Trump Commercial: Putin = awesome, Clinton = dog

[aurora]

Or something like that. I just heard this described on NPR on my drive this afternoon. Does Trump not realize that approximately 50% of the electorate is female?

www.cbsnews.com/news/new-trump-ad-features-judo-putin-and-clinton-barking-like-a-dog/

New Trump mashup features judo, Putin, and Clinton barking

On Tuesday night, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won big in several state primaries, further cementing each's status as front-runner for their respective parties' nomination in the 2016 White House race.

Both have already begun to pivot from attacking challengers within their own party towards each other.

An online mashup by Trump uses footage of Democratic front-runner Clinton barking like a dog to suggest she's unfit to be president.

The video on Trump's official Instagram account begins with footage of Russian President Vladimir Putin engaged in martial arts and a man who appears to be an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighter pointing a gun at the camera.

"When it comes to facing our toughest opponents," it reads, "The democrats have the perfect answer..."

The ad then cuts to footage of Clinton in Nevada earlier this year, barking to mimic an ad she'd been describing to supporters.

It ends with footage of Putin laughing during his appearance on "60 Minutes" and the words: "We don't need to be a punchline!"

Clinton's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The clip of Clinton barking comes from a February appearance in Reno, Nev.

Clinton was illustrating her disbelief at the idea that Republicans want to repeal the Wall Street overhaul legislation known as Dodd-Frank because "they say the great recession was caused by too much regulation on Wall Street." This brought to mind a campaign radio ad played in Arkansas during one of Bill Clinton's races, Clinton told the crowd.

"One of my favorite, favorite political ads of all time was a radio ad in rural Arkansas where the announcer said, 'wouldn't it be great if somebody running for office said something we could have an immediate reaction to whether it was true or not. Well, we have trained this dog and the dog, if it is not true, he is going to bark.' And the dog was barking on the radio, and so you know people were barking at each other for days after that," she said.

"I'm trying to figure out how we can do that with Republicans," Clinton continued. "You know. We need to get that dog and follow them around and every time they say these things, like, 'Oh, the great recession was caused by too much regulation' -- arf, arf, arf, arf!"

The line was received well, and some in the audience seemed to join in the barking. However, conservative commentators seized on the barking afterwards as a means for pillorying her.

[aurora]

The 15-sec video is at the link.

[One Girl In All The World]

omg I just can't

[heyjude]

cnn just discussed this and didn't once mention the sexism factor.

[elleblue]

Mar 16, 2016 16:31:02 GMT -5 heyjude said:

cnn just discussed this and didn't once mention the sexism factor.

No. No. No. No. No. No. 

[nursewife]

Mar 16, 2016 16:31:02 GMT -5 heyjude said:

cnn just discussed this and didn't once mention the sexism factor.

[gretchenindisguise]

I knew as soon as I saw that clip, that it'd be used in this way.

This is another one of those, 'omg Clinton. You knew it'd be used against you and you couldn't help it." things for me. And that's probably unfair, but man she's been in this a long time - you don't bark on national recorded tv!

[centralsquare]

Mar 16, 2016 16:52:44 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

I knew as soon as I saw that clip, that it'd be used in this way.

This is another one of those, 'omg Clinton. You knew it'd be used against you and you couldn't help it." things for me. And that's probably unfair, but man she's been in this a long time - you don't bark on national recorded tv!

It's amazing how bad she can be at this.

www.vox.com/2016/3/16/11244294/daily-show-hillary-clinton-gaffes

[aurora]

Mar 16, 2016 16:31:02 GMT -5 heyjude said:

cnn just discussed this and didn't once mention the sexism factor.

Maybe they thought it was so obvious they didn't need to state it?

[isabel]

Mar 16, 2016 17:27:09 GMT -5 aurora said:

Mar 16, 2016 16:31:02 GMT -5 heyjude said:

cnn just discussed this and didn't once mention the sexism factor.

Maybe they thought it was so obvious they didn't need to state it?

Considering the current state of our country, I don't think any media source should ever assume that anything is obvious to its viewers.

[gretchenindisguise]

Mar 16, 2016 16:55:51 GMT -5 centralsquare said:

Mar 16, 2016 16:52:44 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

I knew as soon as I saw that clip, that it'd be used in this way.

This is another one of those, 'omg Clinton. You knew it'd be used against you and you couldn't help it." things for me. And that's probably unfair, but man she's been in this a long time - you don't bark on national recorded tv!

It's amazing how bad she can be at this.

www.vox.com/2016/3/16/11244294/daily-show-hillary-clinton-gaffes

I finally got a chance to watch this. Hilarious!

[expatpumpkin]

OMG, I feel so bad for her. I remember cringing when I first saw this and telling DH that they would definitely use that clip against her.

[centralsquare]

Do you think it was planned so she could use it to bolster (very true) sexism claims later? Or did she just have a lapse in judgment?

Because HOW IS SHE SO BAD AT THIS?! She can be utterly brilliant, but man. The Reagan/AIDS comments were appalling.