campaign ads

What do you think about allowing corporations and organizations the right to run expensive campaign ads, in favor of certain politicians, in elections? Personally, I wish corporations and unions were in no way allowed to make campaign contributions to politicians. I'd be more in favor of a...

Nothing terribly shocking about this, I guess (especially since we're talking NC), but I thought it was interesting enough for a post. http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/29/north-carolina-senate-candidates-battle-godless-ad/ Funniest part is this notion of "godless money". What does it...

I'm starting this thread in hopes that it becomes the place to post new campaign ads and discuss their effectiveness and their factual nature, which in politics isn't always the same thing. To start out, a new Barack Obama ad, "Never."...

Hilarious: Well, you know how it is; if Obama doesn't want to be compared to Carpathia, he should stop cribbing lines from him. As Ross Douthat notes, this comes from the magazine that not once, but twice, put Obama on the cover with a halo around his head: And no, I'm not saying that Time...

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From Advertising Age, one of the most important magazines about America and the world ever, ever: Arianna Huffington is also featured at Ad Age, imagining how John McCain would have to position himself to defeat Obama. Turns out there isn't much imagination happening in her answer. She just...

Republican Committee-Sponsored Ad Accuses Dem. Candidate Of Billing Phone Sex Charges To Taxpayers So, despite the fact that it was an obvious wrong number, and that he realized his mistake and dialed correctly, the RNCC chooses to libel this man and insult the intelligence of the voters...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6072326.stm Any one in the USA seen this? ETA - I can view - at first I thought it was blocked for non-USA browsers.

On the Stern SHow they played a Bush TV add that attacked Kerry in part by saying "Kerry voted against the Laci Peterson Bill that would protexct women and their unborn babies." Of course he objected on abortion rights grounds but that doesnt matter. CAUSE JOHN KERRY IS HAPPY LACI PETERSON IS...

this is good stuff.........watch the end of the ad. www.georgewbush.com/TVAds/ Troops - Fog

The Bush reelection campaign yesterday unveiled its first three campaign commercials showcasing Ground Zero images, angering some 9/11 families who accused President Bush of exploiting the tragedy for political advantage. "It's a slap in the face of the murders of 3,000 people," said Monica...