Netroots favorite Darcy Burner may yet face a challenger for the Democratic nomination in Washington’s 8th Congressional District, but she’s already reinforced her standing as the primary front runner, hiring Dan Kully of Laguens, Hamburger, Kully, Klose to produce TV and radio spots for her 2008 campaign.
And man does he work fast.
Widely acclaimed for his work on U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s high profile win in Montana — including the memorable hair cut ad — Kully has become one of the hottest properties in the business. And, after an impressive, come-from-nowhere 2006 campaign that brought her within a couple points of the Republican incumbent, Burner found herself aggressively courted by some of the nation’s top media firms.
That Burner and Kully chose each other, says a lot about the kind of campaign we can expect to see in 2008. From this blogger’s perspective, it’s a “you got peanut butter in my chocolate” kinda fit.
Burner is likable, funny, quirky and damn smart — qualities that never fully came across in her well-produced but run-of-the-mill TV spots. Sure she’s young, and a bit of a geek, but those should be pluses in a district that’s home to Microsoft and many of our nation’s high tech leaders.
Kully’s genius is at communicating a candidate’s strengths, even if they’re not quite the strengths the inside the Beltway crowd typically focuses on. He’s creative, aggressive, incisive and not afraid to flout convention. And as a huge bonus, he’s local, heading up LHKK’s Seattle office. Not only does Kully know the region and the state — he did the highly effective media for the No campaigns that helped defeat I-912 (gas tax repeal) and I-933 (takings) — he’s geographically situated to give Burner the attention she needs as the campaign unfolds.
The spot above, the first fruit of the Burner/Kully collaboration, is a good indicator of where this campaign intends to go… and where it should have gone in the final months of the 2006 season. It is a parody of Dave Reichert’s derisively sexist “job interview” ad, and hits back hard at the congressman’s own poor performance in office. If Burner’s biggest perceived weakness is lack of experience in public office, it is also one of her greatest assets, especially with Reichert continuing to carry water for an unpopular President on many of our nation’s most pressing issues. Burner is put forth as an agent of change, a role for which political outsiders are particularly well suited.
The spot also displays a willingness to be as creative as the candidate, and that’s a welcome change from the focus-grouped messaging of the 2006 campaign, and the paint-by-numbers look-and-feel of its media.
Burner is in the process of putting together a team that should strike fear into the heart of Reichert’s handlers, and reason into the minds of potential Democratic challengers. Burner is also on track to come out of the quarter as one of the top candidates nationwide, but she’s still about $20,000 shy of her target. So if you want Burner to be the candidate in 2008, send a message now by sending her some money.
It’s gonna be a helluva a campaign.
It’s not true that Burner has no management experience. Didn’t she say she served as a board member of her homeowner’s assocation. Shit, that’s almost the same thing as being in congress. Give her a break. Plus she’s a mom. And in FUWA that’s all that’s needed.
“…This term, the liberals on the court have lost almost every significant fight, said Thomas Goldstein, a Washington lawyer who argues before the court and follows it closely.
“They didn’t have much of anything in the way of victories to make them feel like it was a balanced term,” said Goldstein. “It came across as very one-sided.
“They can see that big shifts are coming to the right on the law,” he said.
wwwDOTguardianDOTcoDOTuk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6744010,00DOThtml
Tough shit moonbats. For a generation… tough fucking shit and there’s nuthin you can do about it.
How can a guy who doesn’t know a mouse from a rat represent Microsoft’s home district? Doesn’t it make sense that a Microsoft executive should lead this district?
@16 Who are you to talk? Burner managed a budget of $16 million. You can’t even manage to pay a $100 debt!
@1 not @16
@2 The only thing that proves is Bush filled the court with partisan hacks instead of real judges who decide cases based on the law and precedents.
Now that the 8th has had two more years to find out what a terrorist-lovin, George Bush dick-sucking, no-nothing, asshole Rubber Stamp Dave is, they BETTER do something to change things. If they don’t, then they deserve two more years of having the Congressman with the lowest power ranking on the Hill.
Hey Fucklstein… I counted well over 30 OFF-TOPIC posts by your little pussy girls… most by your best cunt the rabbit… so FUCK YOU
Let\’s hear you cry some more about that nasty push polling… oh wait… it\’s mastered by one of your bitches
http://www.politico.com/news/s...../4696.html
Burner is UN-likable, a snooty fat bitch who is dumber than your pet-cunt.
There is nothing new here, this is more of the same from last year. Exactly why she lost then, she will lose again.
The only thing new is I think she was wearing glasses.
She has ZERO appeal outside the liberal elite.
