The eight-figure push is backed by the Beige Rainbow PAC, which registered with the Federal Election Commission a month ago. The name appears to be a reference to a quip West Wing actor Bradley Whitford made during a “White Dudes for Harris” video call earlier this summer.
So there really is a PAC with this name, and it spent at least $10 million on this ad that may be something of an intentional joke or an ambiguous play for virality. Some of the virality, however, runs against the intent of those who spent the money. Is it counterproductive? I doubt that it changes anyone's mind, and suspect that everyone — from Trump haters to Trump fans — gets a laugh out of it. Or are there some people who cry a tear when white men are stereotyped?
By the way, the Daily Beast article uses sexual metaphor to describe the pitch to white men: "Kamala Harris is heavily flirting with guys she wants to poach from MAGA World, or at least stop them from swinging that way. Her wingmen are helping...." I don't think the metaphor is wise. It's not good feminism, and quite aside from that, it resonates with stories about how she got her start in politics and it presents her in a subordinate, desperate posture that is inconsistent with the role of President of the United States.
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Tim Walz doesn't seem like he really knows what he's talking about in this "car man" ad. In the '40s and even '50s, you got a manual with repair information, but not after.
https://youtu.be/3N-B0_OKkeg
That's brilliant! Changing the air filter on an oldie like that is about the most basic car maintenance task you can perform. Notice you don't even see him remove/replace the one wing nut that holds the lid on the filter housing. Probably doesn't have enough upper body strength to do it. Way to go Midwestern Dad!
Men who game are considered the least attractive by women. Or so says the latest outrage. The women who push that theory are probably the same women who made this ad, because the tone is identical. Men are lazy, men are selfish, men are stupid ... but here, let me shout at you and you'll change your behavior.
Voting for Harris is just one more bullet point on the honey-do list.
Trump’s MAGA buddies are suspect.
They’re gonna steal so it doesn’t matter what Groucho Marx Eyebrows thinks of her ad. Really, her people are just taunting at this point, the dupers delight…
I'll disagree with Shapiro. I bet there were some White Dudes for Harris types involved in the writing of that ad.
Gay dudes. Yup.
Theyve been neutered by choice
It is awfully lame that they give the guy a Hollywood "working class" accent and then make him say things with it that sound as if either his estranged wife or his insufferable college kid wore him a script. It is possible for a Pittsburgh man, say, to be Democrat - of course it is. But did they consider asking one what he'd say to try to convince his buddies down at the plant to vote for Harris?
(I mean, these days that Pittsburgh man might more likely be a Pitt student than a manufacturing worker, and he might well use up-talk instead of dese and dose. But there are surely plenty of lifelong Democrat voters among the western PA working class, and it might have been a worthwhile exercise to ask them why they intend to vote for Harris this year.)
beta, gamma…zeta, eta, theta…
The Usual Suspects. Round them up, Major Strasser has been shot.
rehajm is incorrect above. The Dems aren't stealing this election, they are simply manufacturing enough votes via unauditable unverifiable universal mail in ballots to win it. The votes will be "legal" although perhaps unassociated with any actual vote being made by an individual. Every old folk's home in the swing states will be solidly Dem votes, for example, for a few tens of thousands more votes for Harris. Every person registered to vote Dem will have a vote counted for them, whether they vote or not. The Repubs could win this election if they used the same technique of harvesting ballots, but hey, then the establishment would have Trump to deal with for a few more years. Harris wins in a squeaker, and nothing else but mail in ballot harvesting matters, even atrocious ads. Hey, the same technique got the dementia patient elected in 2020, why do you think it won't work this time?
Well shoot, Blogger, that comment was supposed to thread under the car ad comment!
Kate, "one more bullet point on the honey-do list" is AWESOME.
Cool car, though. Hobby car, which most of us don't have, but cool nonetheless. I wonder if it ran on leaded... And what the gas mileage is, of course.
