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Kamala Harris had a problem, and like the savvy political operator she is, she set out to solve it. In doing so, she has bestowed upon us an invaluable gift: the most cringeworthy political ad in the history of the known universe.
The genesis of this masterwork was simple: numerous polls showed that Donald Trump had a massive lead among men. That was understandable. Look at Trump and JD Vance, and then look at the weak half-men, men who think they’re women, and effeminate males that populate the Harris campaign. As Tim Pool remarked, “It’s like Kamala has never met a man before.” Margot Cleveland, senior legal correspondent for The Federalist, had essentially the same observation: “Apparently, the only men those working for the Harris campaign know are Doug Emhoff and Tim Walz.” The comedic duo known as The Hodge Twins dubbed the ad “the gayest political ad of all time.”
Harris herself can’t be blamed. The ad carried a tiny-print disclaimer: “Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.” Nonetheless, the ad was produced in earnest by genuine Harris supporters. Charlie Spiering of the Daily Mail reported that “The ‘Man Enough’ ad is real, created by Jacob Reed, formerly of Funny or Die, and Jimmy Kimmel. It’s not an official campaign ad, but it genuinely is trying to communicate to men why they should vote for Kamala Harris. Not a parody.”
I present to you the cringiest political ad ever created. pic.twitter.com/P0JMI1caNS
— Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) October 11, 2024
Reed boasted that “in the last 24 hrs, it’s racked up half a million views on TikTok, been reposted by Crooked Media, and gotten a great write-up in Fast Company. I’ve felt validated by the response.” Well, that’s what’s important, now, isn’t it?
Reed appears not to have realized how silly and stupid the ad really is, and is even proud of the most cringeworthy aspects of it: “I think this resonates with people because it’s a view of masculinity we see in our lives but is rarely reflected in the media….With the rise of role models like Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff on the national stage, I think the left is finally finding its footing on how to talk about masculinity — I think we’re overdue for a redefinition of what it means to be a man in America and I hope this campaign can start to shape that conversation.” Yeah, sure, that’s gonna happen.
The ad goes wrong right from the beginning. It starts with an array of odd-looking characters, each affirming, “I’m a man.” Well, just like the first rule of Fight Club is that you never talk about Fight Club, actual men don’t feel the need to go around announcing that they’re men all the time. It’s just obvious. In the weird world of Kamala Harris and Jacob Reed, however, one never knows: any one of the men in the ad could have instead said, “I’m a woman,” and no one involved would have batted an eye.
The ad goes downhill from there. They start ticking off things that apparently they think make them men, including “I’m man enough to cook my steak rare.” Actually, preferring steak cooked rare is generally considered a sign of effete refinement; Donald Trump was widely ridiculed years ago when he was man enough to order his steak well done, despite the fact that doing so would earn him even more scorn and derision from the leftist elites. The “men” in this Harris ad don’t have to worry about that.
Another one boasts that he is “man enough to deadlift five-hundred and braid the sh*t out of my daughter’s hair.” (The offending word is bleeped over in the ad.) It’s just too tempting to pass up: why was there sh*t in his daughter’s hair in the first place? We’ll never know, because the ad immediately cuts away to a portly fellow who challenges the viewer: “You think I’m afraid to rebuild a carburetor?” Well, no, sir, actually, the thought hadn’t occurred to me. But he goes on, as the camera dramatically moves in: “I eat carburetors for breakfast.” From the looks of him, he has mufflers for an appetizer and transmissions for dessert.
Anyway, this mess is supposed to make men vote for Kamala Harris because, you see, these men all get around to affirming that as men, and remember, they’re men, they’re men, you know, they are not afraid of women. So the unspoken assumption is that men are voting for Trump because they are afraid of women, and this ad is an attempt to shame them out of that fear.
That’s right: not only is the ad the cringiest political ad in the history of the world. It is also an attempt to gain votes by insulting the people it’s courting. That’s the left for you: elitist, arrogant, and condescending to the last.
world@70 says
Jimmy Kimmel was involved? Well it does smack of something that might have been on “The Man Show”. As for the video, well to borrow from a TV sit-com, “it isn’t a complement when you say it yourself”.
SKA says
This production is on the same level as Kimmel’s one-time “Crank Yankers” featuring potty-mouthed puppets with the exception that he expects us to take it seriously.
MARYLOU LEEMAN says
No, please! Crank Yankers was actually funny and somewhat intelligent whereas this mess has no sign of intelligence anywhere. Please!! CY was a hoot!
Intrepid says
These aren’t men. They are gay actors who work in Hollywood.
Jeff Bargholz says
“I’m man enough to cook my steak rare.”
More like he’s gay enough to eat his tube steak raw.
lovetolaugh says
Marvelous quip, Jeff.
A few more of those
and Greg Gutfeld will
sign you up as a writer
for his show.
Thomas E. Warwick says
Farm geese claiming to be eagles.
Dave Hay says
The guy in the jeans with the brown shirt and ball cap, in front of the windmill…looks like he just stepped from the set of RuPaul’s Drag Race Hour. Trying so hard to look masculine while he simps and wimps his way thru a ridiculous cue card read. ” I’m masculine….so masculine. Stop it or i’ll claw your eyes out you b***h!!. 🙂
Allan Goldstein says
Kamala Accomplishes Something
.) . (.
(_,_)
°💩
Justin Swingle says
WELL, WILLIE BROWN SAW AN ‘ACCOMPOLISHMENT’.
Chairman LMAO says
David Ray says
An ad coming from the democrat ranks where others are required to accommodate losers who suddenly “feel” that they’re women and worm their way into women’s sports, locker rooms, and bathrooms.
Filthy depraved stunts like that once landed such perverts in a dumpster. Now it gives ’em trophies.
William Mason says
Yeah Doug Emhoff…I’m man enough to slap my woman around!
Bill Clinton…I’m man to rape teenage girls on Jeffrey Epstein’s island!
Michelle “Big Mike” Obama….I’m man enough to bend Barak over make him take it like a woman!!!
Justin Swingle says
THE DEMOCRAT PARTY of DIVISIONIST BARACK OBAMA – Divide and Conquer So George Soros Can Put His Obomb Back On the Throne.
The globalist DEMOCRAT PARTY endlessly panders and hispanders to everyone. It’s all lies as they serve only the billionaire class and wall street.
But when it comes to the AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS the N.A.F.T.A. Dems cant’ give us the middle enough. And then on top of that we get the tax bills for their massive LA RAZA welfare state and to subsidize their cronies on Wall Street.
We can’t save the Nation until we ban the DEM PARTY and put their ruling class in GITMO along with Biden’s Cuban for open borders, lying lawyer MAYORKAS.
Spurwing Plover says
Real Men don’t Vote for Liberal Democrats