Thursday, November 19, 2009
James Perry's f*!@$ng campaign ad
Posted by Kevin Allman on Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Watch it. Then read the Times-Pic's Frank Donze explain mayoral candidate James Perry's new campaign ad. Take it away, Mr. Donze:
"Political insiders and career politicians..." an offscreen narrator intones as silhouettes of men and women appear on screen, depicting the announced mayoral contenders. "Lining up to be our next mayor," the speaker continues as the shot switches to an exasperated woman who spits out: "What? Are you shi--ing me?"On the heels of that exclamation comes an equally flustered man who asks "Are you f---ing kidding me!" as he removes his cap to rub his head. He is followed immediately by another man who shouts "What the f---!''
As the narrator opines "They haven't changed anything," a large group screams in unison, "What the f---!'' as the faces of [candidates John] Georges and [Ed] Murray come into focus.
So we called Perry to say: WTF? The candidate was driving, so he handed the phone to his campaign manager.
"The Times-Picayune missed the mark on its description," said Perry campaign manager Alex Morgan. "Obviously you can't run ads with the word f-u-c-k in them," he added, spelling out the word so as not to offend. "It's an ad that expresses people's frustrations as to the choices they have as mayor, and they [the T-P] have taken a little bit of a leap to fill in the blank. It's a computer graphic image; it's bleeped out and the mouths are pixelated, so they could be saying anything.
"They could be saying 'Jeff!'," Morgan added helpfully.
Uh-huh. And Sean Payton could be saying "cheese and crackers got all muddy!" when the ESPN sideline camera catches him every time Drew Brees gets sacked. So, Alex Morgan: the T-P got it all wrong?
"Oh, no!" Morgan said. "I'm fine with the article. But it's a different ad than the article portrays."
There was a burst of static at the other end of the line, which could've been interference or the sound of Alex Morgan's nose growing about two feet.
Morgan also said that the ad would be running during the next week on WWL, WDSU, WVUE and WGSO in a rollout costing $60,000, which we haven't confirmed. Whether it's a serious ad or a viral campaign video designed to bait press coverage, it's safe to say that James Perry -- a candidate with a fierce online following but weak general voter recognition -- has just made a name for himself in local politics.
One thing's for sure: the name ain't "Jeff."
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He now tops The Levee's mute alcoholic harlequin, Katrina the clown, as number one mayoral candidate, in my book.
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I hope his future ads have a flushing sound in the background to highlight how his campaign is going down the toilet
Wow. That's the lamest, most weaselly defense from Alex. It's kind of funny. Not sure how I feel about it. But if they don't have the balls to stand behind it, I'm not impressed. A f-cking Boy Scout? That's his leading qualification? WTF indeed. (I hope those near obscenities doesn't get me deleted. I know Gambit has a no cursing policy.)
Well, I know a certain yaller blogger who is definitely NOT impressed. And F, this IS coming from a publication that chronicled its difficulty in getting a straight answer on "s---faced" (hyphenated or not?) from the AP Stylebook.
True, Liprap, but I've been deleted before for using the F-word. To be fair, it was utterly gratuitous.
Oh, that chronicling of the slang I mentioned was on Twitter...which, I guess, doesn't count.
All f-words and jokes aside, I think this sums up how the voters feel right now about this election perfectly.
Still not sure if I think this is a smart move for Perry. I am sure, however, that this a damn funny post from Kevin.
Kind of sad to see the reform candidate be first to the plate with the negative ads. Not very impressed with the Perry campaign so far.
There's a Perry campaign? Oh yeah, there is but it's all viral. Mr. Perry has a very high opinion of himself, it's purt near Naginesque.
Let's see. We've got a guy here who's NEVER worked in the private sector. Never had a real job where he was responsible for profits (or losses). Always funded by "grants" and other unearned funds. Not particularly smart. (Yeah, I've met him. Not saying the other guys are any smarter; but Perry's a dummy.) I also agree with Frolic: if you don't have the balls to stand behind the sentiment, you're a pussy. With all that said, the other guys (so far) appear to be the usual bunch of assholes. So I might vote for Perry anyway, even though my first-hand opinion of him is very, very low.
I've worked in the public, private, and non-profit sectors and the executives in all 3 equally have their heads up their asses. I almost want him to win only to see if he'll not run for re-election if the murder rate doesn't go down by 40%.
yo jeff. just get a couple of wwjd? bumper stickers and a pair of scissors. that's how the first pave our lake bumper stickers were made.
Superdeformed: If he should somehow manage to win, do you really expect him to keep that campaign promise? I don't.
He is a joke of a candidate. His two qualifications: eagle scout and executive director of an NGO. Anyone can start an NGO, thus anyone can be an executive director. And eagle scout? Since when does that qualify you for being mayor of a city? Not to mention a city like NOLA that is in desperate need for change.
