Ad Against Al Franken is Comic Book About Rape, Porn

JeanneSager — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:51:00 GMT

Hey kids, want to read about rape and porn? Thanks to Minnesota Republicans (via Gawker), now your kids can check out cartoony pictures of a little girl and her puppy alongside slams against former SNL star Al Franken.

It’s not hard to see how kids would pick up the mailer, sent out to on behalf of Norm Coleman, Franken’s opponent in the Minnesota Senate race. The drawings are all in cartoon form, with a rendering of a little girl with pigtails and a doggy’s face . . . right next to a “warning” that Franken “has written so-called comedy routines about raping women.”

The opening page of the leaflet shows a charicature of Franken poking his head out from behind a door. The inscription on the door reads, “Come on in kids . . . Senator Franken’s going to tell a few jokes.”

We get it, he’s supposed to be a pedophile inviting kids over for a little inappropriate content a la late night TV comedy.
Except the comic book-like brochure, with the words “come on in kids,” was distributed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. They’re throwing words like “raping” and “pornographic” around like fearmongering is going out of style.

So the kid who just learned to sort the mail and grabs the magazine that came just for them can get a taste of comedy Republican-style. And the horrified parent who hears them sounding out, “por, por, porna, porna . . . pornographic,” can vote Democrat this year.

Images: Gawker

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JeanneSager — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Thank you Barack Obama. I feel a little better knowing you're advertising your campaign in the middle of an Xbox 360 online racing game. Now I know I'm not the only video game widow out there - they're not just for kids anymore.

A billboard alongside the roadway in Electronic Arts' Burnout Paradise racing game promotes Obama's Vote For Change Website, and urges early voting. Electronic Arts confirmed to GigaOm that it is a paid advertisement, stating the company accepts ads from "credible political candidates." Sounds like a bit of an oxy moron to me, but what the hey.

I'd say Obama's credible enough to believe - if he's shooting for the over-18 able-to-vote crowd, I guess I have to stop telling my husband he should be leaving the video games to the kids.

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