New McCain ad: Meet the guy Obama wants to chat with; Update: English version added
posted at 2:37 pm on September 19, 2008 by Allahpundit
I’ll leave you to guess which swing state with a Castro-hating, Spanish-speaking population this’ll be airing in. The English transcript:
ANNCR: Did you see who Obama wants to talk with?
CHAVEZ: Go to h*ll, you filthy Yankees!
ANNCR: Barack Obama says that he would meet Chavez without conditions.
CHAVEZ: Filthy Yankees, go to h*ll hundred times!
ANNCR: He said he would meet in his first year in office.
CHAVEZ: The United States which is behind every conspiracy against our country.
ANNCR: He said it was a disgrace that we haven’t spoken with them.
CHAVEZ: If any aggression were to come against Venezuela, then there will be no oil for people or the government of the Unites States!
ANNCR: Do you believe we should talk with Chavez?
CHAVEZ: We, you filthy Yankees, know that we are resolute to be free, no matter what happens, and at any cost!
ANNCR: In November, you decide.
The One reiterated his willingness to meet with Chavez as recently as May, just a day before he turned around and called for the isolation of regimes that support FARC — like, um, Hugo Chavez’s. A gaffe like that would destroy McCain or Palin, but in Obama’s case it’s merely further evidence of how supple and nuanced his intellect is. If Maverick’s rolling this out now in Florida for Cuban-American consumption, it can’t be long before we get an English-language ad along the same lines about Barry’s willingness to meet with Iran, possibly timed for early next to coincide with Ahmadinejad’s appearance at the UN. The sooner the better, as anything that moves the debate from the economy to foreign policy can only help McCain. When it does come, expect another round of whining from Obama shills like Joe Klein about how the Messiah never said he’d meet with Ahmadinejad specifically, since, after all, he’s not the one who holds real power in Iran. True enough. Here’s the latest from the guy who holds real power. See if that makes you feel better.
Update: Ah, here’s the English version.
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Would have been more effective if they used clips of Obama instead of the announcer’s words, but still a good ad.
nickj116 on September 19, 2008 at 2:38 PM
I knew it,’THE DEVIL’!
canopfor on September 19, 2008 at 2:39 PM
I smell sulphur….
right4life on September 19, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I don’t know spanish..
maybe it should of had subtitles..
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 2:42 PM
I lived and worked in Venezuela in 199093.
The average people hate Chavez.
Rick007 on September 19, 2008 at 2:43 PM
OMG! You are from the futures….
; P
carbon_footprint on September 19, 2008 at 2:44 PM
IN ENGLISH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQwsxHiaY0
nickj116 on September 19, 2008 at 2:44 PM
By the way, does the McCain ad people ever get an hour off?
carbon_footprint on September 19, 2008 at 2:44 PM
What a clown. I can’t imagine even his own people trying to take him seriously.
Badger40 on September 19, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Que Que? Say it isn’t so Barry O.
Obligitory “not the dictator that he once knew” post.
Right-brained on September 19, 2008 at 2:45 PM
They had all week off, remember? They are finally doing something today.
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Tres bon! err..Sehr gut! err. I mean…!muy bueno!
Umm…”nickj116″…Zerobama’s quotes were in English…the ad is in Spanish for a Spanish-speaking target audience. Dubbed or subtitled clips don’t quite make the grade for such ads.
Lockstein13 on September 19, 2008 at 2:45 PM
I like it. Should be a plus in Florida.
Sapwolf on September 19, 2008 at 2:45 PM
No. He actually has a team of gremlins that live in his basement and crank them out.
amerpundit on September 19, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Thanks, thats better. :)
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 2:47 PM
I wasn’t saying it should be in English. Somebody was complaining that it wasn’t, so I posted the ad so he could understand what Chavez was saying.
nickj116 on September 19, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Filthy Yankees, go to h*ll hundred times!
All your base are belong to us.
Obama/Chavez ’08
Bishop on September 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM
is it a coincidence that the price of oil skyrocketed when he nationalized the oil industry?
