NRSC ad: Who’s to blame?
posted at 2:00 pm on October 17, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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If I had a dime for every time I’ve heard someone say, “There’s enough blame to go around” or “We don’t need to play the blame game,” I could bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac myself. Unsupported fingerpointing never helps, but analyzing the policies and actions that led to the Fannie/Freddie collapse is an absolute requirement if we hope to prevent another collapse in the future. That means politicians who supported those bad policies and blocked action that would have corrected the problem will have to face the music — and we’d better make that happen sooner rather than later.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has an ad out explaining what happened, who kept blowing sunshine up our collective skirt, and who tried to stop the trainwreck from happening:
I’d say that’s an effective ad, especially since it uses the actual clips of leading Democrats to demonstrate their attempts to keep Fannie/Freddie’s market distortions operational. Too bad it runs over 2 minutes; I would like to see this get played on television stations nationwide in the last two weeks of the election.
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Wow.
wise_man on October 17, 2008 at 2:03 PM
The problem is that this is an issue that takes more than a 30 second soundbite to adequately explain.
Queasy on October 17, 2008 at 2:04 PM
sick of web ads. get sh1t on tv, jerk offs.
lorien1973 on October 17, 2008 at 2:04 PM
This video is not allowed in my re-education camp!
Seven Percent Solution on October 17, 2008 at 2:05 PM
No longer available.
Ferris on October 17, 2008 at 2:06 PM
I’ve been saying for weeks now that this issue needs to be hammered hammered and hammered!
This mess was caused BY THE DEMOCRATS PERIOD!
FiveWays on October 17, 2008 at 2:07 PM
I watched that again, and both times I see that clip, gives me the urge to vomit.
And making this ad an even 2 min from the 2:15 won’t be difficult, as you can imagine the pauses being a fraction shorter. I wish they would run this, in the best time slots to make a difference.
wise_man on October 17, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Finally,the violin’s are playing in an ad!!
Okay,it good,run it 24/7,and make
even better ones!!!
canopfor on October 17, 2008 at 2:08 PM
I guess it is better than nothing, but even these efforts miss a huge point: most Americans who were invested in the stock market owned Fannie and Freddie stock. Small banks all over America owned $16 billion worth. That stock became worthless with the government takeover. Democrats’ failure to regulate Fannie and Freddie cost Americans billions in lost wealth and dividend income, and billions more in taxes to pay for the losses. Even if Fannie and Freddie were not involved in the overall subprime collaspe, Republicans ought to hang the failure of Fannie and Freddie around Democrats’ necks for years.
Surely the RNC could find a few little old ladies who lost everything when Fannie’s stock went belly up.
rockmom on October 17, 2008 at 2:08 PM
And the NRSC had damn well better be running a shorter version of this 24/7 in North Carolina and New Hampshire until the election.
rockmom on October 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Ferris go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNRSC
wise_man on October 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM
nrsc has no money to buy spots. rnc has had to give them 5 million already. its pathetic.
lorien1973 on October 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM
McCain… let’s hope he pounds these themes.
DaveS on October 17, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Damn.
lodge on October 17, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Excellent little history lesson for people. Run it as much as possible. This is a 2 minute clip that people will be glued to their TV’s to watch. Very well done.
progressoverpeace on October 17, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Make an ad,name the names,make an ad so good that the DNC
has a complete meltdown!
Make it so good,that Pelosi,Dodd and Barney are demanding
that the ad be taken down!
We’ve seen the treatment of Joe the Plumber,now get an ad
that will be as equaly as affective as Joe himself!
Make the ad on FM,FM,so good the MSM are also having a fit,
so good,that they can’t tear themselves from their anchor
chairs!
When that happen’s,the RNC will know it definitely worked!
canopfor on October 17, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Tip to the makers of the commercial:
When you put text on the screen have an announcer also reading it.
It is much more effective that way…plus not everyone can read or can read the print on their screen (reason- small screen or too far away from the screen)
While the commerical has good information, it is too slow, too plodding and no punch. And graphic design in so-so.
