The Stakes - US Republican party advert

Hmm... so the Republicans are saying if you vote for them this is what will happen... ;)

How is this playing in the USA?
 
Darat said:
How is this playing in the USA?
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Anybody who hasn't already made up their minds by this point is the kind of person who doesn't vote anyway. Ads like that will reinforce the existing leanings of the viewer, not change them or add them to those who have none.

The sort of voter who's a "swing voter" is never swayed by major issues, only by minor ones reflecting peculiar personal prejudices or affecting their own life. Like gas prices or property taxes or leash laws.
 
TragicMonkey said:
Anybody who hasn't already made up their minds by this point is the kind of person who doesn't vote anyway. Ads like that will reinforce the existing leanings of the viewer, not change them or add them to those who have none.

The sort of voter who's a "swing voter" is never swayed by major issues, only by minor ones reflecting peculiar personal prejudices or affecting their own life. Like gas prices or property taxes or leash laws.
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Or gay marriage, or prayer in the schools, or the Ten Commandments in public buildings, or the liberal war on X-mas . . .

I especially liked this part:

"Both Osama Bin Laden and his second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are shown in the commercial, which is entitled "The Stakes".

Attributed quotes such as "Kill the Americans" and "What is yet to come will be even greater" are flashed across the screen."

Funny how the Republicans don't even consider that the "normal, everyday, garden-variety American might know how they've botched the war on terrorism, or how Bush himself de-emphasized Bin Laden. This ad will only solidify the support from those too blind to have a clue.
 
The Republican platform for elections has been "fear, smear and queers" for the longest time. Why would this election be any different?

Charlie (props to Al Franken) Monoxide
 
GOP terrorism ad sparks Democratic furor

POSTED: 2:10 p.m. EDT, October 20, 2006

(CNN) -- Republicans took a page from President Johnson's Cold War-era presidential campaign with an advertisement set to air this weekend called "The Stakes," which prominently features al Qaeda leaders threatening to kill Americans.

"Just like in the Cold War, the reality is that our nation is at war with an ideology and not a country," said Republican National Committee spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt.

Democrats, however, have called the commercial, which is reminiscent of Johnson's 1964 "Daisy" ad, a "desperate ploy to once again try to scare voters."

The advertisement, which is available on the Republican National Committee Web site, is scheduled to run on national news networks Sunday. Republicans are emphasizing national security and terrorism issues in their bid to maintain control of Congress with about two weeks before the November midterms. (Watch how terror has been a popular theme on the campaign trail -- 2:10 )

The ad features al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, speaking, but the only sound is a ticking clock in the background. The terror leaders' quotes are posted on the screen and key phrases in the quotes stand alone as the rest of the quote fades out.

In one instance, bin Laden is quoted as saying, "With God's permission we call on everyone who believes in God ... to comply with His will to kill the Americans." As the text of the quote fades out, "kill the Americans" remains on the screen.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/20/gop.ad/index.html
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(emphasis mine)

Isn't it interesting how both Bin Laden and Bush call upon God as a ally to fight each other? I feel we'll win this war against terrorism as long as we remember to bless the artillery and the ordnance.
 
I agree that most voters have made up their mind by now about this stuff, but based on the politics of the situation my guess is that the Republicans know what they are doing with stuff like this.

When I have political discussions with my father about Bush his one big argument is that there have not been more terrorist attacks in the US since 9/11. I don't think much of that argument but I think it resonates with the Republican base and Republican reinformcement of the idea through this kind of advertising campaign is probably to their benefit.

The country seems to have reached the point where it has swung just about has anti-Republican party as is possible. New scandals and new anti-Bush books seem to have little effect on public opinion. I listened to Hannity yesterday saying something to the effect that all the recent anti-Bush publications were timed by the liberal media to help Democrats win the election. This was cute. There has been a constant stream of anti-Bushco revelations for several years now. But Hannity ignores this and the substance of the anti-Bushco articles and just blames the recent round of anti-Bush articles and books on the liberal media. The fact that a statement like that has any traction is a testament to the unshakable faith of a large segment of the population to one party or the other.
 
Charlie Monoxide said:
The Republican platform for elections has been "fear, smear and queers" for the longest time. Why would this election be any different?

Charlie (props to Al Franken) Monoxide
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Osama is apparently no fan of lesbians, nor of socially sanctioned homosexual marriage. He seems to be OK on pederasty.

Does that make him a Republican?

If so, why does he hate George Bush?

Splitter! :p

DR
 
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