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Hillary Clinton followed up the official announcement of her candidacy with a new campaign ad featuring nothing but kittens. The sixty-second spot stars an assortment of kittens… tabbies, calicoes, Siamese, and a dozen other breeds… in a variety of adorable vignettes. At various points in the advertisement, the kittens are shown playing in a sock drawer, tangled up in yarn, and chasing a duckling. Clinton herself appears only in the final seconds of the ad, saying merely, “Hi. I’m Hillary”. The commercial immediately drew the wrath of the Republican National Committee chairman. A visibly furious Reince Priebus told Fox News, “It’s woefully short on substance. There’s no mention of what Hillary Clinton would do to grow our struggling economy, fix the disaster of Obamacare, or repair our damaged reputation abroad. It’s just cats”. In defence of the ad, the Clinton campaign issued the following statement, “America loves kittens. Loving kittens makes America strong. Hillary is ready for kittens. Kittens are ready for Hillary. Meow, meow, meow, meow”.
14 April 2015
Andy Borowitz
New Yorker
Borowitz Report
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/new-hillary-clinton-ad-features-just-kittens
New Hillary Clinton Ad Features Just Kittens
Tags: Hillary Clinton, humour, political commentary, politics, Republican, satire, United States, USA
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Hillary Clinton followed up the official announcement of her candidacy with a new campaign ad featuring nothing but kittens. The sixty-second spot stars an assortment of kittens… tabbies, calicoes, Siamese, and a dozen other breeds… in a variety of adorable vignettes. At various points in the advertisement, the kittens are shown playing in a sock drawer, tangled up in yarn, and chasing a duckling. Clinton herself appears only in the final seconds of the ad, saying merely, “Hi. I’m Hillary”. The commercial immediately drew the wrath of the Republican National Committee chairman. A visibly furious Reince Priebus told Fox News, “It’s woefully short on substance. There’s no mention of what Hillary Clinton would do to grow our struggling economy, fix the disaster of Obamacare, or repair our damaged reputation abroad. It’s just cats”. In defence of the ad, the Clinton campaign issued the following statement, “America loves kittens. Loving kittens makes America strong. Hillary is ready for kittens. Kittens are ready for Hillary. Meow, meow, meow, meow”.
14 April 2015
Andy Borowitz
New Yorker
Borowitz Report
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/new-hillary-clinton-ad-features-just-kittens