Friday, August 18, 2006
Democrats Depict GOP as 'Snakes on a Senate'
Latching onto the pop culture buzz surrounding New Line Cinema's new movie "Snakes on a Plane," the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has launched a Web site attacking Republicans as "Snakes on a Senate."
The site depicts five Republican U.S. senators - George Allen of Virginia, Jim Talent of Missouri, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Conrad Burns of Montana and Mike DeWine of Ohio - and one candidate, Tom Kean of New Jersey - as snakes. Photographs of their heads are attached to cartoon snake bodies.
In a play on the movie's logo, the site also depicts two fanged snakes wrapped around the U.S. Capitol.
"Snakes on a Plane," starring Samuel L. Jackson, was released nationwide Friday. The movie has generated a lot of Internet buzz, and the film's producers and stars have said the blogosphere drove many of the artistic decisions - including the name of the film and the decision to pursue a rating of "R" instead of "PG-13."
The movie has spawned countless jokes based on its title, as well as parody posters, clothing and short films posted on popular sites like YouTube.
"Ssssssantorum runs the K Street project where he 'vets the hiring decisions of major lobbyists,'" the DSCC site says.
"Talent "refusesssss to give his position on state minimum wage increase."
"Allen's venomous comments have brought criticism."
The Web site also says that DeWine "was forced to shed his skin and change a TV commercial featuring footage of the World Trade Center burning on 9/11 after it was discovered that the images were doctored."
The site promises that the politicians featured as snakes will be "leaving November 7," a reference to Election Day 2006, and it encourages visitors to join and contribute money to the DSCC, which paid for the site.
Brian Walton, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said he "got a good laugh out of it" but that "we really haven't had much time to look at the very minimal amount of information on there just because we were laughing so hard."
He said the site is "funny in the sense that it's just so lame."
Latching onto the pop culture buzz surrounding New Line Cinema's new movie "Snakes on a Plane," the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has launched a Web site attacking Republicans as "Snakes on a Senate."
The site depicts five Republican U.S. senators - George Allen of Virginia, Jim Talent of Missouri, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Conrad Burns of Montana and Mike DeWine of Ohio - and one candidate, Tom Kean of New Jersey - as snakes. Photographs of their heads are attached to cartoon snake bodies.
In a play on the movie's logo, the site also depicts two fanged snakes wrapped around the U.S. Capitol.
"Snakes on a Plane," starring Samuel L. Jackson, was released nationwide Friday. The movie has generated a lot of Internet buzz, and the film's producers and stars have said the blogosphere drove many of the artistic decisions - including the name of the film and the decision to pursue a rating of "R" instead of "PG-13."
The movie has spawned countless jokes based on its title, as well as parody posters, clothing and short films posted on popular sites like YouTube.
"Ssssssantorum runs the K Street project where he 'vets the hiring decisions of major lobbyists,'" the DSCC site says.
"Talent "refusesssss to give his position on state minimum wage increase."
"Allen's venomous comments have brought criticism."
The Web site also says that DeWine "was forced to shed his skin and change a TV commercial featuring footage of the World Trade Center burning on 9/11 after it was discovered that the images were doctored."
The site promises that the politicians featured as snakes will be "leaving November 7," a reference to Election Day 2006, and it encourages visitors to join and contribute money to the DSCC, which paid for the site.
Brian Walton, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said he "got a good laugh out of it" but that "we really haven't had much time to look at the very minimal amount of information on there just because we were laughing so hard."
He said the site is "funny in the sense that it's just so lame."
