The Clintons as the Sopranos . . . on the official campaign website. It's weird. Very, very weird. What she said.
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WTF?
19 Jun 2007 02:40 pm
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Subtle intimidation aimed at the Obama camp.
Come on, this does not deserve to be in the same league as Gravel. It's not even the same sport. It's not meant to be some earth-shattering statement about her campaign, it's just a fun video that makes good use of something culturally relevant for a change (The Sopranos part at least). I liked it - why is this so unacceptable to our snarky class?
As for the song, it's inexcusable to the point that it makes me worry that none of Hillary's handlers have the guts to stand up to her and say "NO NO NO," which is something that we have recently learned is an important thing to consider about a president.
1. Hillary walks into diner all frosted, neat, and professional, looking about as home in her environment as Richard Nixon walking on the beach in loafers and dress socks. (See Bill for normal diner-wear.)
2. "No onion rings for you! A bowl full of nice juicy carrot sticks!" Yes, that's going against the stereotype.
3. Sopranos guy appears; my first thought "So which one is he going to knock off, Hillary or Bill?"
I bleed Democratic; I really, really want to like this lady; I even voted in her theme song poll. But, honestly, the only thing I can say about this video is that it would have been great, if only Hillary wasn't in it.
Cool out. Everybody just... cool out. Cool out! It's a funny ad, it definitely makes Clinton more likeable. She has a history of doing pretty funny videos, which I think speaks well of her.
I thought it was fine. Sort of clever, even. Possibly even amusing!
I agree with Dan Panorama: the video was fine, even faintly entertaining. The song though, is not fine. NOT FINE AT ALL. If nothing else, you can't have a campaign song by a non-American. You just freaking can't.
If nothing else, you can't have a campaign song by a non-American.
Fleetwood Mac?
That's a very funny video in my book.
Oh yeah. Still, at least they weren't Canadian.
Fleetwood Mac?
Fleetwood Mac was half and half. Lindsay Buckingham, despite the name, is quite American.
All aesthetic elements aside, this is a misstep.
Antid,
Buckingham and Nicks are American, so it counts.
Wait, did Hillary just threaten to have Bill knocked off?
1) All those Democratic players thinking about defecting to Obama just remembered Vincent Foster and shuddered.
I kinda admire it. Nice opening before you send in Rahm Emanuel out into the boonies to twist a few nuts.
I mean, come on. How could Tony Soprano's hitman Pauli compete with a dude from Chicago who
--as he named Bill Clinton's opponents at a political dinner -- stabbed a knife into the table and cried "Dead! Dead! Dead!"
See http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8091986/the_enforcer/
Wow, the commenters here have an awful lot of witticism stored up on this front.
I suppose picking Celine Dion could be a symbol for Hillary as a choice who is ultimately banal but still enjoyed by an awful lot of people for reasons no one seems to understand.
As for internationality, the Kerry campaign used "Beautiful Day" for an awful long time, though I think at the end they switched to The Boss.
I liked the video. I refuse to listen to Celine Dion on principle, however.
It's called "a sense of humor". Check it out.
so by analogy to the popular theories about the sopranos end this video implies that Bill just got whacked. awesome. or maybe the choice of celine dion killed him, like it killed me.
It is weird, and shouldn't matter at all, but the choice of celine dion is now the hardest thing about her campaign for me to swallow.
so by analogy to the popular theories about the sopranos end this video implies that Bill just got whacked.
No way. You saw the way she stared down Johnny Sack - no way HRC won't be ready if something goes down.
Actually, I think that Hillary is Tony and Bill is Carmela.
That would mean, if you buy into the theory that Tony got whacked (and I do), that Hillary just whacked herself.
The video scene of Bill and Hillary meeting in the diner was heartwarming -- you'd almost think they were married.
Having assailed the video, I'll say a few nice but snarky things about their appearances (books judged by covers):
I've always thought the post-60's Hillary was a very attractive woman. Can I imagine a "Hillary Boy" video appearing to compete with "Obama Girl"? Almost; not quite.
Bill looks so thin! Enough of those carrots, give that man his onion-rings. And he has a... slightly ghostly quality, as if he were verging on transparency. Perhaps it's like the look the Ringbearers had, the residual psychic scar from having worn the trappings of power. I feel Bill Clinton's pain!
Have you seen Chelsea since she had her hair straightened? She looks truly gorgeous. I think and hope it'll shut some people up once she starts making campaign appearances.
Now the right will be saying that Hillary is Tony Soprano.
The video would have had more drama if it had been Ann Althouse dragging her fat psychotic ass off the bar stool and walking by.
Plus it kinda unrealistic to not have Bill hit on any of the waitresses. And for him to not show up two hours late.
I'll grant the guffaw factor. . . but as the first woman running for President with a real shot [however I may dislike it] of winning, does she really want to be making mental associations with a depressed and murderous mob boss in the minds of voters? Does she really want to remind us that electing her is like continuing the political Corleone family. . . I mean, Clinton dynasty, even if there were some good things to come from Bill's years?
Humorous or no, I question the judgment of this ad. There are ways to be funny w/o a) ripping off pop-culture and b) making questionable associations with yourself and murderous thugs (however popular said murderous thugs may be).
Buckingham and Nicks are American, so it counts.
If "Rhiannon" or "Go Your Own Way" were the campaign song, the fact that three of the members of Fleetwood Mac are British would be irrelevant. "Don't Stop," however, was written by Christine McVie, who is British.
Jeebus, people, get a grip.
It IS funny. Or as funny as any politician can really be.
And your average voter will love it--their minds won't be dizzy with thoughts of murderous mobb bosses, they'll just think she put out a clever little piece.
I liked it; it was cute! Just a little fun, that's all. What's the big deal? This is being analyzed to death.
I think it's a good ad as long as few of the people who watch it understand that the message of the final episode of The Sopranos is that people never change no matter how much they try to deceive themselves and others.
But that message would be good for Hillary. The standard knock on her is that she changes her beliefs when it's politically expedient.
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U sound lke a winger. Y r the Clinton's compared 2 Sopranos? Don't u kno that Hilary is better than Osama.
Posted by Edwards Speech | June 19, 2007 2:55 PM