An outfit called AmericanLP has launched an ad campaign sure to please the Freedom Fries set. The liberal Super PAC’s TV spot features footage of Mitt Romney speaking French in a promotional video for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Superimposed at the bottom of the screen is closed-captioning for the Romney-impaired. (Transcript here.)
In a press release, AmericanLP founder TJ Walker provided this explanation:
“This ad is payback for Republicans mocking John Kerry for his French-speaking abilities in ads like this one in 2004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDq8bEjhs7Q. Let’s face it, since 2000, the Republican Party has become the “Stupid Party” and nothing says ‘hoity-toity elitist intellectual’ like the ability to speak French.”
And nothing says sophomoric like these kinds of ads.
Postscript: TechPresident links to this piece in Le Figaro:
Mitt Romney raillé pour sa maîtrise du français
Mots clés : Newt Gingrich, Investiture Républicaine, French Bashing, Élection Américaine, Primaire Républicaine, France, États-Unis, Romney Mitt, John Kerry
Par lefigaro.frPublié le 14/12/2011 à 18:49 Réactions (39)
VIDÉO – Une association démocrate a décidé d’utiliser le sentiment anti-français d’une partie de l’électorat conservateur américain en diffusant à la télévision une vidéo montrant le candidat républicain Mitt Romney parlant français.
Translation upon request.
Campaign Outsider 
Sophomoric? It’s called making a very serious point while showing a little creativity. Romney is highly intelligent and has a very liberal record on major political issues. We honestly show people what his exact quotes are on a variety of issues. And we show him intelligently speaking in another language. GOP voters can make up their own minds. We believe the GOP has become the “Stupid Party” and will not vote for someone intelligent like Romney. And this, we believe, will help Obama win re-election.
Hilarious!
Yes, sophomoric. Misleading. Slimy. Playing on American xenophobia and ignorance. Disgusting. And I”m a liberal who would never vote for Romney,