Comments for Y-Decide 2008

Comment on Is Jed Bartlet backing McCain? by NtrlRedhead

NtrlRedhead — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:28:37 +0000

Thanks to everyone for the comments. I’ve been searching for information on this because I just could not believe that Martin Sheen would do the ad, and I thought it really sounded like him. Thanks for the clarification. I know it’s all a game and strategy, but I think it’s a shame and desperate to resort to such tactics. This strikes me as the type of campaign tricks used during the Nixon era that Donald Segretti had an appropriate term for which is listed if you google Segretti.

Comment on Is Jed Bartlet backing McCain? by JBY

JBY — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:34:40 +0000

Just wanted to say that I’m a casting director, and can tell you that the voice is neither Martin Sheen nor Bob Magruder. The McCain campaign chose the voiceover talent for the spots we’ve all been discussing precisely because the guy sounds like Martin Sheen, and as President Jeb Bartlett, touched a deep positive nerve with Americans. Believe me, as someone who has worked on several major campaign spots for a variety of candidates for both parties, the choice of voiceover talent was made very carefully, and after much market research. Sad isn’t it, that the campaign has to resort to something as smarmy and grasping at this?

Comment on Is Jed Bartlet backing McCain? by kc

kc — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:59:35 +0000

i just saw a (new?) mccain ad that made me google the same question–it’s the ad with the “big letters” superimposed over pictures of towns and such, and the voice sounds very sheen-esque.

Comment on Is Jed Bartlet backing McCain? by Pat

Pat — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:14:56 +0000

I thought so, too. Just heard it and googled “Martin Sheen voiceover McCain” to see if I could find anything. This was the first site listed. Battlin’ Bartlett as a character owed not a little to McCain circa 2000 (not the current model)

Comment on The brainwashing of campaign ads by Bryan Bliss

Bryan Bliss — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:09:19 +0000

You should check out the article and video on Campaign ad brainwashing over at http://is.gd/1HXQ . if it werent so creepy it would be funny.
thanks and take care,
Bry

Comment on If at First you Don’t Succeed, Try Try and Continue Not to Succeed by Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:22:19 +0000

I am loving reading this!

Comment on Sleepless Deprived in Denver… Already by Hit the Ground Running (or Credentials! We didn’t get no stinkin’ credentials!) « Y-Decide 2008

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:08:29 +0000

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Comment on Joe Biden is the choice for Vice President by Alan Tu

Alan Tu — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:39:34 +0000

Dude, Don’t you ever sleep. I can’t believe you waited up all night for Obama’s text message. I will say Obama was smart enough to wait long enough so he gets every second of Saturday broadcast TV and Radio coverage, and he’ll still get the banner headlines in the heavily read Sunday editions of newspapers. Clever.

Comment on Is Jed Bartlet backing McCain? by Tim G

Tim G — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:01:55 +0000

I am pretty sure that McCain’s narrator is Bob Magruder, who has been
doing political ads for at least 20 years. Bush used him in ‘04 for his
ads. Magruder does his whimsical narration of that tawdry “Cheaters” TV
show.
Just about every time there is a Proposition on the ballot in California, someone hires him for an ad. His website is http://www.bobmagruder.com , and you can listen to the wide range of voices he does.

Comment on Who is the greenest veep? by Adam

Adam — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:08:18 +0000

Thanks for this post. I went to Grist and took a look at the four. I’ll be real excited if he chooses Joe Biden.