Comments on: Inane: The Obligatory “Subliminal Messages in Hillary’s Commercial” Post

By: Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » March 1-2, 2008

Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » March 1-2, 2008 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:51:41 +0000

[...] Nig and the Star Of David [...]

By: Texas Rainmaker

Texas Rainmaker — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:42:32 +0000

How about the biggest racial overtone of all… the fact that a nice, lilly white family, safe in the suburbs should have concerns about safety relating to a black man at 3:00 AM.

By: Alden Pyle

Alden Pyle — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:51:51 +0000

Why would we ignore the O G & K and only look at the letters that the kooky conspiracy moonbats want us too?

And is that David Copperfield sneaking into the little girl’s room at the end, or just a breastless, butch mom with a mullet?

By: Akzed

Akzed — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:09:43 +0000

A campaign or two ago, remember the libmedia’s heartburn about the word “RAT” at the end of Democrat appearing behind some dem’s head in a Republican commercial? That was substantive.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:53:28 +0000

Well, I think Althouse has had a successful post since the goal here was to bring on more attention.

It is a shame that she has paid so dearly for it in terms of reputation, but that’s what happens when you swap out integrity for a Ron Jeremy moment.

By: culturism

culturism — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:59:53 +0000

We haven’t beeN IGnoring this issue. But iF AGonizng over it will heal the nation, I’m for it.

http://www.culturism.us

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:38:04 +0000

The next P.J.’s will read “SPOOK[Y]“.

And show KKK-looking white ghost’s with pointy heads cartoons.

That settles it, I’m voting for David Duke!

(Subliminally, at least.)

By: Keli

Keli — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:28:44 +0000

When I first found out I was pregnant I started seeing babies everywhere. Everytime I turned on the TV, everytime I went to the store, babies and mothers everywhere. Of course they were there all along but I just noticed them more become I had babies on the brain. So someone who is seeing racial slurs everywhere they look…well that says allot more about that person than it does a child’s pajamas or campaign commercial

By: Captain Scarlet

Captain Scarlet — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:04:59 +0000

Oh, for F sakes, man! Those who see the offense here are those who would go looking for it.

The word is “Night,” as in “Good.”

They look like nice comfy flannel sheets to me. With stripes. BFD.

By: Rob Taylor

Rob Taylor — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:24:29 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong but to be subliminal the message would be hidden enough so that you simply couldn’t pause at :12? Why, when we put all those suicide messages on heavy metal albums we took the time out to backward mask them, either Althouse is making stuff up or Clinton’s the laziest evil mind controler I’ve ever seen.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:51:47 +0000

There’s an elephant on the sheets. I think they’re accusing Obama of being a Republican.

By: MayBee

MayBee — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:22:29 +0000

If you stare at Patterico’s post like a Magic Eye picture, you’ll begin to see a swastika.

By: 2Tru2Tru

2Tru2Tru — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:02:56 +0000

Ginner?

By: Zorro

Zorro — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:50:32 +0000

Glad you’re around Patterico.
What happens when it’s played in reverse?

By: highhopes

highhopes — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:35:11 +0000

Hey you know what…..

From the crowd who were so vocal about the crawl that left the word “rats” on the screen at the end of Democrats, I don’t really want to hear this stuff.

My biggest question is why on earth Hillary Clinton would have approved such a stupid ad in the first place!

By: Cold Steel

Cold Steel — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:00:38 +0000

Subliminal messages put me to sleep. I’m a bigger fan of overt messages… like Hi, I’m Hillary, I dress up to answer the phone at 3am, and I make damn sure I got my smarty pants glasses on… smarty pants glasses help you understand volatile situations. Thank you for defining your credentials Mrs. Clinton.

By: James Otis

James Otis — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:48:30 +0000

I would concur with those that say that every frame is scrutinized. In this day and age where the internet allows the ability for the general public to do their own scrutinizing, frame-by-frame, of any political ad you can be sure that the creators are looking for elements within the ad that could create a misunderstood intent. The use of soft colors, lighting etc. are all elements controlled so as to create a mood to reveal the message.
So if, as in this ad, you include a shot of a child with letters printed on their pajamas you make sure that no unintended word/message is spelled out. And IMHO that is the genius of this ad: they get a 2-for-1 special. They have a child wearing some pajamas where the letters N and I are clear while the third letter is either a C or G. So the word being spelled could easily be NICE or NIGHT. I’m sure it’s not NICOTINE. Of course pajamas would tilt towards the NIGHT theory and by looking at the other letters it seems pretty reliable that the words are GOOD NIGHT.

The genius is that, if intentional, the “controversy” has given the ad more play than it would have. At the same time the campaign would easily be able to explain what the pajamas has written on them and would able to play both the “use your common sense” “this is ridulous” cards and throw in the “these are baseless and scurilous charges.” Heck they could a day’s worth of attention by bringing out the pajamas in question to show how silly the whole issue is.

In the final analysis, I believe that every frame is scrutinized and anything allowed to give a nefarious meaning is ferreted out particuarly if the ad is of a little black girl with “NIG” briefly spelled out on her pajamas and put out by a campaign where Bill Clinton, the first black President, decided to take a very visible nap during the annual MLK memorial in a black church in South Carolina.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:48:19 +0000

I'm of the opinion that Ann Althouse's thesis is vaguely possible... although Phil A.'s Jewish stuff is just nuts. I don't want to call her stark raving loony... I don't think she hasn't made her case, however. To her it's all so obvious and to me I'm like, "Huh?" By the way, the single best comment on Althouse's thread is this one from Paul Zrimsek:

It's a silent g. So the real message is that Hillary Clinton will say "Ni" to our enemies if they do not appease us?

Maybe a rule should be made for future political ads. No shapes, colors, or patterns in clothing: Just ~~white~~ black... oh, man! I see where that could get you into trouble.

By: SouthernGent

SouthernGent — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:41:37 +0000

Now I know why there aren’t black kids in the video. Hillary Clinton hates black people!

/Kanye West

By: Limerick

Limerick — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:38:03 +0000

RushBaby on March 1, 2008 at 7:32 PM

Wow. GIN. I didn’t know they made dyslexic jammies. :)

By: RushBaby

RushBaby — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:33:26 +0000

Matching robe says “Cocktail Onions”

By: RushBaby

RushBaby — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:32:37 +0000

I’ve got those same pajamas. They say “GIN”.

By: shooter

shooter — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:31:32 +0000

They’re just trying to distract everyone from finding out Billy Jeff and the Shill are cousins and they knew this before they got married.

By: radjah shelduck

radjah shelduck — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:16:50 +0000

It doesn’t say “Nig” it says “Pig”! Hillary is sending a subliminal message to her lout of a husband.

By: James Otis

James Otis — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:13:08 +0000

Seems to me Hillary is trying to look like former MSNBC (ahem) reporter Ashley Banfield with those glasses.