"Got It"

[ACoolDudeProduction]

Norm Coleman, you were a great Senator and I hope you run in 2014. Al Franken makes me sick!

[dcaff330]

Obviously Norm had one of his buddies pay her $ 75,000 to come to Minnesota and make it look like they are married and live together.....

[JohnRhysMusician]

I really miss Senator Coleman. He was a wonderful senator.

[kz10863]

haha you lost

!

[enice482]

Totally green-screened wife!

[RandallFlaggNY]

I love how that kitchen you see figures in the Texas lawsuit.

Will Norm be a cellie with Delay?

[Namzso1]

Yea, and where has that lawsuit gone?

[RandallFlaggNY]

Lawsuits take awhile.

I like how the FBI heard about the lawsuit, and then started the investigation.

You do know that the kitchen used in this video is the subject of this lawsuit. Something about Norm obtaining it for less than market value....? No?

Sit tight, Norm and Delay will be cellies...

[WhyNotTruth]

I'm Norm Coleman and I'm just some dude taking out the trash.

[MidnightChimes]

Coleman is one of the most liberal senators in Congress. Shame on him.

[oboma8]

Any man who loves his wife as much as Norm Coleman loves his wife Laurie, tell a lot about the person.

[WhyNotTruth]

Yeah you can tell he loves her by that commercial. XD

[oboma8]

Norm Coleman has been a strong leader in St. Paul MN when he was the mayor and now as our senator on Capitol Hill. Please remember to vote for Norm Coleman for US senate this election.

[PVTSolis]

This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[qwertyvls]

Who wants another Ted Stevens?

[qwertyvls]

GREEN SCREEN!!!

[teton99]

Keep up the good work Mr. Coleman, you got my vote!

McCain/Palin 08!!!!

ProLife!!!

No Socialism!!!

[emotionaljoystick]

hahahahahahahahahahah

Hey coleman camp, you should really disable the ratings. Makes you look even more foolish than this ad... Almost..

[hansontm]

as if Norm really ever takes out the "trash" or lives on a street with a nasty alley.

[imlikenit]

Hey guys, here comes Ward Cleaver taking out the garbage

[hflevack]

I'm Norm Coleman, and I took out the garbage. Schwing.

[JohnMan59]

Is it hockey or bowling or the California wife.

Norm even flip-flops on favorite sports.

And why does his wife look like a superimposed Smurf? (Smurf is a registered trademark of....someone, I'm sure, used here withoug permission.)

Oh, and HOW many writing awards has Norm won?

Thought so.

[Namzso1]

Last poll according to the Star Tribune shows Coleman ahead of Stuart Smalley 53 to 38. What does snap mean? Oh and good job debating a point when you have to resort to calling me a Nazi.

[JohnMan59]

Quinnipac poll. Totally unreliable.

YOU,my salad with extra croutons, started the name-calling MONTHS ago.

Real polls have it within 2-5 points.....of a SITTING U.S. Senator.

He SHOULD BE SCARED, very scared. Why don't you pass the time by going bowling? Isn't that Norm's FAVORITE "sport?"

S N A P x 1 O !

[Namzso1]

What are real polls and fake polls? Can you point me to a link of a "real" poll?

[carscantkillme]

Snap? Douchebag.

[JohnMan59]

No kidding. 

That guy WAS a real douchebag.

Wow.

[RandallFlaggNY]

How's Norm doing?

[Namzso1]

Well genuis he is in an election contest. I thought your hero Al was going to win this by landslide?

[RandallFlaggNY]

Landslide? I never said that.

But for an incumbent to be in such a tight race was quite a humiliation. Speaking of humiliation, did Norm ever get shub's brown stuff off his nose? Did you lick it off?

[Namzso1]

You're cute confidence would allude that Franken would get part of that 300,000 windfall Obama got. Incumbent or not, this was not the Republican's year, any other Democrat besides Franken probably could have won. MN chose a failed carpetbagger. You have a weird obsession with licking men's bottoms. Must turn you on to think of it. You are a real class act.

[Namzso1]

Sorry, your turn ons of men licking one another is all you.

[RandallFlaggNY]

I have a thing about sycophants. I despise them.

Norm was quite the little Bushbot back in the day. Some joked that he had his nose attached to shrub's anus. If that's true they could arrested in Texas right now for an illegal act.