Tommy_G on September 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM
I should edit my post. Chakra wasn’t complaining, he was just mentionining what he’d like to see.
nickj116 on September 19, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Sigh. *mentioning.
nickj116 on September 19, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Play that in New York! (the English subtitles version)
Yankee fans should get upset.
Rudy will go ballistic.
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 2:50 PM
By the way, does the McCain ad people ever get an hour off?
People don’t make these ads.
Mac simply reprogrammed Cheney’s weather machine to spit-out commercials rather than hurricanes. It’s quite a remarkable device when you think about it.
Bishop on September 19, 2008 at 2:50 PM
It didn’t, though. Oil was going up before that happened.
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 2:50 PM
If you had the material Obama has been providing Team McCain all year long, would you want to take an hour off?
GulfCoastBamaFan on September 19, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Lol!
nickj116 on September 19, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Wonderful! Los Cubanos are on our side, do or die, as far as I can tell, thanks to Ronaldus Maximus. Hopefully it’s a domino effect.
If only there were some women who could overact and shout-whipser, “Mentira!” in disbelief to each other, on camera, as if to say, “My God!”
emailnuevo on September 19, 2008 at 2:51 PM
I think watching Chavez rant is more telling than what he actually says. Sort of like watching Hitler. The body language is everything.
petunia on September 19, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Amnesty-mania!
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Chavez seems like a raver but compared to Father Pfleger he’s a bleeping snooze.
SlimyBill on September 19, 2008 at 2:52 PM
to lie through one’s teeth: mentir como un bellaco
in the teeth of opposition: haciendo frente a la oposición
armed to the teeth: armado hasta los dientes
to fight tooth and nail: luchar con uñas y dientes
to get one’s teeth into something: hincar el diente a algo
I’m fed up to the teeth with him: estoy hasta la coronilla de él
Obama: Picking up his dientes off the floor, after this ad!
RushBaby on September 19, 2008 at 2:53 PM
So much material, so little time…
CliffHanger on September 19, 2008 at 2:54 PM
In spanish…? Thats wrong from the get go, but the again I’m just your average white racist.
Over and out!
dmann on September 19, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Yeah and I hope they keep it up… unless McCain falls in the polls some more then STOP! But Obama put so much out last week that was not even answerable.
I hope the abortion ad gets picked up on News shows so she can call Obama a liar and have more people see her. She makes a good impression on TV.
petunia on September 19, 2008 at 2:55 PM
maybe Chavez should have been Barry’s VP pick
grapeknutz on September 19, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Wow… the McCain ad gremlins have been hard at work in the past 24 hrs.
Come on guys… let’s go for the gusto! Start the Obama/ Ayres, Obama/ Rezco, Obama/ Wright campaign.
This ad has been paid for by the Boston Red Socks.
Damiano on September 19, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Allah,
When you highlight a new McCain ad, do you mean to say that it has run on TV or just on Youtube?
Not that it makes any difference anymore. But it might be interesting to have that perspective and see how many ads are run by the MSM unpaid, for commentary purposes.
Mcguyver on September 19, 2008 at 2:55 PM
But what does Karen Tumulty think of this?
Karl on September 19, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Steve,, Karl’s love child, is amazing. The master has been overtaken by his pupil!
More popcorn please
Kempermanx on September 19, 2008 at 2:57 PM
I guess he won’t be at the Stadium for its closing Sunday.
What does he think of the shaky Mets bullpen?
JammieWearingFool on September 19, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Too bad Dave was banned, he’d be all over this to extol the virtues of his hero, Hugo Chavez.
NoDonkey on September 19, 2008 at 2:57 PM
To lie….
RushBaby on Sept 19,2008 at 2:53PM.
