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Boombaby

(139 posts) Tue Feb 7, 2012, 01:36 AM Feb 2012

Rove Rides Cotton Pony over Eastwood's Halftime Ad

From Karl Rove's hissy fit...by Joan Walsh.

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/06/karl_roves_hissy_fit_offended_by_chrysler_ad/

“I was, frankly, offended by it,” Rove said on Fox News Monday. “I’m a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, but it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising.”

Rove wasn’t the only Republican who tried to cast the Chrysler ad as essentially payback to the president for supporting the bailout that kept the domestic auto industry alive. Michelle Malkin tweeted her horror Sunday night: “Agh. WTH? Did I just see Clint Eastwood fronting an auto bailout ad???”

Now, Clint Eastwood is no Democrat – he voted for John McCain in 2008, has been a Republican for most of his life, and now describes himself as having “libertarian” leanings. It’s hard to imagine he’d lend his name to an openly and intentionally pro-Obama ad. Chrysler has denied any political motive behind the Eastwood ad.

The flap over the ad confirms the GOP’s serious branding problem: The problem for Rove and the rest of the GOP is that their party’s narrative has become relentlessly negative, pessimistic and uninspiring. They’ve left the language of optimism and resilience, higher ground and common ground, to the Democrats, and lately President Obama has grabbed every opportunity to employ that language.

Can someone tell me exactly where Chicago or Obama were mentioned in the ad???

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Rove Rides Cotton Pony over Eastwood's Halftime Ad (Original Post) Boombaby Feb 2012 OP

This Detroiter loved the ad MotorCityMan Feb 2012 #1

What the heck is a "cotton pony"? n/t Change has come Feb 2012 #2

Good question. I wondered the same thing. ~nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2012 #4

It's a reference to menstruation. nt greyl Feb 2012 #6

According to the Urban dictionary, Rincewind Feb 2012 #5

I love it when KKKarl projects his own piggish motives and thuggery onto other people 99th_Monkey Feb 2012 #3

The title of this thread is offensive to women. LeftyMom Feb 2012 #7

I didn't know what that was but now that Raine Feb 2012 #9

Hey just because someone's on their Lunacee2012 Feb 2012 #8

Was it really necessary to include the phrase "cotton pony"? nadine_mn Feb 2012 #10

Can you tell us exactly WHY you phrased your subject line that way? JHB Feb 2012 #11

shock value maddezmom Feb 2012 #13

Republikers BumRushDaShow Feb 2012 #12

A jury voted 4-2 to keep the OP with its offensive headline. Brickbat Feb 2012 #14

of course. a jury of peers BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #15

Yep. But hey,it all in good fun and we're just sufrommich Feb 2012 #18

Your title is sexist and offensive. MineralMan Feb 2012 #16

What do menstruating women have to do with sufrommich Feb 2012 #17

"Can someone tell me exactly where Chicago or Obama were mentioned in the ad???" eShirl Feb 2012 #19

"Can someone tell me exactly where Chicago or Obama were mentioned in the ad???" myrna minx Feb 2012 #20

MotorCityMan

(1,203 posts)

1. This Detroiter loved the ad

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 01:43 AM

Feb 2012

And that's coming from someone who lost his job when GM started going belly up in 2009; still looking for a decent paying job (GM may have recovered; me, not so much).

Rove being offended by it just makes it that much better. As for Malkin, she's still around?

Change has come

(2,372 posts)

2. What the heck is a "cotton pony"? n/t

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 02:01 AM

Feb 2012

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

4. Good question. I wondered the same thing. ~nt

Reply to Change has come (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 02:37 AM

Feb 2012

greyl

(22,990 posts)

6. It's a reference to menstruation. nt

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 02:49 AM

Feb 2012

Rincewind

(1,203 posts)

5. According to the Urban dictionary,

Reply to Change has come (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 02:49 AM

Feb 2012

it's a tampon.

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

3. I love it when KKKarl projects his own piggish motives and thuggery onto other people

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 02:36 AM

Feb 2012

It shows what an vacuous ass-hat he really is.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)

7. The title of this thread is offensive to women.

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 02:52 AM

Feb 2012

There are plenty of ways to attack Karl Rove and his latest snit without comparing him to menstruating women.

Raine

(30,540 posts)

9. I didn't know what that was but now that

Reply to LeftyMom (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 04:13 AM

Feb 2012

I know I have to say that POS being to being compared to anything having to do with women is insulting.

Lunacee2012

(172 posts)

8. Hey just because someone's on their

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 03:20 AM

Feb 2012

period doesn't mean they become an asshole. Besides Rove is always that way.

Personally I think the only reason the neo-cons are pissed about the auto bail out is because it saved a lot of American jobs. Which kept the unemployment numbers from going up. Which means that they can't blame Obama for more lost jobs.

nadine_mn

(3,702 posts)

10. Was it really necessary to include the phrase "cotton pony"?

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:22 AM

Feb 2012

Its just offensive and takes away from the point of your post.

JHB

(37,160 posts)

11. Can you tell us exactly WHY you phrased your subject line that way?

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:31 AM

Feb 2012

'Cause that part is not in the article you're quoting.

What the hell?

maddezmom

(135,060 posts)

13. shock value

Reply to JHB (Reply #11)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:56 AM

Feb 2012

and I think this one has been here a few times before.

BumRushDaShow

(129,072 posts)

12. Republikers

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:38 AM

Feb 2012

have been determined to take the OPPOSITE position for EVERY SINGLE position that Prez. Obama professes... Even if they have to throw people like Eastwood, Raygun, and even themselves, under the bus.

And it has been happening over and over and over again.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

14. A jury voted 4-2 to keep the OP with its offensive headline.

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 09:00 AM

Feb 2012

Sometimes this place really pisses me off.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

15. of course. a jury of peers

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #14)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 09:56 AM

Feb 2012

a jury of peers......when there are few peers with regard to feminist understanding, I guess we can expect sexism to get a pass.

Gee, everyone understands why all white juries deciding cases against black defendants is dangerous for the black defendant.

Then there are the serial lady-baiters around here too, who never get tombstoned. Unlike what would happen if the equivalent kind of attacks were made against ANY OTHER group.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

18. Yep. But hey,it all in good fun and we're just

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #14)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 10:14 AM

Feb 2012

being touchy.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

16. Your title is sexist and offensive.

Reply to Boombaby (Original post)

Tue Feb 7, 2012, 10:08 AM

Feb 2012

"Riding the Cotton Pony" or "On the Rag" are misogynistic put-downs of women. It is your title, not the title of the article you linked to. Now, you may not be aware of the offensive nature of that phrase, but you are aware of it now. I encourage you to edit your title, either to use the original title or to something that is not offensive to other DUers.

I see that your OP was alerted on and left standing by a jury. That, however, does not remove the offensive nature of the title.