For any incumbent senator to be so vulnerable in an election is quite a critique for Norm's tenure. Al raised a lot of money, and not just for himself. He was poling very strongly months before the election, which is almost unheard of for a challenger (cont...)

[RandallFlaggNY]

The smart money is that Norm will concede eventually, and damaging his reputation and and future political career as well. Like a good Bushbot he is following orders from above to drag out the process as long as possible. This is to deny the Democrats a 59 seat majority as long as possible. Norm might not be quite smart enough to realize the lawsuits are a bad long-term political career move. But then again Norm didn't see the long-term downside to sycophancy.

I wonder just how bright he is..

[Namzso1]

If Franken were 200 votes behind, and you don't think he would be suing the results you are crazy. With a 200 vote difference and inconsistency in how votes were counted - weather it's Franken or Coleman we need the process looked at so the right person is sent to Washington. When all legal votes are counted once, it will be Norm Coleman going to DC.

[Namzso1]

What country were you in this year? Most Democrat challengers swept Republican incumbents this year. It's embarassing that the DFL picked Franken in a state that trends Democrat, a guy who could not ride on Obama's coat tails.

By the way you are kind of a one joke pony.

[ibexr88]

"One of the most independent Senators"

Hardly. He's voted in lock-step with the president on every issue almost 90 percent of the time throughout his term.

[WadeBlazingame34]

Norm Coleman is the Green Goblin, and must be defeated.

[faunch]

Take of the stupid Minnesota Wild jacket. The hockey thing is getting really old!

[oddio13]

They weren't even filmed at the same time. They could have been on opposite sides of the world!

[secjewl]

How come the Mrs is wearing such a small rock?

No very appropriate for a Senator's wife.

When they green screened her in couldn't they have slipped a 2 carat on her finger also?

[mrgrieves9876]

norm coleman is a pro-war zionist douchebag

[deserteagle997]

Pure hype--Franken is 11 points back according to reputable polling entities.

FACT: 80% of Franken's fundraising is from out of state because Al lived his life OUTSIDE of Minnesota! He's a so-so comedian with no knowledge of the economy, how to create jobs, or help Minnesotans in any way.

He's paying over $100,000 in fines for not paying for workman's comp & coverage for HIS OWN EMPLOYEES--how well do you think forgetful Al will take care of you??

Please.... hahahahahaha

[JohnMan59]

At least Al is honest. And WHERE IS Coleman's wife? She looks like she sent in the video from her home in CALIFORNIA!

And Coleman's experience? Get real! If the Democratic party was GOOD enought for Norm "W Coleman-Bush, it's good enough for me.

Check your poll numbers. YOUR sitting Senator is BELOW 50%. Disastrous, really.

S N A P !

GO AL! Go Al GOAL!

[Namzso1]

Check your poll numbers, your tax evading, porn writing, hypocrite is losing.

[cakuball]

A) Minnesotans do recycle & compost. They are some of the best conservationists out there.

B) "Republican women...in the kitchen" Wow, nothing like stereotyping.

C) This is a campaign commercial....get over it. Fine something better (and more worthwhile) to put your energy into.

[nah900]

I hope you threw out this ad when you took out the garbage. The people who are doing Colbert's greenscreen challenge for McCain do a better job of making it look real. And they're working for free.

[ZeroCorpse]

So they claim it was a difference in lighting?

How does that explain the screwed-up perspective, the fact that she's half-embedded in the counter, or that she keeps apparently changing in size?

[ZeroCorpse]

I'm sorry Minnesota. You actually put up with this guy? He's a complete douchenozzle.

[dekay5555555]

They cannot seem to look each other in the eye from 2000 millimeters, may as well be 2000 miles.

[oneguycoding]

Don't these people know to recycle and compost yet?

[BlackKnight03]

Holy crap! She's a fixture in the counter!

I guess that's republican morals, women need to stay in the kitchen even if it means putting them in the middle of the counter.

[mnkid25]

Wow, green screen wife from the West Coast. Brilliant.

As fake as his dental work.

[northstar5]

He should have thrown himself in the trash can.

[deanlowe]

Anyone know why they cut to a close up of her hands?

[vonmeth]

to try and make it not look like they are using a green screen is my guess

[crapo87]

My Daddy's beard is my Mommy.

[soulsoup1234]

Wow - that is the worst green screen. She goes from big head to itty bitty head. It's like some horrible lawyer commercial.

