http://www.lewrockwell.com/politicaltheatre/2012/05/brilliant-gary-johnson-ad/
Mike
Just posted this ad in my Facebook and LPSF Facebook. Hope others will do same. This is one good ad! Gary so far is no Bob Barr.
Marcy
Great ad, but I'm confused.
The ad compared the Democrats and Republicans to "Thelma" and "Louise."
I believe these are the characters in the eponymous 1991 movie, Thelma
and Louise, with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis playing the named
characters.
I'm afraid I didn't see the movie, so I missed the connection in GJ's
ad. What's the connection with Thelma and Louise? And while I'm not as
conversant in popular American culture as I'd like, there must be others
who also don't see the connection. Maybe someone could tell the
producers of the ad of this possibility.
BTW, I know Susan's politics tend towards left-liberal, which I can't
stand, but where does Geena's politics tend towards?
Thanks for reading.
Alton
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Bonnie and Clyde, or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid would do also. But Thelma and Louise is closer to our times; therefore better comparison to Dems and Reps in an anti war ad.
Marcy
I'm 25 and I have no clue who Thelma and Louise are. I would think that
someone more infamous rather than more recent would have been a better
comparison. Bonnie and Clyde would have been great.
Thomas
I know that in the end, Thelma and Louise drive into the Grand Canyon. Is the message that the D's & R's will drive the country off a cliff?
Hi Thomas,
Would I be correct to presume that you became aware of Bonnie and Clyde
after you saw the 1967 movie, Bonnie and Clyde, which starred Warren
Beatty and Faye Dunaway in the starring roles?
If so, you're not alone. While Bonnie and Clyde were real people who
robbed banks and killed people, they became unlikely "heroes" in the
1930s. However much "infamous" you consider these, shall we say, bon
vivants, I don't see how they can be compared to Romney and Obama.
Besides, Bonnie is a woman.
For that matter, Thelma and Louise are both women. Like you, I also have
"no clue" who they are. So I didn't see the comparison. But if the
desire is to compare Romney and Obama to a pair of nasty, statist, "Mutt
and Jeff" pair, then how about "Hitler and Mussolini"? "Uncle Joe and
Papa Fidel"? Or "The Chairman [as in Mao]" and "The Commissar [as in
Khrushchev]"? If those are too over-the-top, then how about comparing
them to two of the worst statists, "Romney and Obama."
Anyhow, Thomas, do you have further candidates to compare these two
candidates?
Marcy's suggestion of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," is certainly
over-the-top, but how can she compare these two legendary figures to
R&O? Besides, to compare them to R&O seems insulting to the Butch and
the Kid. 
Alton
--- In lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Randle <thomasj4liberty@...>
wrote:
I'm 25 and I have no clue who Thelma and Louise are. I would think
that
someone more infamous rather than more recent would have been a better
comparison. Bonnie and Clyde would have been great.Thomas
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>
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> Bonnie and Clyde, or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid would do
also. But
> Thelma and Louise is closer to our times; therefore better
comparison to
> Dems and Reps in an anti war ad.
>
> Marcy
>
> >
> > Great ad, but I'm confused.
> >
> > The ad compared the Democrats and Republicans to "Thelma" and
"Louise."
> > I believe these are the characters in the eponymous 1991 movie,
Thelma
> > and Louise, with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis playing the named
> > characters.
> >
> > I'm afraid I didn't see the movie, so I missed the connection in
GJ's
> > ad. What's the connection with Thelma and Louise? And while I'm
not as
> > conversant in popular American culture as I'd like, there must be
others
> > who also don't see the connection. Maybe someone could tell the
> > producers of the ad of this possibility.
> >
> > BTW, I know Susan's politics tend towards left-liberal, which I
can't
> > stand, but where does Geena's politics tend towards?
> >
> > Thanks for reading.
> >
> > Alton
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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I had actually learned about them early on in connection with Al Capone,
John Dillenger, etc. though I have seen the movie since.
I agree its hard to compare since I myself was almost rooting for them
during parts of the movie. My point was rather that their comparison would
at least give more people a frame of reference even if less effective or
comparable than Thelma and Louise who I would venture say far too few
people know the story to find the ad interesting.
Maybe a comparison to Godzilla and the 3 headed dragon monster from planet
x, sure they kinda rooted for one or the other, but in vain since they both
destroyed Tokyo. Plus you'd have to live in a cave not to know of
Godzilla, and if you did, the simple comparisons of "monsters" would do.
Though maybe too comical to be effective...
Thomas
Alton, BC&TSK "over the top"?! No where near T & L!
Here are a couple more interpretations: 1) The ad targets the more strange crowd who would know about T & L and thusly more likely to vote Libertarian (big L). 2). The ad targets those more likely to vote at all based on demographic research.
Also, although B&C I agree are better known, as Alton points out, they are real people, and maybe the comparison would have crossed the propriety line.
Just some thoughts. I am willing to stand corrected.
Marcy
Why would the LP want an ad that only its own would connect with? A broadly
appealing message is crucial if you want any expansive effect.
Thomas
Harland,
Though I remember little from the movie "Thelma & Louise," the connection I see between Gary Johnson's political ad and the movie is that democrats and republicans are determined to kill the country by putting the pedal to the floor and driving the country over an incredible cliff into oblivion.
Though Johnson doesn't mention this in his ad, I believe the democrat's and republican's reason for purposely destroying America is to pave the way for a North American Union--a new New Deal--and eventually one-world government.
All the best,
Don