3 Microsoft? Microsoft?????
They used to pay Ralph Reed $20K/month as a “consultant” and now they’ve got Gonzo here babbling about how monopolies are good for us all.
They probably think Dave’s the greatest thing since sliced bread.
GOLDY,
IS THAT YOUR DAUGHTER IN THAT AD?
For the life of me, I don’t for a moment understand what has possessed Ms. Burner to believe she is even remotely qualified to be a member of Congress. How about you start small, like the Redmond City Council or something in order to build a plausible resume?
Her running for Congress is like a 2007 Finance grad applying for the position of Controller. It just doesn’t work that way, you start at the bottom and work your way up. Someone needs to pull her aside and have a little heart to heart with her.
So if this is the REAL Darcy…. what was the one that lost in November?
Um… Calvin…
Burner came damn close to winning a seat that has NEVER been won by a Democrat. You can’t do that by appealing to only to the (alleged) liberal elite.
The LIBERAL ELITE are a work of fiction btw.
NOTHING BRINGS OUT THE CRAZIES LIKE A DARCY BURNER POST.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY MAD WHEN BURNER WINS THAT SEAT.
the faux-Dave looks suspiciously like McDermott… was he paid or will this be reported as a contribution?
were the brats paid? or will their parent-forced appearance be considered and reported as a contribution.
did the brats join whatever union is demanded to film political ads?
Note to darcy: your kid isn’t as cute as you probably think he is… and, can you spell EXPLOITATION?
PS to garbly darby:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein
Roger Rabbit says:
@2 The only thing that proves is Bush filled the court with partisan hacks instead of real judges who decide cases based on the law and precedents.
06/28/2007 at 3:52 pm
Roger did you say that Saddam should never been hang? Roger is Goebbels replacement.
Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation: IPA: [‘gœbl̩s]) (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German politician and Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the National Socialist regime from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler’s closest associates and most devout followers. Goebbels was known for his zealous, energetic oratory and virulent anti-Semitism.
Goebbels earned a Ph.D. from Heidelberg University in 1921, on the basis of a doctoral thesis on 18th century romantic drama; he then went on to work as a journalist and later a bank clerk and caller on the stock exchange. He also wrote novels and plays, but they were refused by publishers. Goebbels came into contact with the Nazi Party in 1923 during the French occupation of the Ruhr and became a member in 1924. He was appointed Gauleiter (regional party leader) of Berlin. In this position, he put his propaganda skills to full use, combating the local socialist and communist parties with the help of Nazi papers and the paramilitary SA. By 1928 he had risen in the party ranks to become one of its most prominent members.
After the Nazis seized power in 1933, he was appointed propaganda minister. One of his first acts was to order the burning of books by Jewish or anti-Nazi authors at Bebelplatz and he proceeded to gain full control of every outlet of information in Germany. Following his appointment, his attacks on German Jews became ever fiercer and culminated in the Kristallnacht in 1938, the first open and unrestrained pogrom unleashed by the Nazis.
Kully’s genius is at communicating a candidate’s strengths, even if they’re not quite the strengths the inside the Beltway crowd typically focuses on.
Which of dippydarbys \”strengths\” did he focus on in this ad exactly?
That she plays with her computer while her unattended kid opens the door to strangers?
Great message darby! Keep it up.
Katie did good. Woulda stole the show if not for Henry’s priceless facial antics at the end.
@ 18- How many times did St. Ronnie run before he won?
22 Good point. Also remember when we heard “You’re not gonna have Dick Nixon to kick around any more.”
doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein
SOUNDS LIKE THE LIFE OF A RIGHT-WING IDIOT OR A DINO ROSSI CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR.
Um… Calvin…
Burner came damn close to winning a seat that has NEVER been won by a Democrat. You can’t do that by appealing to only to the (alleged) liberal elite.
No,no no–
It wasn’t as close as the final tally would indicate. Everyone knows that dems cheat and there were undoubtedly massive fraudulent votes cast for Burner. Yeah, it was an off year for the GOP but Reichert won handily. But hey, you dems are allowed to dream… loosers. heehehe
Why did Burner run? She looked at that empty haircut who fucked up as Sheriff and let dozens of women die needlessly because he was too afraid to go catch that Publican Ridgeway. Then she said if that coward can win anyone can win.
Hey Dan, let’s try this again. Republican County Prosecutor, Republican Attorney General, Republican controlled Federal Justice Department. Where are the cases against your “undoubted massive fraud”?
Why do I never get an answer from you guys on that point?
Now that talk radio was so crucial in getting the word out about the Kennedy/McCain/Bush amnesty bill, we can expect the heat to get turned up on the misnamed “fairness doctrine”.
