This is a new low.
Watch very closely when the ad speaks of a "sworn American enemy."
(h/t Politico)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad morphs into U.S. president Barack Obama for just a split second as narrator says "sworn American enemy."
Here is an image of the frames in question.
(h/t ericlewis0)
Subliminal advertising is the lowest form of public manipulation.
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) demonstrates that the subliminal presentation of arousing stimuli can activate subcortical brain regions independently of consciousness-generating top-down cortical modulation loops.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...
The goal in this case, is to instill fear, but at the subconscious level.
This shit is pure evil.
If you have something to say, have the guts to say it out loud.
Fuck You, Rick Santorum!
UPDATE: Santorum spokesman denies that ad suggests Obama is Ahmadinehad
Q: And there's no suggestion here that Obama is Ahmadinehad?
Gidley: No, no, no, no, no. We'd be a lot more deliberate if that's what we were trying to do. There'd be something a whole lot more -- Rick doesn't parse words, our campaign, we're not sneaky people. We'd tell you what we think, obviously. That's not what we're trying to do.
Politico