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Related: About this forumA Tea Party candidate's ad for his gubernatorial campaign must be seen to be believed
California Republican Tim Donnelly releases one of the strangest ads everA Tea Party candidate's ad for his gubernatorial campaign must be seen to be believed
ELIAS ISQUITH
California Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly almost certainly wont succeed in his quest to become the Golden States governor, but give him this much: Hes made whatll probably be the most bizarre political ad of the 2014 cycle.
Donnellys three-minute web ad, entitled The People United, is strange in a few ways. For one thing, Donnelly apparently decided that the best way to win back Californias Latino community who hes no doubt thoroughly alienated with his Minuteman vigilantism is to have Cuban-born actress and singer María Conchita Alonso join him in the ad, translating (and sometimes reinterpreting) whatever he says into Spanish. This leads to a few weird moments, like when Alonso challenges Donnellys contention that his wife is the sexiest woman in California, or when she implies that he has big testicles big ones, as she puts it.
The next-most puzzling aspect of the ad is the incoherent smorgasbord of policies Donnelly says hell push if he becomes governor. Donnellys promise to put a gun in every Californians gun safe is to be expected from a Tea Party-backed politician; but whats with his argument that McDonalds workers in the state should get $20 per hour because were Californians? Raising the minimum wage (assuming thats what Donnelly means) isnt exactly the best way to keep government out of our businesses, as Donnelly demands.
In any event, Donnellys ad leaves the viewer with more than a little to chew on and, quite likely, a deep, and abiding relief that this strange man will never find himself sitting in the governors chair.
Watch the whole thing below:
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http://www.salon.com/2014/01/16/california_republican_tim_donnelly_releases_one_of_the_strangest_ads_ever/
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A Tea Party candidate's ad for his gubernatorial campaign must be seen to be believed (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2014
OP
He's beyond stupid if he believes that has been (she's more like a never was)
lunamagica
Jan 2014
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lunamagica
(9,967 posts)1. He's beyond stupid if he believes that has been (she's more like a never was)
will get him support among Hispanics. BTW, she looks awful drunk or high
kairos12
(12,842 posts)2. Isn't that Walter White?