So here’s the question. What’s so fucking “unfair” about having the facts out there? What’s wrong with The Truth? What the fuck is wrong with having opinions that disagree with the elites.
And I wonder what Hillary “Huge Chavez” Clinton thinks…
Sure is weird that Hugo Rafael Chavez and Hillary Rotten Clinton have the same initials.
29 – YOU CHANGED YOUR NAME. ARE YOU GOING TO CALL YOURSELF THE SAME KIND OF ANTI-SEMITIC SLURS YOU SPEWED AT SEATTLEJEW?
29 – REMINDER: PAY YOUR FUCKING GAMBLING DEBT.
@28- Bush is your guy, not ours
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Pelletman: Burner managed a budget of $16 million.
Really? Where? at Microsoft? Her household? Homeowner’s association?
WHAT’S WITH ALL THESE WINGERS AND THE BROWN-SKINNED PEOPLE?
IF THE WINGNUTS DIDN’T WANT THEIR CHEAP LABOR THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE. BUT THEY WANTED CHEAP THIS, CHEAP THAT AND NOW WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE HERE WHO WANT TO BE TREATED WITH SOME RESPECT FOR THE HARD WORK THEY DO.
SO WHAT ABOUT IT WINGNUTS? THAT CHIMPANZEE YOU VOTED TWICE FOR GAVE YOU A WAR AND LOT OF NICE PICTURES OF BRUTAL CARNAGE TO DROOL OVER ON FAUX NEWS. IS THAT PIG IN POKE WEARING OFF ON YOU?
WHAT RED MEAT DO YOU CRAVE NOW?
HOW ABOUT PICTURES OF BROWN-SKINNED PEOPLE WITH RED STARS ON THEIR CLOTHES LOADED INTO CATTLE BEING SHIPPED SOUTH OF THE BORDER.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
A hair-do ad. Burner needs to do a hair-do ad where she’s asking an advisor if she needs to be as perfectly coiffed as her opponent.
“No, Darcy,” her advisor says, “nobody gets the serious votes on the strength of a perfectly blow-dried grey pompador!”
For those of you who get your “news” from CNN and other librul outlets… how many of you are aware of the shenanigans that The Breck Girl did which violated campaign finance laws.
Let me educate you.
TBC established some bullshit foundation to “fight poverty”. Gullible moonbats gave millions of dollars to the “foundation”. Turns out the main beneficiary of the generosity was The Breck Girl himself. He took most of the millions and used it to go on the “lecture circuit” to “educate” people about poverty. Uh huh… in such places as Iowa and New Hampshire. And he sorta strayed off topic quite frequently. Just odd coincidence apparently…
NYT reported all this in some detail last week, but it never got any traction because of all those horrible republicans that run the MSM and control all the content.
So I guess I don’t understand how you guys can support a fucking liar and a hypocrite. Oh… wait… you don’t have any fucking choice do you… they’re all just shades of gray.
re 36: Cut to idiotically grinning Re-tread Reichert.
37 – WHERE’D YOU READ THAT? RIGHT WING MASTURBATION WEEKLY?
JUST PAY YOUR FUCKING GAMBLING DEBT AND LEAVE!
re 37: Was he riding around in a limousine with a bumper sticker that said “Ask Me About My Dead Son” like Ann Coulter said he was?
That girl is one nasty-smelling miserable twat. Right up your alley.
@ 37- If he were truly a liar and hypocrite, he should be in the Bush Administration. They have made it an art form.
And when they lie, people die.
re 23: Yeah. Nixon was a quitter and a crook.
I wonder how many Nixon supporters ever heard of the Bretton Woods Accords? None would be my guess.
I just enjoy sending them scurrying to “The Google” where they can block copy Intellectual little tomes implying that they knew about it all along.
When MTR’s writing suddenly sounds like Arthur Schlesinger Jr., I get a laugh!
@8 Who let weasels back into the park?
@10 No wonder their stock is stuck.
@12 “For the life of me, I don’t for a moment understand what has possessed Ms. Burner to believe she is even remotely qualified to be a member of Congress.”
I wondered the same thing about all the GOP congressmen now sitting in prison or on their way. The answer is, the only qualifications needed to be a member of Congress are
(a) at least 25 years old,
(b) a citizen for at least 7 years,
(c) be an inhabitant of the district, and
(d) get elected (by fair means or foul).
Note, no brains or accomplishments are required. This explains how Republicans are able to become congressmen. As for Burner, she has more qualifications in her fingernail than all the GOP congressmen put together.
