Boo fucking hoo. Political ads, especially the TV ads, are designed to draw attention to the candidate. Smart voters then check the specifics of the candidate’s platform through other means. Only foolish voters* base their vote solely on TV ads.
*I’m looking at you, MAGATs.
Loving it!! 
I’ll wager it’s unlikely to be her only ad; simply her way of making a good first impression. Well done, IMO.
Huh, turns out my parents are in her district. I doubt that they will vote for her in the primary, since they are more into substance over style, and are wary of celebrity candidates, but it does give me something to ask them about when I call.
She has two Master’s Degrees, is an accomplished writer, and has untold experience as a CIA analyst. She’s seen government malfeasance up close and personal. Who’s her primary opponent that has more substance than Ms. Plame?
Her “celebrity” status was unwelcome obviously and forced upon her by Dick Cheney. She seems photogenic — is that the “problem”? 
She’s going about it the right way, at least. She’s (currently) an ordinary citizen with a score to settle with the President, and so she’s running for… the House. She’s not wasting her and the nation’s time by jumping straight for the top; she’s running for the position that’s designed for ordinary folks with some name recognition who want to make a difference. And where she still can make a difference.
Yes, you’re right – although I’m sure I’m not the only one who impulsively thought she’d be a great candidate for President. Can’t you just imagine her reducing Trump to a blathering wreck in a debate?
It’s a good ad. Very cinematic-style. The music is a little cheesy; would have been better served by something dramatic, IMO. Also I sorely wish she’d had gone with a classic muscle car rather than a modern one. Other than that, yeah it’s a cool ad. Hope she can win.
What’s with all the clouds of dust?
Admittedly, they may come across differently to her intended audience.
(I do live on a dirt road. But we don’t like clouds of dust, though if it’s dry enough producing them can be hard to avoid.)
Fuck that retro bullshit; it’s fucking 2019. People trying to recapture the mythical past is part of how we got in this fucked up situation to begin with.
Interesting. The whole kick-ass vibe will undoubtedly work with a slice of the male MAGA crowd. It’ll be curious if it pushes away an equal number of latte-sipping Liberals? And I am unqualified to speak for any segment of the female voting population, but I have witnessed unexpected (to me) negative reactions of females in my life to the tough good-looking female types like Plame.
As an aside, I know I’m overthinking this, but she got her symbolism a bit crossed. She’s saying that the country is going backwards, illustrated by a car going backwards: OK, clear enough. And then she hits a J-turn to turn the car around, and drives off forward… in the same direction she was going before, except now (presumably) even faster.
Looks like she’ll be running for NM-3, to replace Luján, the Assistant House Speaker? Seems like a good way to start a fight between various components of the dem coalition.
I’m both inspired and scared by the ad. That grab-em-by-the-balls strategy may work in her district, but in Missouri we’re still trying to recover from Eric Greitens - Rhodes scholar, medal-winning Navy Seal, inspirational author and speaker, philanderer, campaign finance violater, philanderer with a taste for kinky sex, who skimmed from his own charity. His first commercial featured him firing a .50 caliber machine gun to show he was a badass.
And when anyone runs for public office and announces “I have some scores to settle,” it reminds me more of Mitch McConnell than Barack Obama.
It’s just an introductory ad saying, “Here I am! I’m running for congress!”
The woman who wanted to buy Twitter to kick Trump off of it so she started a GoFundMe? Yeah a GoFundMe is totally going to raise the billion or so she can buy a majority stake of Twitter. That is some good thinking right there. Quality, I tell ya.
https://www.gofundme.com/buytwitter
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Yes, yes. People should totally get into politics to settle scores.
I suspect her thinking was probably more along the lines of “How can I scam some fools out of tens of thousands of dollars?” rather than a serious play to buy Twitter.
ETA: seriously, what happened to the $89k that got donated? Did Valerie just get $89k wealthier?
Except she doesn’t drive off. She makes the turn, stops, and gets out of the car.
And makes a quip about how, yes, the CIA trains you to drive like that.