The Language of Flowers: Herman Cain Campaign Edition
Is there anything worse than Republican attempts at ironic humor? Well, yes, but they're still pretty bad Take this Western-themed ad from Herman Cain's overreaching campaign team, "He Carried Yellow Flowers," featuring the Ironic Celebrity Endorsement of actor Nick Searcy, some card-carrying liberals and (more).Is there anything worse than Republican attempts at ironic humor? Well, yes, but they’re still pretty bad. Take this Western-themed ad from Herman Cain’s overreaching campaign team, “He Carried Yellow Flowers,” featuring the Ironic Celebrity Endorsement of actor Nick Searcy, some card-carrying liberals and some seriously ham-fisted sociocultural commentary melding semiology and floriology. (Huh?) Just watch it.
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