@37
Yeah, Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck sure are liberal. CNN’s not liberal my friend.
@19 “Roger did you say that Saddam should never been hang?”
No.
@25
So what were the numbers then? If it wasn’t that close and there was fraud give me the numbers! How many fraudulent votes were cast for Burner?
This Guy Had To Be A Republican
I see in the news that NBC’s show “To Catch A Predator” nabbed an assistant prosecutor, who killed himself when the TV crew showed up on his doorstep.
“A severely decomposed body was found this afternoon at the rental home of former KIRO radio talk-show host Mike Webb, who has been missing since April.”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.c.....bb28m.html
@12:
Absolutely. She ran, she lost, she still has no experience.
Not giving her any more money until after I have a long look at her primary opponent (if ever).
First off, that commercial sucks. Using children is oh so Republican it makes my skin crawl.
Secondly, the republicans say Burner is not qualified to be a Congressperson.
I guess republicans feel only the detective who knew Gary Ridgeway was the Green River Killer for 18 years, but let him run loose, is qualified to be a Congress. Or the petty guy who tried to get a school bus driver fired, then wasn’t man enough to fess up to it.
Oh wait, the second thing only qualifies him to be a republican.
12 I might be more willing to make a donation to Darcy than I would to most of the Democrats presently sitting in Congress. Those turkeys have accomplished so little that someone should check whether they’re still breathing.
Cluelessman: Rasmussen poll
22% of US agreed with immigration bill.
http://www.rasmussenreports.co.....ation_bill
Oh yeah it’s RIGHT WING BULLSHITTIUM right?
michael says:
@25
So what were the numbers then? If it wasn’t that close and there was fraud give me the numbers! How many fraudulent votes were cast for Burner?
06/28/2007 at 9:39 pm
It was definitely a lot more than 129. Take it to the bank.
@45, Actually, Congresspeople only need to be a resident of the State. Of course it does look a llitle bad if you’re not a resident of the CD, but it’s not a disqualifcation :)
michael says:
@37
Yeah, Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck sure are liberal. CNN’s not liberal my friend.
Come on…..that’s like saying “Geraldo Rivera and Alan Combes sure are conservative. Fox is not conservative my friend”.
Would that statement fly? Not any more than the one you just made.
Fox really isn’t all that conservative. They are the most balanced out of all the news networks. The lefties are so biased that they think Fox is conservative. Of course what do you expect from people who take Micheal Moore seriously.
22% of US agreed with immigration bill.
AND AT ONE TIME 22 PERCENT THOUGHT SADDAM HUSSEIN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11.
YOU STILL WANT TO ROUND ‘EM UP AND SHIP ‘EM SOUTH LIKE THE REST OF YOUR PEEPS PUDDY?
ALL THESE WINGNUTS HAVE A POINT ON THE ISSUE OF DARCY’S QUALIFICATIONS.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT HAIR AND BICEPS ARE THE ULTIMATE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE VOTERS OF THE 8TH DISTRICT.
So to recap.
According to the Righties:
1. Democrats committed fraud in the 8th CD race, but they refuse to provide proof of that fraud.
2. Righties claim CNN is a bastion of left-wingedness (no, it’s not really a word, but I like it) but refuse to cite examples of left-wingedness even when it’s pointed out that 2 of CNN’s commentators are members of the right.
61
I registered to vote. How much more proof do you need. What a dumbass.
Did the dog vote for Burner? And get away with it?
To prove what what the righty up the comment thread was claiming about the 6th CD election the dog and all his doggy friends and all their doggy friends would have had to voted for Burner and gotten away with it.
Didn’t happen, did it.
The Darcy Darcy Commercial, A Review
The commercial may be effective marketing, but what does such professionalism prove? You like GW Bush? Rove is one of the most successful hawkers of political cheese cake since Hugh Heffner. So GW is a good choice?
Yeh the commercial is a slick ad that paints The Sheriff as a Bushie-Whoopie. And Darcy Darcy ,,, hmm she comes across as a stay at home Mom with the time on her hands needed to support her little ‘un AND run for Congress.
Remembering the slurs against my gran gran Dad, I cringe at this sort of negative campaigning. Ol Tom may have been an idealist and a hypocrite but he did not return the Federalist invective in kind. Rather , the red haired one let us all know of his dreams for the future. Of course he was a hypocrite but who is not? Tom also carefully courted an image as being a virile young man .. as contrasted to his dour rival from Quincy,
May I suggest there is danger in Darcy’s approach? How does Darcy support herself and the young ‘un? Ms Burner was not all that high up in Msoft, so I don’t think she made the big bucks needed to retire at a tender youngish age.