[meweave]

Pick up after the dog! Mow the yard! Wash my car! Feed the chickens! Milk the cow! Bake me a birthday cake. Give me a pedicure. Vaccuum and cook me some dinner. NOW!

I kinda feel sorry for Coleman. He's going to lose by a landslide.

[timpedersen]

hahahahahahahahaha

you forgot... polish my sweet leather jacket!

[socomcorky]

Al Franken in 08!

[socomcorky]

Poor. Only it probably cost 135 million lobbyist dollars to make.

[xanderytube]

Yes it is green screen, she was shot seperatly and then composited on top of the video of him in the kitchen.

[CPeterka]

She really does look like she was added by standing in front of the film of her husband.

Green Screen, Green Screen !!??

[integral]

Play the ad in reverse and she says "Hail my sweet satan."

[thpatten]

That's a pretty severe slope they've got going on in their kitchen.

[DoctorX2]

I wonder what happened the real Mrs. Coleman. Better check was was in that trash bag.

[DoctorX2]

I wonder what happened the real Mrs. Coleman. Better check was was in that trash bag.

[ginodelia]

good man god bless

[mook345]

"take out the trash" is code for "get the warmongers out of Congress".

[smartmika]

Come on—she was *obviously* NOT green-screened in. Everybody knows green-screen didn't exist in the 1950s.

[integral]

That did have a bit of the old "Ward and June Cleaver" aroma to it.

[macfrugal]

Does this kind of shit actually appeal to someone?

[webby686]

major douche.

[dekay5555555]

I think one is supposed to run the ad in reverse.

The start of the ad is the trash can throwing up.

[noelcoward68]

I guess this ad is targeted at the people who regularly read The Lockhorns cartoons. Isn't a woman pestering her husband to take out the trash HILARIOUS??!! And what's with the creepy Leave it to Beaver music? Let's go back to a time before civil rights!

And what's a "sunator?"

[snappyblue]

wow, this is even worse than the ad featuring his daughter in 2002.

He's the definitive slimy politician.

[Verified1]

This ad says to me:

1. I, Norm Coleman, generate a lot of trash.

2. I speak to, and obey, women who aren't even in the same room with me.

3. I take out the garbage like every other person on the planet, but only when my (absentee) wife tells me to do it.

4. The maid finally got a day off.

So why is this ad this supposed to make me vote for him?

[CyberAnth]

Wow, an ad edited together for a marriage edited together.

[donkeymon]

If you're going to fake it, at least hire a better actress to play your wife!

[woody712]

Why did you bother to fake such a horrible ad Norm?

[sleeplesseye]

What an adorable sham marriage you have there, Mr. Coleman!

[18oroldermyass]

Maybe a little time actually being in the same room as your wife Norm instead of creating poorly conceived political ads would do you the most good.

[suugakublues]

The fact that Coleman leaves a giant reflection whenever he's near the table and his wife moves her arm over the counter and you see nothing can only mean one of two things. She's either a vampire who must feast on the blood of the still living for sustenance or it's a green screen ad. Those are really the only two plausible explanations. So which one is it? Your move Senator.

[bluedonkey44]

Watch the bowl of fruit and how the perspective doesn't make sense in various scenes throughout the video. Dead giveaway...

[deathbyfirearm]

Can you say "green screen?"

[syrupcore]

epic fail.

[kaypicts]

Where'd the music come from, 'Leave it to Beaver'?

[IDCL2]

That is the most hilariously bad political ad I have ever seen in my life. Stephen Colbert would be proud! (You should probably fire the high school student who did the special effects though.)

[Max22]

Holy cow, she's literally inside the table.

[jackcolten]

lol at the green screen. should have thrown yourself in the trash can "norm" lol

[jprq]

The whole thing is laughable and absolutely hysterical they would deny matting the wife in. it really couldn't be more obvious. i hope this one goes wildly viral.

[ajc06]

"The new spot highlights Norm Coleman's 30-year commitment to bringing people together to get things done in Minnesota."

Yet he can't even bring together himself and his wife into the same room. Oh, the irony.... :-)

[Noyjeetut]

This is the same cutesy bullshit we've all seen for years. I hate it.

[burbur03]

She is so not in that kitchen.

[MattJhsn]

ok..... he takes out trash. What the hell did that tell me?

[justdelegard]

The hair is a dead giveaway that it's NOT green screen. I think even modern green screenings don't cope well things like very loose hair. Furthermore you can see the lights behind her reflecting of/shining through her hair very nicely.

