Building The Case For Abstinence
Of the pseudo sexual-electoral type, that is, via the latest desperation ad from the Obama campaign that manages to grossly insult young women as it tries to woo their vote.
The spot, featuring Lena Dunham from the HBO series Girls is laced with double entendre that simultaneously plays ditzy and creepy as it conflates a young woman’s first vote with losing her virginity:
I’d call it a new low, but that would only be half right; turns out it’s not so new, cribbing from an ad campaign previously run by another leftist progressive candidate, namely Vladimir Putin:
Meanwhile, Obama’s popularity with female voters has cratered. Go figure.
Bonus Round: John Podhoretz from Commentary Magazine ties a ribbon on the latest Team BO ad:
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