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Written by: Exurban Jon
2/3/2010 9:58 PM 

I hope you are sitting down.

You are about to witness the worst best most interesting political ad I have ever come across. Behold, "FCINO":



Go ahead; watch it again. Carly Fiorina has perhaps created the world's first self-directed attack ad.

In record time, her campaign has spawned quite the Internet meme: Demon Sheep.

The term has already been a trending topic on Twitter. There is a Facebook group allowing you to "become a fan" of Demon Sheep. And, of course, you can purchase Demon Sheep merchandise (well, okay, that last one was kind of our deal).

Technology can create massive campaign momentum, as was seen in the case of Marco Rubio and Scott Brown. But going viral isn't all positive as Carly Fiorina is about to find out.

Demon Sheep could be the "Howard Dean scream" of the social media age.

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7 comment(s) so far...

Re: "Yes Ewe Can!"

ExJon: "Demon Sheep could be the 'Howard Dean scream' of the social media age."

Don't know if that's the best line in this great post, or maybe this one: "Carly Fiorina has perhaps created the world's first self-directed attack ad."

Upon viewing it, it comes across as a parody of an attack ad ... which is what it really is. And the sheep theme was a real head-scratcher.

First, I thought: "Oh, Tom Campbell isn't a leader. He's a sheep." I get it.

Then, I thought: "No. They had him up on a pedestal. So he's a Master Sheep, and everyone who would vote for him is among the stupidest of sheep." (Which is a strange way to court voters in a PRIMARY campaign.)

Then I thought: "I get it. Tom Campbell is the black sheep of the Republican Party in California."

Then ... the Demon Sheep appeared. And I thought: "Oh, I get it now. Tom Campbell might not have posed naked in Cosmo, but he did something worse. He played a lame monster in a B-movie as a youngster, and we can't have someone with that history serving as governor."

Then I thought: "No. We already elected a guy who starred in B-movies as governor. So that can't be it."

Then I thought: "Oh. Miss Farina is saying Tom Campbell is into kinky sex where one dresses up in sheep-skin, wears a mask, crawls around on all fours and shakes his butt around."

Then I thought: "Oy Veh!"

By Dr. Zaius on   2/3/2010 10:57 PM

Re: "Yes Ewe Can!"

How could someone who was reportedly so successful in the business world approve such a ridiculously bad marketing piece? They could have hired a high school kid and gotten a better product than that.

Terrible - and sure to haunt her throughout the campaign.

By Vox on   2/4/2010 9:47 AM

Re: "Yes Ewe Can!"

GOP Amateur Hour here in California - again.

By Pappy on   2/4/2010 6:37 PM

Re: "Yes Ewe Can!"

And - If I was a cynical s.o.b, I'd think it was intentionally done as an "amateur production" with the intent of it being appealing to tea-party voters. Which kinda sez something about Fiorina.

By Pappy on   2/4/2010 7:42 PM

Mister President, We Cannot Afford A Demon Sheep Gap!

Picture yourself sitting in with the Mad Men in Sterling Cooper’s boardroom. Or that great smoky projection room near the beginning of Citizen Kane. “Boys, we’ve just landed the Carly Fiorina acount. She’s running for the Senate...
# Ed Driscoll

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