California Public Nominates “Demon Sheep” for Senate

February 5, 2010 By Dena Cassella

Senate candidate and former HP chief exec, Carly Fiorina, has a new campaign ad that's been taking over YouTube and the Internet--the Demon Sheep!

A bizarre campaign ad by Senate candidate Carly Fiorina featuring what has been dubbed a “Demon Sheep” has become a YouTube sensation overnight. The campaign ad was released this past Wednesday and has already clocked in over 400,000 YouTube views as of today. The mass attraction to this political ad is not the message it sends—which literally gets lost due to the confusing overload of visual-sheep stimulation—it is the man dressed as a sheep with glowing red eyes. Fiorina has literally created a monster; not only did the Demon Sheep’s appearance completely overshadow her political message, but she now is known as the ‘Demon Sheep Lady.’

Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, is making her first foray into politics—but after this ad most of her opponents have concluded she is not ready for prime time. According to Reuters, a spokeswoman for Fiorina somehow mustered the courage to call the video a ‘success’ and then give this statement.

“We’re very happy with how effective this controversial and eye-catching web video has been because it’s drawn attention to Tom Campbell’s record as a fiscal liberal,” Julie Soderlund says. “I think you can expect to see more shocking content out of our campaign moving forward,” she said. “Stay tuned.”

If by success she means that Fiorina’s marketing camp is now expecting a call from Jerry Bruckheimer to design the monsters for the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie, or being just as big of an Internet sensation as American Idol reject, William Hung—then yes, big time success. Check out the video for yourself… and if you want to skip the political stuff [sorry Carly] and just watch the Steven King-style sheep scenes, check out the second video.

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dang at 5:49pm 5th February 2010 All i can say is...hahahahahahahaha
Miguel Gallegos at 5:45pm 5th February 2010 In corporate America Carly got the idea that when people stood at attention when she passed by that it was a sign of deep personal respect. Little did she know that it was merely pompous CEO-ism at work. Now, that she's entered the "Who Cares" Arena she's going to get a little bit of the ol' "You Su*k" thumbs down that her performance truly deserves. The American public is ruthless, especially when you pull off stunts like this one ... have fun Carly ... oh! don't you miss that corporate jet???
Ian Bell at 5:27pm 5th February 2010 I had to laugh when watching it too, totally ridiculous. That one is over 3 minutes long, where the hell can you play something that long on TV?
Jake at 5:09pm 5th February 2010 I'm so glad someone else found these ads are ridiculous and creepy as i did. when that guys is crawling away dressedlike a sheep WTF why would anyone think this would be a good campaign add. come one Carly, you're better than this.