all the popular kids and are absolutely convinced that everyone else is a "Loser."

        They're incapable of growing up. They can only be replaced.

  • TimesArrow

    Shouldn't that be…removed by the loser?….[cough]…just couldn't resist.

    Wonder if there's any shamefaces in the PMO about now – or more likely : "Morons! Want the truth? You can't handle the truth. You want us out on that wall. You need us out on that wall"!…

    • Mike T.

      If they weren't ashamed of themselves before they won't be now.

  • john g

    If this represents the handiwork of Nigel Wright, consider me underwhelmed by his debut.

    • gottabesaid

      Would a chief of staff be involved in that kind of stuff? I doubt he had anything to do with it… though he might have something to do with giving an over-zealous underling or two a well-deserved blast.

      • MostlyCivil

        No ad would have seen the light of day without his approval.

  • wilson

    CTV Roger Smith calls it
    Ignatieffs Howard Dean scream moment,

    that lip licking thing in between 'yes's'
    is not very appealing, to say the least.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVl9frWDmgo

    • Blues Clair

      that lip licking thing in between 'yes's'
      is not very appealing, to say the least.

      creepy wilson.

    • Richard_S_Argent

      Yep, "you have proof positive of Liberal media bias in Ottawa. The Libluvin media war room is election ready!"
      http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/28/democracy-here…

    • Mike T.

      Does the return of this particular internet handle signal the CPC's intent to have a spring election?

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