Hilarious. I love the sexpot narrator. I kept expecting her to say, "And for a good time, call Connecticut for Lieberman at 860-564..."

Why would a venerable statesman (an 18 year Senator) voluntarily evoke the ultimate image of the end of a long career?  I'm kind of stunned.  I would have been impressed with the Lamont campaign for putting together an ad associating GOP Joe with a setting sun, but Joe beat him to the punch.  I guess this is precisely the kind of idiocy Connecticut Democrats wanted excised from their party earlier this month.

and what's your sign, you swinging single, you?

That's what it looked like.

It's the bookmark piece.  Reagan had morning in America, Joe provides the sunset.  It looks like an ad for Cialluis.  Maybe Joe is trying to hook into that crowd.

The first honest thing to come out of the Lieberman campaign since Dangerstein took over communications. A sunset is the perfect way to illustrate what happened to Liebermn when he LOST the election. Bonus points for the feeling of solitude, like Joe Lieberman is all by himself when it comes to his Connecticut for Lieberman. Double bonus points for waves invoking the idea that Lieberman is washed up.

Sunsets on the southward facing long island sound, with the lovely moutains of long island in the backround.

I haven't seen a negative ad from Lamont since he went ahead in the primary polls.  Lieberman's been running them like crazy.

The sunset is a lot more interesting than the one of Lieberman talking though.

Now Joe is ripping off Corona beer ads.  If you fall for Corona's advertising you at least get an ice cold beer.  With Joe's advertising, the product is Joe, no bargain at any price.

I shit you not, I was laughing my ass off for 2-3 minutes straight after watching this ad.

Easily the worst political ad I have ever laid eyes on.

Prozac and Lieberman...the perfect combination.

Sit back, relax, and oh, right there, yeah, that's the spot.  Oooh, yeah.

I cannot play this out loud at work.  You should have issued a warning!

It would be hilarious if Lamont's team put together an ad mocking this ad:

"It's been so long since Joe Lieberman was in Connecticut, that he's forgotten that the sun sets in west. Here in the east, we wish Joe all the best in the sunset years of his retirement."

Of course, that's too snarky and negative. Maybe he should get some sunset and sunrise footage scroll a list of all the progressive and forward thinking ideas he'll bring to Washington and contrast that with a list of all Lieberman's failures running over the sunset footage.

Either that was filmed on the west coast, or it's a sunrise in reverse.

Uh, this is Connecticut, so that would be a sunrise, not a sunset.  It's the sunrise of Ned Lamont's political career.

That is a truly curious ad.  I wonder what Lieberman thinks it is accomplishing.  I don't know what "negative attacks" Lamont has been running, but when someone runs a negative ad, shouldn't you hit them back with something?  

Something like this:

Candidate X's Ad:  Candidate Y is stupid.

Candidate Y's Ad:  Candidate X says I'm stupid, but he's had 4 DWI's in the past year.  It's hard to tell who's stupid when you're drunk.

Instead of responding to the negative ads, Joe puts out an add saying, "Lamont's running negative ad!!!!11one"  That has to be the most ineffectual response to a negative ad campaign.

Weak minded and ineffectual.  Exactly why we need Lieberman out of office.

Um, is Joe dying or something?  Because I have this weird feeling I should move to CT and give him a pity vote now.  

Anyone else need a cigarette?

One ad guy to other ad guy:

"It just might be crazy enough to work!"

When the moment is right, will you be ready? Discover Joe Lieberman's 18-year window of action and quick upset.

**Discuss your health status and medications with your doctor, including alpha blockers and donations from big pharma. Remember JOE LIEBERMAN does protect a man and his partner from sexually transmitted diseases, like HIV. Does not last longer than 18-years. If a term last longer than 18-years, ask your doctor.

Relax, and take your time with 18-year Joe Lieberman. If a relaxing moment turns into the right moment, will you be ready?

My opinion on this ad was "eh."  If Lamont was going crazy with negative campaigning right now, then it would make sense -- it would be the kind of condescending ad an incumbent should run against an overly aggressive challenger.  I'm not getting the sense that Lamont is doing that right now.  The ad is basically a non-starter/waste of money.

We should have a contest to propose Joe's next ad.  

I'll start.

TITLE:  "Kittens In A Concentration Camp"
MESSAGE: If Lamont wins, terrorists will put kittens in camps.

This speaks to how out of touch Lieberman is...sharing his delusional, self-centered private Idaho (or is it San Diego, we'll never know) with CT voters.  Truly amazing.  Who is this ad supposed to speak to?

They are using new subliminal techniques.  Like to Republican As against Kerry with wolves, etc.  Associating emotions with the name.

The sun is lower at the end of the spot.  It's sunset. Water is pretty much south in Conn., so you'll see sunrises and sunsets over water when the days are short.

Like Joe's.

Joe is fading away as his brain cells die.
Senile dementia.

Sad.

I need a shower after that.

Some smart person said it's probably stock footage from Getty Images, and indeed it is.

I went to gettyimages.com, searched the film section for "sunset and ocean" and on page 2 of the results came up with item #843-2 from Image Bank Film. It's not the exact same clip, but it's from the same shoot. You can match up the mountains and the reflection of the sun on the waves exactly. So where was it shot? Here's the info provided for the clip (click on the "i" symbol under the thumbnail):

"Wide shot sun setting over ocean / birds walking along water's edge / Santa Barbara"

It's definately a sunset, and it's definitely California.

Actually, now I see that it's clip #843-1, then a fade into #843-2.

Joe Lieberman: Apply directly to the forehead!

I think this is one of the best politcal ads of the cycle so far, right up there with the "Ned Lamont makes a lousy pot of coffee" ad.  Now, don't get me wrong.  I can't wait for Lamont to kick Holy Joe's sorry ass in November, but this add is great.  It's probably good purely by accident though.

I'd change the script a bit, if I were making this ad intentionally...

"Joe Lieberman figure's you're probably sick of political bullshit, so enjoy this sunset.  And my sexy voice.  Mmmm, yeah."

I think it sounds like soft porn and the images look post apocalyptic.

I see it is available on Joe2006.com. The site is  non-functional for any meaningful use, but they get this sorry bathetic piece up. Go figure.

And speaking of up, the narrator's voice is hawt. Good choice! Although I would have liked some heavy breathing and about ten more minutes...

More Soma, please.

This spot is emblematic of the Lieberman campaign at this point; suck up to the republicans without pissing off the democrats, which severely restricts any message. You're left with, "hasn't Joe been a great guy for the last 18 years?" "Isn't Lamont a dick for stirring up the pot?"

I think the whole point of this spot is to position Lieberman as somebody who still has political capital. The most valuable thing Joe retains his ability to make a political endorsement, backing out gracefully and throwing his support to another candidate.