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Re: The Lena Dunham Obama ad (Original Post) LuckyTheDog Oct 2012 OP
I thought it was just because they tend to be massive prudes. temporary311 Oct 2012 #1
Meh, I think it's kinda creepy ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #2
The Righties are addicted to outrage MrScorpio Oct 2012 #3
I didn't know they were freaking out about it. dawg Oct 2012 #4
She's the star of the HBO hit show, Girls. nt RomneyLies Oct 2012 #6
Yep. I looked her up in IMDB for that. But with the Dunham name ... dawg Oct 2012 #7
Lena Dunham is adorable RomneyLies Oct 2012 #5
Yeah, that's totally it. CakeGrrl Oct 2012 #8
Personally, I have no problem with this ad justiceischeap Oct 2012 #9
Could be true. alp227 Oct 2012 #10

temporary311

(955 posts)
1. I thought it was just because they tend to be massive prudes.
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:02 PM
Oct 2012

That aspect of it didnt even occur to me. Could play a part.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
2. Meh, I think it's kinda creepy
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:04 PM
Oct 2012

I really don't want any implications of sex scandals, even comedically and fictional, tied to our politicians....only Rethuglicans get away with that.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
3. The Righties are addicted to outrage
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:05 PM
Oct 2012

Their supporters and the media are nothing more than enablers.

We should deal with the Right in the same way that heroin addicts are death with.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
4. I didn't know they were freaking out about it.
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:06 PM
Oct 2012

I thought the ad was cute, as was the young woman. She's not a cousin or anything is she?

dawg

(10,624 posts)
7. Yep. I looked her up in IMDB for that. But with the Dunham name ...
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:16 PM
Oct 2012

I just wondered if there was any relation to the President.

 

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)
5. Lena Dunham is adorable
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:09 PM
Oct 2012

I like Girls and I loved Tiny Furniture.

She's a brilliant actress and her ad was hilarious.

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
8. Yeah, that's totally it.
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:17 PM
Oct 2012

The suggestion that she's losing her virginity to...a black man.

Trust - it's the reason they're pissed off.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
9. Personally, I have no problem with this ad
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:19 PM
Oct 2012

but when I first saw it I cringed inside. I knew the backlash and I know this type of thing will turn off some women. Whether those women were ever going to vote for PBO is another question. I think we're too wrapped up in sex in the US, obvious in all the recent GOP rape talk. It's nice to see an ad positive about sex even if it's just innuendo.

alp227

(32,046 posts)
10. Could be true.
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 09:53 PM
Oct 2012

Sadly I already found one extreme right forum that includes "chimp" in the title that called Dunham a &quot n-word) lover". But I think the backlash is part of a greater fantasy nostalgia for an America where it was all fine and dandy because women knew their place...under the authority of their husbands and were hitched for life at age 22.

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