[DustoMcNeato]

Modern programs do a fantastic job with keying out even blonde hair like this. Look at :22 she would be a TINY person somehow standing through that table. Not to mention the lighting and acting totally give it away in the first place.

[justdelegard]

It's the glow behind her head. That gentle bending of light. Does keying really incorporate that? I agree that this looks terribly fake, but I have a hard time believing it was actually faked.

[thecaseymckinnon]

PS: Regardless of the green screen debate... I like this commercial and totally want to vote for him based on this :P

[Truthier101]

Editing: The cut to the close up of homeboy reacting to the wife call then the cut back for his answer is unnatural for this political spot and seems out of place and just too slick for what this is. Leave it to the GOP to much up anything that requires creativity and aesthetic skill. But at least they are doing one thing well...LYING ABOUT IT.

[thecaseymckinnon]

I do special effects... that is definitely green screen. 1- The shots with her in it are the only stationary ones. 2- The last shot of the two of them together is framed REALLY BADLY and looks like a mistake.

Still, I must admit... it's very good green screen.

[Truthier101]

I work in the industry and I have to say that it is totally absurd that his campaign can in any way say that they were in the same kitchen together for this shoot. Production: The key is clean but the perspective is totally wrong. The lighting between her and the plate are WAY off! It even looks like they shot it on different cameras! The acting: Another dead give away is the fact that she merely turns over her shoulder to acknowledge her husband rather than look at him directly.

[12261907]

The point of origin for her lighting doesn't match the brightness or shadowing between the foreground and background. There should be some light bounce off of her or her clothes onto the shiny countertop. Also looks like she stood in front of a screen because her head "turn" is more consistent with someone who is standing alone in a confined space (not a large kitchen talking to another person) next to a wall.

[cmhrh]

Wow! Only stupid people wouldn't notice the camera tricks w/ greenscreen.

Gee, perhaps the same stupid people who would vote for Norm Coleman.

[joesparkies]

Norm, You know you are in the public eye, held to ridicules scrutiny.

Don't you think in these times where people are concerned about the environment, global climate change it would have been better to recycle those aluminum cans you just pitched in the garbage? I saw you reading a newspaper but yet no newspaper recycling? I am left with two possible viewpoints. 1 you just don't care. 2 you are in the pockets of the mining and the lumber lobby. Either way my swing vote is for "No confidence" .

[cledus3110]

fake

[freff]

This is the funniest thing I've ever seen. They're seriously denying that this is a greenscreen?

I mean, just say something like, "Due to conflicting schedules, the two where filmed separately" and trust me, no one says a word. But you put this mess out there, and then LIE about it, you're done for.

How 'bout a nice warm cup of STFU Norm?

[Muddler44]

I generally don't care about a candidate's personal issues, but Norm just put this front and center. This commercial is just a lie to the voters. If he's going to lie to me about being in the same room with his wife to cover up his marriage issues, what else has he helped cover up? Just where does his political ambition end? I mean, he already moved from NY to MN to get elected, then switched from Democrat to Republican. I can't trust him at all anymore.

[JohnMan59]

Could we EVER really trust him?

"Tell 5 for Al!" The new program to convince 5 others to vote for Al. Just 6 votes each...(including yourself.....)

I have done it 4 times over (SO FAR!)

THAT IS THE WAY TO END NORM'S REIGN OF MILLIONAIRES!

TELL 5 FOR AL!!!!

[mktsutherland]

Norman- your house may only be a few blocks away but we will be happy to have you back here full time instead of in DC as our senator- GO FRANKIN!!!!!

[TeddySanFran]

Total fakery.... just like their marriage.

[shaunnol]

fake

[JonathanPWNSYouTub]

better than the last one, but the green screen is a little too obvious.

[bobbyd100]

Next time you greenscreen something, make sure one person isn't brighter than the other..

[Amoradocat]

Greenscreen much?

[jkvinge]

Did he have to greenscreen his wife into this?

[Moishe3rd]

The Democrats (Franken; Obama; et al) are demanding that the United States of America NOT use its resources - both geological and technical, to maintain America's economy and pre-eminent position in the world by refusing to drill for oil (including, I am most sorry to say, Senator Coleman and Senator McCain) or develop other normative energy sources such as nuclear power, and... Senator Coleman is taking out the garbage.

I'll vote Norm - but y'all are ticking me off with your trivial politics...

[conservativetalk]

haha this is great