Huff Po: Does Romney's Ad against McCain Contain a Subliminal Message? (RAT)

[mod mom]

Does Romney's Ad Against McCain Contain A Subliminal Message?

January 4, 2008 09:32 PM

Is there a subliminal message in Mitt Romney's recent attack (err... contrast) ad against Sen. John McCain?

About seven seconds into a spot criticizing the Arizona Republican for his stance on immigration reform, the screen quickly flashes the word "rat" in a lone white box against a predominantly blue background. The rodent reference, which appears just under and to the right of McCain's name, is a highlighted portion of the word "immigration" and disappears almost immediately.

The inclusion of the word, Romney's campaign asserted, was completely unintentional. Any interpretation otherwise was "positively ridiculous."

"I saw that mentioned on some blog post and just chalked it up for exactly what it was: an over-imaginative scrutiny of a screenshot," Romney's spokesperson Kevin Madden told the Huffington Post when asked about the "rat" shot. "It's the same sort of reasoning that would argue that the 'gal' in the word 'illegal' is a subliminal appeal to female voters."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/04/does-romneys-ad-against-_n_79905.html


BTW (same word-non political) Has anyone else picked up on the promiennce of RAT in the Crate & Barrel Ads (several times a ribboned Crate & Barrel box has the ribbon blocking the "C" and "E" on their box. I can't believe no one picked up on it before the ad was released.

[TwilightGardener]

1. LOL! Stupid. The Huckabilly Cross was real. The RAT is imagined.

If you wanted to go all subliminal against McCain, you'd get the word "insane" in there somehow.

[mod mom]

2. The homepage of Huff Po has it enlarged:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[TwilightGardener]

3. I know--I saw it there last night. I really don't think the word "RAT" would

damage McCain enough that anybody would try to sneak it in there--people are getting paranoid.

[wtmusic]

4. Yipes! "Immig" is also highlighted

What does it mean? You can bet it means something bad!! :scared:

[connecticut yankee]

5. It must have been very subliminal

it flashed by so quickly, I barely caught it, and I was watching for it. I even watched it a second time to be sure.

For those of you who aren't aware of it, many Repukes refer to the Dems as "Rats." At least the morans on lucianne.com.

edit: I should have used spellcheck.