My former church organist is a Buick guy. He has three - beautifully restored. He and his wife take one or another of them to a lot of car shows. He votes Republican (so, yes, my former church organist is a straight white man who knows old cars; the previous one at my PA church is a gay white man, now in his 60s, who competes in bodybuilding and indubitably votes Democrat. And we all know the interesting life Shouting Thomas has led).
Anyway. The vaunted Common Man is not out to - and does not want to - drive a '79 Harvester as a daily driver. Tell me more about how this mysterious "opportunity economy" will get the guy whose daily driver is a beat-up Camry into a new hybrid, why don't you?
She's flirting? Ew.
Dude, you look good for 60, but still. Get over yourself.
I am giving up on Blogger today. I take responsibility for my own typos, but Blogger is certainly not positioning me for success.
"it resonates with stories about how she got her start in politics."
No, it resonates with stories about how Kamala Harris got her start in whoring. She was a whore. A prostitute. She just happened to be sucking the dick of a married politician and when they were caught, he had to make up the lie that he was having an affair with her. Because that's preferable in the Democrat Party to hiring a whore.
The lie persists to this day.
Kamala Harris has never been a politician. She's always just been a regular old, garden variety street walking whore.
The ad was produced before Kamala appeared with Oprah. That was a real game changer. There's been a huge upsurge of white male support since that happened. Maybe Ellen can come out of retirement to make one last show with Kamala. That would really solidify the support. Maybe do a show with RuPaul to keep the Big Mo rolling.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
—— Chester A. Riley
They have become the party of stereotypes.
IMAO her entire career is a “desperate posture that is inconsistent with the role of President of the United States.” YMMV
I don't know, when I see Harris I think of Prince Humperdinck telling his subjects his father's last words about their country: "Love her as I have loved her, and there will be joy!"
So - Harris as head of state - sure! Just like Prince Humperdinck. Of course, he was the baddie...
Jamie, there are two ways to get to the comments. You did, in fact, get threaded under Kate’s comment if you get there one way. But not if you get there the other way. And you are right; hat’s off to Kate for a really funny comment!
A pro-Trump radio ad here in Georgia has someone that sounds like Kamala (I’m questioning everything now) calling Trump voters stupid.
I don't think that's wise. It's not good feminism …
And I don’t think there’s been any “good” feminism since the 1970s.
The Democrats, and really, all people who like to call themselves 'progressive' are still grappling with the definitions of people who think differently than they do. And their inbred concept of regular people, and in this case, regular guys is both hilarious and pathetic.
No men think or talk like this ad supposes we do. No men are going to be swayed by this. I don't know of any breathing adult who would be swayed by this. The giveaway- like someone could actually check up on Kamala's policies? Are you kidding me? The few she has stated, they've already had to disavow. The only other times she's publicly been asked about specifics (all 7 times in total), she's talked word salads around it, ensuring us instead that she appreciates people who love a nice lawn.
She's an empty moron. No actual thinking person could vote for that- man or woman. I'll stand by that comment forever.
PS- the ad is pathetic, sophomoric, and an unbelievable view into the leftist mind.
His last line: “They and Hezbollah are missing their nuts today.” Shapiro is brilliant.
here's my favorite Waltz comment (about his '79 Scout)..
".. No Computers! All Analog.. "
I wonder what Waltz thinks that means?
Re: two ways to get to the comments - yes, I know... Every since the Great Blogger Refurb of 2024, though, periodically when I try to publish a threaded comment it either lets me stab at the Publish button repeatedly with no result, or gives me a "Failed to publish" error message. So I select-all my comment, cut, exit from the comment screen, re-enter the comment screen, paste, and try again. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes it seems to help if I check the "Notify" box. Sometimes not. Sometimes, when I have worn out my finger stabbing at the Publish button, I leave my comment in the "box" (that I can only see the first few lines of and can only sometimes scroll through at a pace that allows me to check for typos) to marinate and continue reading, just in case there's some sort of "You're talking too much" time limit on how many comments I can publish in a short interval. That's what I originally did with my now-deleted comment from Kate's thread - but when I wanted to comment on Kate's comment, instead Blogger published my car comment beneath it. Aaargh!
