Demon sheep run amok—California’s senate race takes a baa-a-hhd twist
Demon sheep run amok—California’s senate race takes a bahhhd twist
Whether Carly Fiorina’s campaign intended for their new attack video against Tom Campbell to become an internet sensation or not, the now infamous “demon sheep” ad has gone viral. The bizarre metaphor that the video attempts to set up is of many politicians, or sheep, labeling themselves as fiscal conservatives but in reality being “fiscal conservative in name only”—the obviously memorable acronym of FCINO, and that’s where the demon sheep come in. Mr. Campbell, playing the role of demon sheep, is portrayed dancing around in a field with red eyes and horns. Has California politics sunken to a new low, or does this ad make perfect sense?
Guests:
Tom Campbell, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate; former California Congressman and dean of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business
Carla Marinucci, political reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle
Julie Soderlund, deputy campaign manager of Carly Fiorina’s U.S. Senate campaign
- Patt Morrison for February 5, 2010
- Big Man on Campus
- Bocuse D’Or
- Demon sheep run amok—California’s senate race takes a baa-a-hhd twist
- Has L.A. County abandoned its efforts to reunite foster children with their birth families?
- No Yoo didn’t
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Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
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