RushBaby:Mega,MegTon dittos; What news do you have from the
western front!!!! haha.:)
That translation,sounds like,don’t read my lips!!
haha:)
canopfor on September 19, 2008 at 2:58 PM
El Diablo, mucho JDAM Bombasto!
epluribusunum on September 19, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Dave who?
amerpundit on September 19, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Diplomacy=Magic!
lodge on September 19, 2008 at 2:58 PM
OH MY GOD! what an ad. lol. thats all i gotta say. ‘what an ad’
venicesurfer on September 19, 2008 at 2:59 PM
These ads are getting better and better!
becki51758 on September 19, 2008 at 2:59 PM
I think it’s great that the mentally handicapped can lead successful lives, but usually they need treatment to do so. Here we have an untreated Chavez who actually runs a country! Of course, he’s doing it as one would expect of an unmedicated mental patient, but hey, give him his creds!
stonemeister on September 19, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Sweet. Down with Chavez! Down with Obama! Down with socialism!
CP on September 19, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Good thing I’m a southerner, I may otherwise be offended.
A Venezuelan dictator calling Americans filthy……how ironic.
leetpriest on September 19, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Is it just me or does Chavez look like a fat Mickey Mouse?
fossten on September 19, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Not to nitpick, but is John McCain incapable of saying his disclaimer in spanish? Obama does, and those little things stick out.
MadisonConservative on September 19, 2008 at 3:01 PM
Drywall was banned? When did this happen?
fossten on September 19, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Why is CHAVEZ trashing my Yankees? and telling them to go to hell? and not just once but 100 times over!!! This is an unprecedented attack!!! Even some of the worst Boston Red Sox’s fan’s during the most trying of times aren’t this VILE! This cannot stand! I will not tolerate this! >:D
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Just wait until the Kwame Kilpatrick ads come out in Michigan….and the “bitter” ads come out in Pennsylvania….
rockmom on September 19, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Why yes, he does.
JammieWearingFool on September 19, 2008 at 3:04 PM
its amazing. mccain camp works 24 hours. they released like 5 attack ads today alone.
venicesurfer on September 19, 2008 at 3:06 PM
No.
And no need to compare people to animals, liberals, and Hitler did that in propaganda.
(If you are going to use self deprecating humor and use it against yourself, then it’s a different story)
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 3:07 PM
You rock.
fossten on September 19, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Sandra Bernhard for Ambassador to Venezuela!
CliffHanger on September 19, 2008 at 3:07 PM
Was that last sentence by Chavez Spanish for “Is that a bus coming?”?
CC
CapedConservative on September 19, 2008 at 3:08 PM
MegaTon dittos to you too {canopfor}. No news, just a heart full of McCain/Palinmania and a house full of Ike refugees! Hope all is well on the Northern Front!
RushBaby on September 19, 2008 at 3:10 PM
Have the McCain people run an ad in Florida yet with Fidel Castro’s comments about Obama being the superior candidate? Or how about Obama getting the official endorsement of the Communist Party USA?
Can’t imagine those things would go over too well with the Cuban community in Fla.
AZCoyote on September 19, 2008 at 3:10 PM
Eh Hugo, Por qué no te callas?
Tzetzes on September 19, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Obama is asking his followers, the young and the dumb, to get in people’s face and argue on his behalf.
For those lefties that wish to have tips on how to promote Barack Obama when you get in their faces:
http://www.nextgenerationcorp.com/NextGenBlog/?p=57
Throw Obama away.
AdrianS on September 19, 2008 at 3:12 PM
O/T I suppose…but I couldn’t resist the clown ad connection.
dont taze me bro on September 19, 2008 at 3:12 PM
I didn’t think Obama spoke Spanish.
You have to be careful–just imagine watching an ad and having a non-English speaker horribly botch a phrase in English.
Count to 10 on September 19, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Just wait till the bad sh/t about Obama comes out.
TheSitRep on September 19, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Do you think it could be covered with 4 ads a day for 45 days? LOL
RushBaby on September 19, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Let’s see. White man uses brown man’s words to criticize black man….Now what do you think Tumulty will say?
Wethal on September 19, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Ok, this comment may have cost me a keyboard.
Well played sir, well played.