And THEN I noticed some egregious typos in my car comment and deleted it.
And then the whole cycle began again.
inconceivable
After yesterdays breast reduction post, Althouse finds "Mini Racker".
Not gonna lie, had to google to see if it was legit
I had a coworker once who, through a very unfortunate set of circumstances, had to care for her grandmother at the end of the grandmother's life as the old woman slipped into dementia. It seems that the grandmother had been a noteworthy beauty in her youth, and because of that she'd never bothered to learn how to be a person other people liked to be around, much less to establish that behavior as a deep-rooted habit that might linger through her dementia. In short, she was a rip-roaring bitch, just as she'd been as a young woman by family accounts, to everyone responsible for her care, and everyone from the orderlies to her own granddaughter looked forward to her death. Horrible.
My colleague said that this experience taught her a valuable lesson: beauty doesn't last forever, so be good to people even while you're beautiful.
well the Daily Basilisk really isn't
The radical left seem to never tire of TrumpHate - and rubbing hate all over the "Make America Great Again" supporters.
It grates.
It all Started here. with the left's supreme above the law crook.
https://muckrack.com/mini-racker well she's sort of real
"I did my own research"
They've been telling us for years that we're not qualified to do our own research. That we should just listen to the experts.
What happened?
The more l learn about Harris and Walz, the less l like ‘em.
The ad in essence: *You MAGA freaks and white dudes totally SUCK! but look - Kamala has policies. Policies! (Like "price controls" - and gun confiscation - and more open borders (and more lies about illegal immigrants) - with your tax dollars paying for free stuff for illegals, while you suffer, and pay more in every direction.)
If dudes fall for Kamala - It's the stupid dudes club.
While we're on the subject of bad looks, why did Democrats put out a picture of Jill Biden apparently presiding over a cabinet meeting?
It takes a special type of talent to simultaneously grift with crypto and with old school coins. He is literally selling hundreds of overpriced trinkets to wring every last dollar from the rubes dumb enough to send him money. Grifter to the core.
"Good morning everyone—I have something incredible to share today, as we are introducing the launch of our Official Trump Coins! The ONLY OFFICIAL coin designed by me—and proudly minted here in the U.S.A. The President Donald J. Trump First Edition Silver Medallion will be available starting Wednesday, 9/25/24, EXCLUSIVELY at realtrumpcoins.com/. Sign up today!" @realDonaldTrump September 21, 2024
She's a doctor.
10.4 MPG.
His best tip is to use silicone based lubricants? He could have just said, use K-Y, not Vaseline.
At least with it being "all analog" he doesn't have to worry about a cloud of data floating over his head.
No wonder his supporters are economically anxious, the grifter has taken them for all they got.
Is this the latest MSNBC/Mother Jones/ NYT(D) talking point?
The coins are souvenirs, a way to support his campaign - they are not currency.
We note - Bich - that you are unable to comment on the topic.
Talk about desperate. That doesn't even make sense.
So what you are saying is - it's OK to contribute to democrats - but not OK to donate to Trump. Right?
Perhaps you Soviet-Maduro minded leftists can make donations to Trump a FELONY!
btw- You casually forget that During the Trump years - the economy was fantastic.
"..., it resonates with stories about how she got her start in politics and it presents her in a subordinate, desperate posture that is inconsistent with the role of President of the United States."
Yes. So? That's how we see her and what makes her dangerous, her history of autocratic, vicious behavior intended to overcome the image.
The Bich does not need to lie about TRUMP. If Kamala is installed, nobody will be able to afford coins of any type.
Ben is right; it is terrible. 2024 is the Year Of Peak Cringe for democrats (so far). I also noticed she had turned part of the Oprah thing into a social-media commercial earlier this morning, and I was immediately cast into the mind of Dr. Phil -- "You thought you actually did a good job here? Really?"
