Herman Cain Internet Ad

[CalHunter]

Here's a link to a copy of the ad on Fox News. Fox (in their stupidity) refers to the ad in their title as being "Bizarre." Apparently Fox news is upset that Cain's campaign manager is smoking a cigarette in the ad. Brit Hume, in the few lines of this story, says the add is "a metaphor for the Cain campaign in that 'you can never quite figure out what the guy is up to.” I saw another website (Yahoo I think) this morning who were also disparaging the ad.

I get it about smoking a cigarette and agree that's a little weird/off-putting/probably not advisable BUT am kind of amazed that they ignore the rest of the ad and just dismiss it.

I've watched the ad twice now and aside from it being a little different, I thought it was a positive upbeat ad in which they were trying to generate some excitement and support for their candidate--Herman Cain. Now I'm just a cop and have never taken a course in advertising BUT shouldn't 2 major media outlets be able to recognize a decent ad when they see it and not bag on it? Or are they just trying to prove their stupidity twice and show the ad, thus giving it far more exposure than it ever would have gained from just the internet?

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2011/10/25...re-new-web-ad/

[tight360]

Cal IMO it is doing exactly what was intended. It has people talking about the ad and Herman Cain. Heck, you started a thread on it. They only had to dump a limited amount of money on airtime, and it has aired on every news show during prime time that demands big bucks. Quite ingenious, yet so simple. Smoking on TV.

[Fieldmouse]

Cain will begin to advertise on the Rush Limbaugh show. Not a bad move if you wish to reach millions of conservatives.

[bergall]

I think Cain should get his message out however he can. IF he can shock the world into showing his ad for free, then bully for him.

On the other side, I'm thinking 2 things:
1: Fox has chosen Romney
2: Yahoo! is a liberal piece of s***

Both outlets have an agenda....one excludes Cain, the other excludes conservatives.
Screw the both of 'em...The People will decide.

[bugsNbows]

Personally, I think the ad is not good. For crying out loud, Herman is a recent cancer survivor and, as we all know, cigs / smoke taint the best thing for ya.

[LBR]

The ad didn't impress me, but it could be a stroke of genious--getting him more face time than he could have otherwise paid for. I dunno if he's really that smart, but I don't think he's that dumb.....

Chad

[bergall]

well it certainly solves his 'face time' issues ! The mainstream media gives him squat and a large portion of his inability to compete is that there's lots of folks out there who don't know who he is.

[emptyquiver2]

Mark Block...with a single drag just rabbit punched the media into shinning some light on his new boss.

[The Rev]

Maybe he was trying to say that Herman was smoking hot! Frankly I don't care about the cig.

[hillbillyhunter1]

maybe it was one of those cigarettes that's actually water vapor or whatever...lol