No Offense, But NOM’s New Marriage Ad Isn’t Just Bad, It’s Boring
And here it is! No offense, but the National Organization for Marriage continues pulling from its deep pockets to deliver a campaign of scare tactics and outright lies about same-sex marriage. NOM’s new spot features Carrie Prejean, the new Pretty Young Thing that’s become the face of opposite marriage. And she has co-stars! Perez Hilton! Joe Solmonese! And new scary arguments, like how gay marriage advocates call the opposition “bigots.” Um, because they are?
But the real tragedy over NOM’s new “No Offense” ad? It’s boring! Sure, it’s got the doom-and-gloom factor the original “Gathering Storm” ad featured. But where’s the CGI? The special effects? Are we really just going to splice video clips together, throw in a voice over, and call it a day? Maggie Gallagher, we expect more from you!
I assume they went the boring route because they figured people would be less likely to parody this one?
So they complain when we are honest and call them bigots. Reminds me so much of Jefferson’s line in 1776: The King is a tyrant…whether we say so or not. We might as well say so.
Please. Help marriage with your donation. Allow EVERYONE who wants to be married get married.
The bigots at NOM obviously got burned when they tried their hand at being creative with the “Gathering Storm”. Now they are retreating back to being boring. The story of who Carrie got her new boobs is frankly more interesting (and I’m definately NOT a boob guy, lol).
oops “how” not “who” (though the “who” that paid for the boobs was the Miss California pageant organizers).
Yawn! Oh, it is finished. I fell asleep in between the one minute commercial. Honestly, these people have too much time and a brain lacking in their skull. It is just infuriating how ridiculous their claims are.
I would love to see how they feel if these supporters spouses die and they will have to pay roughly 50% of the estate in taxes because they are unwed. I just want to make sure that one day, if I die, I have the same property rights as a heterosexual married person.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this ad is actually far more effective for their evil cause than the “gathering Storm” hilarity…
They’ve retreated to “bashing 101″, by cherry picking sound bites, fear mongering and trying to make themselves the ‘real victim’ in the sitaution…It’s complete crap, but does resonate with their intended audience. We do need a response to this, and this time, parodying it might not work as well…though I’d still love to see a drag queen “Prejean” prancing around in a bikini blathering on about opposite marriage.
@Dennis:
The end of the ad is somewhat effective, but this is not “whether you like it or not.” I don’t think they’ll see a lot of converts out of this one.
And yes, it’s boring. If they went the hellfire route the internet would’ve loved it too much. That just proves that Maggie Gallagerkin et al didn’t like all that bad attention after all.
Can they legally use Perez and Joe in this?
@Wayne:
listen to yourself, honey!
@Cedric: Yes, by making those statements in public, they can be quoted. If, however, a portion of a quote is used, it is thought to be good practice to use elipses ( . . . ) before and/or after the words quoted.
This has its downside. Ever seen a one-word quote attributed to a movie critic or a publication? I refer to the ones like:
” . . . outstanding.” (Full quote could have been “This movie is far from outstanding.”)
That is the danger with “sound bites.” It is obvious that the full quote is not being used. Both sides of the political spectrum are guilty of this practice.
I can’t watch it
it says down to a copyright claim from mario lavandera
(which i guess is perez’s alter ego)