I don’t normally do political stuff here, but this is kinda out there, and seems to fit my Pavlov thread a lot more than my politics one. So, bear with me. This is what the McCain/Palin stickers look like for the most part right now:
Not terribly exciting. Love the creativity of sticking the little dipper thingy on there. But, that’s not really going to grab the attention of anyone outside of Alaska. Not there’s anything wrong with Alaskans. But, they only represent three electoral votes out of 538. They need something that catches the eye of chunks of voters in the other states. I’m thinking something like this:
Now, I did this thing myself, so it looks bad. But, I didn’t do the original Palin with the rifle. Someone else beat me to it. But, you get the idea. We got all kinds of symbolism going here:
- National security, look at the gun
- The US Stripes and Stars ( look closely at the bikini )
- I assume there is on star for every single state on her bikini, everyone’s represented, not just Alaska. Although, I’m sure, they have the most prominent star.
- Smokin hot bod. Appeals to, well, most male voters. And, I assume, quite a few female voters as well.
- Librarian glasses, appeals to those who consider themselves a little more educated than the rest of us. And, well, to those who like very smart looking women not necessarily in an educational sense.
- Messy hair, appeals to those of us who aren’t quite as neat as Obama or Biden.
- Smiling with the rifle, represents a symbol for some of us who want someone in The White House who’s willing to let our enemies know that not only are we willing to use force to protect ourselves, we really, really, enjoy doing it.
There are a lot of people that vote for the person they enjoy looking at the most. That’s why all commercial advertising is usually done by very attractive women and not, well, the normal looking ones. Politics is no different than your average porn site throwing out babes “in your area” who want to do you. If you want clicks, you make it look appealing. Once you’ve caught their eye, THEN you deliver the meat of your product. In this case, moose would probably be preferred, but the political rhetoric I guess would be more appropriate for a presidential campaign.
Bottom line, Pavlov rules the marketing world. There is nothing uniquely special about marketing a political campaign regardless of what media and the candidates might think. McCain has shocked everyone by picking a running mate that actually is fun to look at. They need to milk that for all it’s worth.
And for those that will claim this would drag politics to an all time low, we are talking about a situation where destroying kids’ lives for political gain is not only condoned by the media, they’re the ones doing it. It can’t any worse than it already has. So, have some fun with this Sarah. I know I’m game. (That’s game as in having fun, not game as in being a moose. )
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