Russell H. on September 19, 2008 at 3:23 PM
Wow, we should really be grateful that Chavez still takes our filthy American money in exchange for the foreign oil to which we have succeeded in enslaving ourselves.
What a guy!
manwithblackhat on September 19, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Filthy Yankees, go to hell hundred times!
Well Hugo, “We don’t need no stinking badges”
……just remember that a/o
try again later on September 19, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Puh-leeze. How many Mexican rallies has this guy spoken at?
MadisonConservative on September 19, 2008 at 3:26 PM
anyone seen FactCheck.org lately, reading like Obama talking points
jp on September 19, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Hitler also drove a Mercedes, as do some liberals. But I think that’s fine.
emailnuevo on September 19, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Hey, whatever. I hate the Yankees too.
/
faraway on September 19, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Steinbrenner says he’s jaking it.
JammieWearingFool on September 19, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Cry Suckas, I’m on my way to Palin land on Sunday in the Tampa area, HA!
Mercy4Me on September 19, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Barack is a uniter. Stand aside and let him work his magic.
whitetop on September 19, 2008 at 3:38 PM
So, is Hugo just a heartbeat away?
bloggless on September 19, 2008 at 3:44 PM
This is a great ad!! Kicking the Messiah in the gonads big-time. The media is going to have a cow over this…..I can see the horror on their faces right now. And David Gergen probably just crapped in his diapers.
McCain is playing to win…..what gall.
John Doe on September 19, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Really? Maybe it’s me but the ad does nothing for me. I can’t imagine anyone going to the polls and voting for McCain on account of this.
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 3:49 PM
You know, Hugo sure sounds like this guy……..
……….. what say you, Barak?
Seven Percent Solution on September 19, 2008 at 3:49 PM
What would work for you?
John Doe on September 19, 2008 at 3:50 PM
Oye! This Cubana Americana loves this ad.
So will the Venezuelan Americans of Florida, whose population is rising in the Sunshine state.
jencab on September 19, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Yep, I think it is an effective ad. Not the best one from McCain, but par for his high standards we are becoming accustomed to.
Should we talk to Chavez? No. We should help him find peace; as in resting in peace.
carbon_footprint on September 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM
how would this play in New Mexico?
jp on September 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM
“I really underestimated the creepiness.”
Akzed on September 19, 2008 at 3:57 PM
You mean California?
Akzed on September 19, 2008 at 3:58 PM
how would this play in New Mexico?
jp on September 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM
You mean California?
Akzed on Septem
Do you mean Mexico?
John Doe on September 19, 2008 at 3:59 PM
This guy must have a jam-up security squad. I can’t believe someone hasn’t parked a grenade up his backside by now.
AubieJon on September 19, 2008 at 4:03 PM
seriously, NM is a battleground state and has alot of Hispanics. What do the hispanics there(obviously not Cuban, but never the less) think of Chavez? Surely some percentage of them would find objection to this ad?
jp on September 19, 2008 at 4:03 PM
An ad with Pelosi saying not my fault. Reid saying i have no clue. Obama saying above my paygrade, and McCain saying I had a plan for this 3 years ago and these same democrats killed it.
:P
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 4:04 PM
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Excellente.
Akzed on September 19, 2008 at 4:10 PM
The only good leftist is a…
elduende on September 19, 2008 at 4:15 PM
That’s the convenient thing about dictatorships. It doesn’t matter what average people think about their leaders.
highhopes on September 19, 2008 at 4:18 PM
uhm…
second look at immigration reform?
aso on September 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM
You talking about the ad linked to this thread? If so, I just don’t share your analysis. It’s okay but, IMO, too specific to be effective. Yes, Chavez holds more importance to the demographic clearly targeted than the leaders of Iran, North Korea, and a bunch of other terrorist or despotic states. McCain’s ad should have expressed the bigger threat instead of focusing in on Chavez because the real point is Obama’s lack of experience not US relations with Venezuela.
highhopes on September 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Why yes they do, but I wouldn’t call his ears little.
Fortunata on September 19, 2008 at 4:24 PM
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