Political commercials

[Intrigued42]

Just a general thought about political commercials: Does anyone listen to or learn anything from the tripe they spew in those things? Regardless of the candidate or the party, they all seem like such a waste of time, effort and money. One has to know that the snippets of factoids they throw out are so biased as to require research to either verify or uncover the whole truth. Billions of dollars spent every cycle. I know they do sway people but they, also, turn people off on the entire process causing many to tune out and disengage. That, to me, is the real travesty.

If every voter would just spend one hour at this site, doing some research on the candidates that will appear on his/her ballot, we'd be helping to do our part as responsible voting citizens. Just sayin'.

Sorry. Forgot the site: https://www.vote411.org/ballot

 

[ll74]

I learned that JD Vance is a douche who has enough money give to him by Trumpies to insert his bullshit in between every YouTube video I watch.

 

[jaF0]

Will the hateful shitbag drop out this late? Or is it just trying to con more out of their hard earned money?

JD Vance Warns He May Have to Drop Out in Last-Ditch Fundraising Push​

Over the course of the election cycle, Vance's campaign has raised a quarter of what his Democratic opponent Tim Ryan's campaign has raised.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Will the hateful shitbag drop out this late? Or is it just trying to con more out of their hard earned money?

JD Vance Warns He May Have to Drop Out in Last-Ditch Fundraising Push​

Over the course of the election cycle, Vance's campaign has raised a quarter of what his Democratic opponent Tim Ryan's campaign has raised.

No. His chances of victory are pretty good.

 

[ll74]

the real douche

Tim Ryan pledged to support taxpayer-funder gender reassignment surgery for illegal immigrants​

Ryan also pledged at the time to slash funding for ICE​

Lol

 

[ll74]

I find it interesting why Dewine is running any ads at all in Ohio. He's a sure lock on the election.

Maybe he's just got money to burn.

 

[Btq97]

Google honest government adds.
They are fucking hilarious

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Here’s an honest ad. Friend from the Bay Area shared this with me. Hilarious.

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/tlg/d/morgan-hill-actors-for-activism-needed/7553370811.html

 

[phrodeau]

I find it interesting why Dewine is running any ads at all in Ohio. He's a sure lock on the election.

Maybe he's just got money to burn.

Cronies in the ad biz.

 

[butters]

since i come from the UK, originally, i'm 5.5 years down the road and still find most to be ugly viewing... the more extreme ones, deeply disturbing. It angers me how so much outright lying is allowed to be broadcast. Back in the UK, Party Political Broadcasts were annoying for their dry political positions and blaming the other party for the problems with little real substance about what to do to make things better; i always changed channel or turned the tv off, but at least they weren't these insanely manic, gun-totin', people-hating, lie-pushing affairs i see here. And yes, we don't watch them when they come on.

 

[Wrong Element]

since i come from the UK, originally, i'm 5.5 years down the road and still find most to be ugly viewing... the more extreme ones, deeply disturbing. It angers me how so much outright lying is allowed to be broadcast. Back in the UK, Party Political Broadcasts were annoying for their dry political positions and blaming the other party for the problems with little real substance about what to do to make things better; i always changed channel or turned the tv off, but at least they weren't these insanely manic, gun-totin', people-hating, lie-pushing affairs i see here. And yes, we don't watch them when they come on.

The UK has the advantage of 1) much shorter campaigns; and 2) races that are much less a personality contest than a party contest. (Although you could make a case that individual candidate talent is getting less important, as the US is now made up of mostly one-party states.)

If there's a silver lining to Campaign '24 beginning on Wednesday, it's that neither party may have a truly contested nomination race, which will at least make 2023 fairly quiet.

 

[Chernosoth]

A candidate's video on his own site tipped me against him. Some candidates would be better off to just shut up and let the party do the campaigning.

 

[SubzeroGirl]

Hurray they are over!!!