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In the end, maybe Lena Dunham said it best: "You want to do it with a guy who brought the troops out of Iraq -- you don't want a guy who says, 'Oh hey, I'm at the library studying,' when really he's out not signing The Lilly Ledbetter Act."
The Obama Campaign released a sexy, controversial and hip pitch for voting on Thursday from Lena Dunham, the star and creator of the HBO show "Girls," at a time when sex, abortion and women's rights have been front and center on the campaign trail.
The Obama Campaign has aggressively used YouTube to mobilize base voters, and it often taps celebrities who have a built-in viral punch. But this video is unusual even for the young, digital set in Chicago. The ad's style is vintage Lena: Edgy and informed, controversial but achingly self-aware, sexually proud and affirmatively feminist -- if anyone can pull off an extended metaphor of voting for the President by giving him your virginity, it's Lena Dunham.
Conservative bloggers, of course, were already cranking up a reflexively outraged response just hours after the video was released on Thursday. Well, they never claimed to have a sense of humor.
While it's safe to say that Dunham's tone is different from every other ad the Obama campaign has ever made -- she jokes about "doing it with" the President -- it neatly reinforces the President's closing argument about women's rights.
Obama Campaign Launches Sexy Lena Dunham Ad: "Your First Time"
This afternoon, the Obama campaign released its latest ad from a celebrity. This one was from Lena Dunham, 26-year-old creator of HBO’s raunchy series Girls. It’s an astoundingly tasteless ad comparing voting for the first time to losing your virginity. Really. And Dunham recommends that if you’re going to have sex – er, vote – for the first time, you should really do it with President Barack Obama.
Your first time shouldn’t be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy. It should be with a guy with beautiful … somebody who really cares about and understands women.
A guy who cares about whether you get health insurance, and specifically whether you get birth control. The consequences are huge. You want to do it with a guy who brought the troops out of Iraq. You don’t want a guy who says, “Oh hey, I’m at the library studying,” when he’s really out not signing the Lilly Ledbetter Act.
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Originally posted by incoserv
Ewwww.... I feel like I need a bath.
Yes, this is what our political process has devolved into. No dignity. No depth. No weight. No gravitas. Just a whole bunch of whores, male and female.
How appropriate.
(And, no, the Republicans are no better!)
Originally posted by incoserv
Ewwww.... I feel like I need a bath.
Yes, this is what our political process has devolved into. No dignity. No depth. No weight. No gravitas. Just a whole bunch of whores, male and female.
How appropriate.
(And, no, the Republicans are no better!)
Originally posted by Annee
Seriously?
Are you this desperate?
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
To be fair I think it's clever. Plus, it shows that Obama is actually aware of younger voters. This is one of reasons why Obama did so well with the youth vote last time around. He actually acknowledges their existence and addresses them in terms they understand.
Originally posted by Annee
Seriously?
Are you this desperate?