Sometimes a campaign ad is just a campaign ad. And sometimes, it’s something infinitely worse.
This is one of those times:
I've seen a lot of campaign ads. A lot. This might be the worst I've ever seen. https://t.co/gnqaKf5Aj0
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) September 18, 2017
What did we just watch?
i can't stop laughing why why why does this exist https://t.co/v2oc8g0e8l
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 18, 2017
It exists to remind us just how bad things can be.
0:05 — realized right out of the gate this needed screencaps pic.twitter.com/uR9OGLIr2O
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 18, 2017
Break it down:
0:10 — oh my pic.twitter.com/szrGuiarrs
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 18, 2017
0:34 — i have already cringed my own face inside of my own face pic.twitter.com/p2bNJp1Va9
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 18, 2017
0:48 — my god what is happening pic.twitter.com/gXPVFTGXCY
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 18, 2017
0:58 — I think he is having a real orgasm this is not acting pic.twitter.com/7cSKMaKBFO
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 18, 2017
1:28 — how does this top itself for awkwardness oh that's how well played pic.twitter.com/blq50dT9Ad
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 18, 2017
1:31 — me on twitter one second after sending a terrible tweet pic.twitter.com/N05mJf5CcO
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) September 18, 2017
The screencaps really tie it all together.
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I actually feel sorry for this guy. https://t.co/bKQujCm19v
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 18, 2017
We feel sorrier for ourselves.
That is pretty bad!
— BB (@Madyank2) September 18, 2017
Wow …. that's even worse than Demon Sheep.
And the ba-dup chorus came from "Summer Lovin'" in Grease. https://t.co/vNJYja9TQj
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) September 18, 2017
My God. https://t.co/GEf8oDRQab
— stephiegal (@stephiegal) September 18, 2017
WOW.
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) September 18, 2017
That is the most cringe-inducing crap ever. And someone PAID for that.
— stephiegal (@stephiegal) September 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/J_Dot_J/status/909840499913015296
This is egregious. This is what the word egregious was invented for.
— For Whom the Belle Tolls (@bellepocrypha) September 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/MMBinNC/status/909841900055625728
https://twitter.com/BlueShiftBlog/status/909837502546108421
Someone must've been drunk – and not the actress playing Comstock
— stephiegal (@stephiegal) September 18, 2017
We wish we were drunk right now.
https://twitter.com/shripal734/status/909834598024179714
I cringed so hard my body seized
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) September 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/shripal734/status/909834796255281153
Guess it beats curling up into the fetal position and sobbing uncontrollably.
Couldn't even finish it
— Johnny Caspar (@sickathehighhat) September 18, 2017
i watched it on mute and didn't even make it a minute in
— five turkeys in a trenchcoat (@tornadopuppy) September 18, 2017
Oh my, I watched on mute and it's horrible. Can't imagine how bad it is with volume.
— Frances (@pennyblab) September 18, 2017
It’s bad. It’s so very, very bad.
You guys think I'm joking or trolling when I say Dems will never win an election ever again.
This is Dan Helmer, the Dem running in VA-10 pic.twitter.com/bmgY4EB5IL
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) September 18, 2017
The AP is now reporting that Helmer has lost the primary.
— Dan (@danfess) September 18, 2017
Sounds about right.
Any Dem who doesn't release a statement condemning this campaign ad is complicit in this madness
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) September 18, 2017
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional text and tweets.
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