So lemme get this a-straight. The Dems get criticised by the right for having the ad. Then they get critisized by the same people for pulling the ad. Now there’s “flip-flopping” for you.

Caste him out, a’la Joe…..Apostate!

“I strongly recommend that you pull this ad and delete both of these clips before running it again,” Spratt (D) wrote Rahm Emanuel,

I am sure they will. Actually this ad is being run free of charge on the MSM, so you don t have to worry about that happening. The louder the republicans whine the more the MSM will play it.

There is one catch though. The louder republicans whine, the more this ad is played and more and more voters are reminded of why they don t approve of what s going on in the first place.
While most democrats and the majority of voters are outraged over the failures that this ad represents, republicans in congress are “outraged” over the ad. Guess which one’s going to last longer and move the most voters to the polls.
One thing, democrats must also promote a message of how they want to change things in order to really take advantage of the current mood in the country.

Hmmm, President Rudy Giuliani (according to Chris Matthews)- moderate, pro-chice, pro gay rights republican with a democratic House and Senate. Not bad, eh Pedro.

Go ahead.

Make our Election Day…

If it didn’t make you vomit, I certainly hope the next Democratic add does.

I would LOVE to see the Democrats roll out a campaign just as slimy as anything ever produced by the right. Give the right a taste of their “nauseating” medicine. In order to do that, though, the Dems would have to find someone as creatively sinister as Rove.

Unfortunately, there isn’t anyone. How sad the Dems may lose because their party didn’t have their own ultimate slime ball.

My criticism stands though, in my opinion. I think run of the mill americans will find it distasteful, and I suspect the democrats will suffer for it.

Run it. Please. Run it a lot….

The Tom Delay  mug shot is TOTALLY BOGUS.

If Republicans ran something equally phony, you would be ALL OVER IT.

The bogus Tom Delay shot should be removed so they can replace it with his name in big letters. All most people need to see are the words “Tom Delay” which epitomize corruption on the far right.

When Democrats complain aggressively about a Republican claim (like Webb vs Allen), Oliver cheers that Dems are strong.

When Republicans complain agreesively about a Democratic claim (like in this ad), Oliver cheers that Republicans “fold”.

(Ask Franc what his “final solution” is for Bill Clinton.)

The rest of the usual GOP monkeys give canned responses above.

I sense a bit of fear on the right.

JK

Seriously, run that ad all over the place. Please.

It is exactly what it is: A partisan political message designed to associate or reinforce the association of Republicans with failure and Democrats with hope. Pedro’s little tantrum is the best evidence I can think of that it gets its message across, right down to the natrual association of the colors in the titles: Red = negative. Blue = hope. It’s just the kind of hardball propaganda the Democrats have been needing to put out there for five years. It isn’t as hardcore as the “Daisy” ad (and maybe it should have been) but it makes it’s point without reservation: The republicans are fucking up this country.

The only thing you could really criticize the ad for, as propaganda, is its manipulation of Tom Delay’s mug shot. Anyone who’s seen the real picture knows that Delay was grinning like an idiot in the photo and will instantly recognize that the Dems mocked up a different impression. Good propaganda doesn’t expose itself like that. They either should have found a way to play up the grinning idiot image or used a headline or something instead.

And I don’t think the Clinton reference is a mistake. It’s another subtle sign that the Dems are standing up for themselves by reclaiming their own history and heroes. The public knows what the republicans thinks of Clinton. They know that the Democrats have been slow to defend him personally and politically since the impeachment because they were afraid of being labelled “immoral” or some other such nonsense.

All in all it rallies democrats, pisses off republicans and just might sway middle of the roaders who are already rejecting Bush by wide margins.

It’s trite, patently using the war dead for an attempt at polical advantage, doesn’t actually convince you to vote for anything (except maybe bill c?). It is truly a little nauseating to watch. You would think with all of Hollywood in the leftists pocket, you could at least come up with something better than that dreck.

Ask Paul for an honest opinion…that is what he does for a living. I think even he will agree it is a pretty bad piece of work. But I will echo my conservative collegues and say, run it. Run it alot. Knock yourself out…it can only help the republicans….

If Republicans ran something equally phony, you would be ALL OVER IT.

Maybe the republicans should include Bush’s Iraq speech in all their adds, like the WMD and “mushroom cloud” parts. I’m sure with his current approval rating it’s bound to make the difference.