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Florida Republican’s Ad Depicts Children Enslaved by Obama and Alan Grayson

Posted on | January 24, 2012 | 24 Comments

Children are shown as slaves forced to pay for deficit spending in a new advertisement for a Republican congressional candidate in Florida.

“Turn This Ship Around” is the title of the 30-second video for Mark Oxner, a businessman seeking a House seat in Florida’s new 27th District, where former Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson is hoping to get back in Congress after being defeated in his 2010 re-election bid.

The Oxner ad depicts Grayson as the pet parrot of Obama, who captains a ship aboard which the beneficiaries of federal bailouts and subsidies enjoy a luxury cruise. But the video then shows miserable children below deck, chained to oars as if on a slave galley. The ship is finally revealed to be the U.S.S. Constitution, renamed the “ObamaBoat” and sailing off the end of the Earth. Watch the video:

AD SCRIPT:

Progressive Woman 1: I just love this ship. I got corporate subsidies just last week!Progressive Woman 2: I got free healthcare for life!
Progressive Man 1: My bank was bailed out by this ship.
Progressive Woman 3: This ship stimulated my husband’s solar company.
Old Woman: How did this boat pay for all this stuff?
Captain Obama: Ahhhh, no questions on this ship!
Progressive Parrot Alan Grayson: Bawk!
Progressive Slave Driver: Earn, earn, earn! Don’t you care about the banks? Don’t you care about the ninety-nine percent? Earn, earn, earn!
Mark Oxner: Let’s not enslave our children with debt. It’s time to turn this ship around. I’m Mark Oxner and I’m running for Congress. Go to my website and get involved. I’m Mark Oxner and I approve this message.
Progressive Parrot Alan Grayson: Bawk!

Learn more at Mark Oxner’s campaign Web site.

Category: Alan Grayson, Barack Obama, Congress, Election 2012, Florida, Mark Oxner, Video

Comments

24 Responses to “Florida Republican’s Ad Depicts Children Enslaved by Obama and Alan Grayson”

  1. John LaRosa
    January 24th, 2012 @ 3:43 pm

    “Shared”.

  2. richard mcenroe
    January 24th, 2012 @ 3:53 pm

    Do I detect a certain lad’s delicate and understated touch in this production, Mr. Fawkes?

  3. The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : Florida Republican's Ad Depicts Children Enslaved by Obama
    January 24th, 2012 @ 3:59 pm

    […] The Oxner ad depicts Grayson as the pet parrot of Obama, who captains a ship aboard which the beneficiaries of federal bailouts and subsidies enjoy a luxury cruise. But the video then shows miserable children below deck, chained to oars as if on a slave galley. The ship is finally revealed to be the U.S.S. Constitution, renamed the "ObamaBoat" and sailing off the end of the Earth. The video and full script are here. […]

  4. Adjoran
    January 24th, 2012 @ 4:24 pm

    Yes, the deft production is, ehr, a big clue.

  5. Edward
    January 24th, 2012 @ 4:25 pm

    It’s amusing but the ship type is wrong.  They should have used a Roman or Greek style galley.  For one thing it’s a better known class of ship due to use in movies and it would lead directly into the image of “galley slaves” etc.

    Another thing is that they could have stolen a page from the very popular Titanic, with built-in allusion, by having a line of lefties at the bow all waiting in line to reprise the “I’m flying” scene.  Then having one of them suggest to a member of the crew “flog’em and make it go faster”.

  6. Anonymous
    January 24th, 2012 @ 4:26 pm

    Ixnay on the adlay, says Mr. Fawkes.

  7. Adjoran
    January 24th, 2012 @ 4:29 pm

    IIRC, the district will be different than the one Grayson won before, more balanced.  Not more balanced by party registration, more balanced mentally.  Good news for Oxner!

    It seems to me that in any district not comprised primarily of the criminally insane, a montage of Grayson quote clips would be sufficient to keep that villain away from the halls of power. 

    As we say in South Carolina, “Dat boy is tetched!”

  8. Anonymous
    January 24th, 2012 @ 4:36 pm

    Everyone’s a critic!

    Did you notice that Guy Fawkes is wearing a fedora?

  9. Chip Jones
    January 24th, 2012 @ 4:39 pm

    This would be hysterical had I not spotted one of my grandchildren rowing….#justsayin

  10. Anays Polido
    January 24th, 2012 @ 4:48 pm

    I noticed the ship is the USS Constitution.  I believe it is the oldest naval ship still afloat and was named by George Washington.

  11. Adjoran
    January 24th, 2012 @ 5:13 pm

    Eallyray?  Well, we need to sign this guy up, too!

  12. Adjoran
    January 24th, 2012 @ 5:14 pm

    It’s the Obama economy – who can afford the full Cavalier hat?

  13. Bob Belvedere
    January 24th, 2012 @ 5:17 pm

    If I were Shakespeare, I’d say: ‘Ere, it lingers’.

  14. Anonymous
    January 24th, 2012 @ 5:22 pm

    It has a Pirates of Penzance feel to it, rather than Shakespeare, but that is fine with me too!  It is a great concept.  

  15. Quartermaster
    January 24th, 2012 @ 6:33 pm

    It’s the oldest Navy ship still in commission in the world.

  16. Zilla of the Resistance
    January 24th, 2012 @ 7:02 pm

    Did you notice that Guy Fawkes is wearing a fedora?

    I DID! I recognize a cute little kid who I remember seeing slurping a slurpee from the “Best dad in the world” a while back too.

  17. The Wondering Jew
    January 24th, 2012 @ 11:52 pm

    Great concept– execution a little too cutesy for my taste– but still a great ad. . .

  18. Bob Belvedere
    January 25th, 2012 @ 7:40 am

    She is the oldest Navy ship still afloat.  HMS Victory is the oldest commissioned ship, but she is in dry dock and has been since the 1920’s.

  19. Bob Belvedere
    January 25th, 2012 @ 7:40 am

    It catches your attention and makes you want to see it again.

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  21. Anonymous
    January 25th, 2012 @ 9:21 am

    That ad shows why I call them Copperheads.

  22. Pathfinder's wife
    January 25th, 2012 @ 10:49 am

    You know, they could do other ads along the same theme.

    I liked the allusion to the Constitution — very poetic.

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