An ad that defines Darcy totally as not being Reichert … may not be good in a District where he remains popular … without giving us any reason to respect her other than seeing a clatch of paid groupies who came to her door sounding “Darcy Darcy” rather like the zombie crowds in a grade C horror flick,
Anybody looking at this may also want t look at athe Obams Girl video over at SeattleJew. I wonder if the Obama shtick is what Darcy should do? Inject a lttle humor into the race. How about this scenario ….
Dracy Burner, What can She do for you?”
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@56 Now how could I have missed that? You’re right, Tom DeLay could be a resident of Huntsville and still run in his district.
@58 “Fox really isn’t all that conservative. They are the most balanced out of all the news networks.”
Since when is Fox a news network?
Jane Balogh is a Republican, and so is her dog. The dog does her thinking for her, any time real thinking is required, but Balogh does the voting for both of them.
Balogh told the news media she’s an “independent” but she gave money to Tim Eyman. Here on HA, there are quite a few comments by righty trolls pretending to be Democrats. Wingnuts just don’t want to admit being Republicans anymore. They’re all pretending to be Democrats or “independents.” Why? Because the GOP brand name isn’t what it used to be!
The GOP is to politics what China is to toothpaste.
“Consumer alert — toxic, do not use!”
If the FDA had done its job the GOP would have been banned in Jan. 2001.
Goldy,
If this is your idea of a great ad, you’ve got pretty low quality standards, or you are blinded by Netroots hopes. This is a rip off of the Reichert Ad, and nothing compared to the Tester Ad. If I were you, I’d start backing the other Dem, because I don’t think Darcy is going to get the nod after her poor execution in the last cycle.
Hey Goldy, I think her name is Marcy Bruner. Oh wait, NOBODY CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why would we look for a Wingnut approved Candidate?
Here’s what I’ll be doing: I’m going to mdonate money to Burner’s campaign; make phone calls on her behalf;and, when ‘Sicko’ opens in the theatres, I will be putting flyers on the cars telling them how to get ahold of their representatives and tell them NOT to take campaign money from the HMO’s.
There are untold millions like me. Maybe you guys can hire Mexicans and Asians fer cheap to do your legwork. That’ll go over great on the phones!~
headless lucy says:
Why would we look for a Wingnut approved Candidate?
Here’s what I’ll be doing: I’m going to mdonate money to Burner’s campaign; make phone calls on her behalf;and, when ‘Sicko’ opens in the theatres, I will be putting flyers on the cars telling them how to get ahold of their representatives and tell them NOT to take campaign money from the HMO’s.
There are untold millions like me. Maybe you guys can hire Mexicans and Asians fer cheap to do your legwork. That’ll go over great on the phones!~
Since you are so fond of empty suits and think that no qualifications are necessary to be a member of Congress, then why don’t YOU run?
Why did she feature a transvestite (or he/she) in the interview?
Roger Rabbit says:
@58 “Fox really isn’t all that conservative. They are the most balanced out of all the news networks.”
Since when is Fox a news network?
Uhhhhhh…….since they report on the days events like every other “news” network does? Just a hunch.
Thomas H. Jefferson says:
Dracy Burner, What can She do for you?”
She might try a voice coach, a personal shopper, some hair extensions, a Jason mask….
She might try getting laid occcasionally: it\’ll burn a few of the calories that have settled so happily on her ass and may even give her corpse face a bit of a rosy glow.
She might try getting a job, volunteering, doing something, ANYTHING!, constructive and positive… that wouldn\’t include NOT being Dave and displaying her well-honed BDS.
She might try giving up sucking McDimwits ass…the brown shit stuck to her nose is ugly and unappealling… just like her… and her candidacy!
She might try not taking herself so damned seriously… that job she needs…. Drabby, with your natural pall (of looks AND attitude) and your depressing penchant for ugly boring black clothes you\’d be a great undertaker!
She might try divorcing herself of the assholes that hang out HERE.
She might try GOING AWAY for a while so we can enjoy our breakfast, our summer, our LIFE without listening to her snotty nasal whine or look at her pasty mug and limp \”hair\” and give us time to let our visceral dislike for her gross vapidity attempt to mellow.
Thomas H. Jefferson says:
Dracy Burner, What can She do for you?”
of course, the better question to ask yourself is what will Drabby do TO you…
Darcy and global warming?
–ever wonder how much gas she burned up bussing all those lib -babies from Fremont to her house?
–no doubt she bought some al gore offsets
79,80 – PURE HATE FOR DARCY BURNER.
AND PURE MAN-LOVE FOR THE PERFECT HAIR AND BICEPED ONE.