New York mayoral wannabe Freddy Ferrer recently released an animated campaign ad (in jibjab style) which depicts mayor Mike Bloomberg giving a cartoon handjob to Dubya. The ad is available from Ferrer's site (it's the one called "Buddies") but in the event that they take it down, I've posted it here as well (mov file for download).
What's interesting is that in the fallout from the ad, The New York Times failed to mention what made the ad so controversial in the first place. It's the cartoon handjob, stupid!
But the Times' myopia pales next to the question of what exactly constitutes a cartoon handjob. Some experts contend that the ad doesn't depict a handjob at all. In the ad, Bloomberg reaches his well-moneyed hand over to Dubya's crotch and rubs it, eliciting Dubya to grin and kick his heels. But Bloomberg's hand never actually penetrates Bush's trousers, which technically speaking, makes the act frottage, not a handjob. But different rules apply to the world of cartoon sexuality. Things have been so quiet here at the cartoon sexuality desk that all the frottage in the world would not awaken our cartoon sexuality editors from their slumber, so we may never know the answer.
For me, the most offensive part of the ad is not the handjob, but Ferrer's campaign slogan: Fernando Ferrer. He's not like Mike. He's more like you. Ferrer's slogan writers clearly owe royalties to Andy Breckman, who penned the WFMU slogan, Helping listeners like you become less like you.
So far no one's mentioned that the music for the cartoon handjob is courtesy of dead Ernest Tubb!
OK, I have to go take a shower now...
Posted by: Dave the Spazz | November 02, 2005 at 03:59 PM
You know, I think Mike is just rubbing W's gun there. Although there is a reasonable analogy to make between that act and good old cartoon sex.
Is everybody else in New York City getting these soliciting calls from the Bloomberg campaign? I've gotten at least four so far. And their showing up on the caller ID box as 212-000-0000 and 000-000-0000. Who else but a REALLY rich guy could get caller ID numbers like that?
I have discovered that if you curse at his phone flunkies they do say "thank you."
Posted by: The Professor | November 02, 2005 at 07:36 PM
I actually do think Freddy is more like me than Bloomberg. That's because I think Bloomberg is just a republican errand boy with deep pockets. Rove/Cheney says jump, he says 'how high'? whatta beyotch. He is beneath contempt, and I predict any democrat voting for him will be slapping their forehead 1-2 years from now and saying to themselves, "WHAT was I THINKING?" here's 3 reasons to not vote for him
1--Bloomberg refused to answer any questions from the 9/11 commission and
has " fought hard to keep the public from seeing those oral histories or
hearing the tapes of FDNY dispatch radio. Only a lawsuit by The New York
Times (how ironic!) and several victims' families (who also unsuccessfully
sought to have emergency 911 call tapes released) forced their disclosure."
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0542,murphy,68951,5.html
2--Bloomberg on the Iraq war: "it's not a local issue and I don't have
anything to say."
3--Bloombux: "I'm voting for George W. Bush and it's mainly because I
think we have to strike back at terrorists. To argue that Saddam Hussein
wasn't a terrorist is ridiculous. He used mustard gas or some kind of gas
against his own people."
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0542,barrett1,68949,5.html Asked if Bush
was "dishonest" about weapons of mass destruction, Bloomberg said: "I
don't
have any idea."
Posted by: squinchy | November 03, 2005 at 12:05 PM