Return to Washington Examiner Homepage
May 25, 2013 | 05:54 PM
politics
Washington D.C. weather
Politics

Obama camp mimics Putin, asks voters for political virginity

October 25, 2012 | 8:04 pm
Leave a comment

President Obama’s campaign is targeting young voters with a double-entendre-laden YouTube ad — an ad that faintly imitates one Vladimir Putin used to appeal to the young to win his presidential election earlier this year.

Obama’s ad, “The First Time,” is more straightforward. Lena Dunham faces the camera and says, “Your first time shouldn’t be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy.”  From there, it quickly becomes obvious she’s talking about first-time voting, not sex, although the intended double-meaning is obvious.

Putin’s ad is more elaborate. A fortune teller promises a beautiful blonde that she will find the man of her destiny — and it turns out to be Vladimir Putin. “You’ll be happy with him,” the fortune teller says, according to the translation in YouTube’s caption.

UPDATE: Looks like Foreign Policy beat us to the punch with this by about four hours.

From WeeklyStandard.com

  • What the Data Didn’t Show

    Baltimore The presidential ambitions of Maryland governor Martin O’Malley have taken a hit after a federal investigation uncovered a sordid sex-drugs-and-racketeering ring festering right...

    Read More...

  • Do Not Disturb

    Harry Truman famously kept a sign on his desk in the Oval Office, “The Buck Stops Here.” Sixty years later, President Obama hangs a sign on the door to the Oval Office, “Do Not Disturb.”...

    Read More...

  • Citizens, Not Customers

    "We provided horrible customer service,” outgoing acting commissioner of the IRS Steven Miller told the House Ways and Means Committee on May 17, referring to evidence that his agency had...

    Read More...