How do you do, fellow dudes?
what is hilarious - is Walz(D) was brought on board to satisfy the "get the white dude " vote. Ignore Walz's covid Fascism - and pro-crime rage festival and billion dollar burn-down.
Ah that steve buscemi gif is classic
"It's not good feminism"
Only by Althouse standards. In the real world, feminists want power and will do almost anything to get it. Precious principles have nothing to do with it, and mere equality went out the door a long time ago.
"inconsistent with the role of President of the United States"
Well, Dems keep their eye on getting into the role in the first place, at which point laments about inconsistency become irrelevant.
>Kamala Harris is heavily flirting with guys<
Nooo, don't say that. The idea of that ugly, bitch-faced, creature flirting with me makes my skin crawl.
Ritmo is very stupid, this is known, is the girl behind the bud light meltdown behind this campaign
DJT is the most "pro gay" R Pres candidate ever. I wonder if subtly the ad is trying to pull gay DJT male votes to KH.
Imagine the firestorm in corporate media if Harris was making cheap videos grifting such gaudy merchandise. Trump knows that in November, cogent Americans are going to turn off the tap. He is down to less than 50 days to bleed these rubes dry.
MAGA: we can’t afford gas and groceries in this economy but we’ll buy as many of these coins as we can!!
Is this Ritmo above?
Got to give her some credit, though. She's accomplished one amazing thing; she's actually running a worse campaign than Hillary Clinton.
The ad isn't meant to appeal to male voters. It's meant to help foster the belief among KH's core white, liberal, female supporters that the campaign has widespread support beyond that cohort. Women like Inga will see the ad and then start mentioning in passing that Kamala is now expanding her base to include former MAGA types. It's all performative and all designed to protect down-ballot candidates from an implosion of support for KH prior to election day.
This ad makes me think they are worried about losing the Northeast. I think men outside the NE will hear the accent and check out of the ad.
Diversity (e.g. class-disordered ideologies).
The first time I heard that ad I honestly thought that it must be a parody.
And "Whitest gay bar ever" is funny, I don't care who you are.
https://store.kamalaharris.com/harris-walz-friendship-bracelets/
It is almost like Little Bich has no brain whatsoever. Let me clear it up for you, Bich- every presidential campaign in my memory, going back to 1976, offers mementos for financial support- just only every one of them.
No.
"Do your own research" was the line Taylor Swift used in her Harris endorsement.
what was the point of the ad - appeal to people who still own cars from 1979 ?[how many on the road]
That was part of Swift's endorsement as well, and I had the same thought. Pretty sure what they mean is listen to our propaganda, not the reality you see around you
I actually think the Walz car ad is pretty good. It's not a typical attack ad, and asks voters to look at policy. I'm not voting for Harris, though. They have no coherent policy.
No. Abacus Boy, LLR-democratical Rich is not Ritmo. In fact, that wpuld be an insult to Ritmo!
Lady MacBiden rocks, no?
eat teh cat, eat teh turd, eat eat teh cat, rich.
Buy some credibility, rich… then eat teh cat.
My understanding is that Harris and Brown were out in the open about their relationship from the beginning. He had been separated from his wife and seeing other women for a dozen years before they got together.
Yes it's a lousy ad. The fictional dude didn't "do his research," he just bought into Democrat propaganda. Harris says she has a plan and that's good enough for him. There are working class white guys who believe that the Republicans are for the rich guys. They all already vote for the Democrats. Nobody's going to be won over by the ad.
I can only take so much Ben Shapiro though. At age 40, he shouldn't sound like he does, and he shouldn't be making jokes about lost testicles. He demonstrates in the clip that he can talk like a "dude" if wants to. Why not all the time? Has he considered Choq Male Vitality Staq supplements?
This ad had a similar feeling of Hillary going on the radio and tell black folks she always keeps hot sauce in her purse.
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