Plus too many violins.
albill on October 17, 2008 at 2:15 PM
NRSC… tighten up this ad and release it on TV please.
CliffHanger on October 17, 2008 at 2:16 PM
In their own words.
Geronimo on October 17, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Thats a good one!
HoosierCon on October 17, 2008 at 2:18 PM
NRSC should buy five minutes of time right before Obama’s half hour…and play it twice. Maybe once more after Obama finishes.
Doug on October 17, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Plus too many violins…
albill on Oct 17,2008 at 2:15PM.
albill: What? Too many violins!
Oh Boy,I can see the ACLU serving you papers
on victimizing the poor violin!!haha:)
(I’m only kidding.) :)
canopfor on October 17, 2008 at 2:21 PM
All valid points. I don’t have a problem reading the parts myself.
The best idea of all. Placement will be the key. And there’s no point in advertising this on FOX or MSNBC – you need to reach an audience who can still be swayed. Being right before, but especially AFTER an obama ad would really be great timing.
wise_man on October 17, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Wait. Maybe blame really is a zero-sum game. If the Pubbies have it all, there won’t be any left for the Dims. See how that game is played? Just like the economy game the Dims spin every two years.
Joan of Argghh on October 17, 2008 at 2:22 PM
John McCain vs Obama
John McCain fought anti-American forces. He was imprisoned, tortured, had most of the bones in his body broken. He suffered for 5 and a half years at the Hanoi Hilton.
Borak Obama makes friends with anti-American’s like William Ayers, Jeremiah Johnson and others.
McCain saw the current financial crisis coming.
Obama mustered all his courage and voted ‘Present’ on the Republican plan to reign in Freddy and Fanny.
Ken Lay of Enron fame cooked the books and caused a financial disaster that impacted only a small percentage of the American people. He is in prison for his part.
Fredrick Reigns and Jamie Gorlich cooked the books (taking $90 million and $75 million respectively in undeserved pay) and caused the current economic meltdown effecting every single American.
Where are they today? Obama hired them as his economic advisors.
The Rock on October 17, 2008 at 2:22 PM
We have another enemy
The MSM Jihad
Kini on October 17, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Send Senators and member of congress to the tv stations and keep hammering this point home.
freedomplow on October 17, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Very convincing ad, having Clinton in it will
get the attention of dems. It would be great to
have a shorter version get a lot of tv airtime.
Mulligan on October 17, 2008 at 2:25 PM
FANTASTIC!
D0WNT0WN on October 17, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Good ad. Quit whining. Mac/Palin win.
Bishop on October 17, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Good spot but w/o TV time…..game over!
dmann on October 17, 2008 at 2:27 PM
Holy s%$t! That is a powerful ad. And it’s all truth baby!
Keep it up! We gotta get that one on prime time!
Badger40 on October 17, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Not to change the subject(only temporarily)but did anyone read about the $900,000 plus funds embezzeled by some ACORN leaders relative and ACORN is calling it a “ripple” and they are big enough to withstand it. Who are the people in charge in this country, and how did we produce all these crooks? Who and what are these liberal Democratic groups such as ACORN? All thugs, crooks, amoral people and when did our country start to accept them as some kind of norm? Geez!! what are we becoming? have become? and why does this not reflect on Obama and liberal Dems as it rightly should? We need to take our country back, we have not been vigilant.
jeanie on October 17, 2008 at 2:33 PM
We have another enemy.
The MSM Jihad.
Kini on Oct 17,2008 at 2:23PM.
Kini: The MSM Jihad Insurgency!
Just trying to help you out!hahahah:)
canopfor on October 17, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Effective ad.
Well done.
Unfortunately, the Democrats will make fun of it and say it’s “a distraction.”
S on October 17, 2008 at 2:38 PM
That’s the MSM spin when a Democrat has been caught red-handed, destroying trillions of dollars in wealth.
Whereas they’re judge, jury and executioner when a Republican is caught chewing gum in class.
This country will never be able to properly govern with a media so far deep into the tank for one party.
NoDonkey on October 17, 2008 at 2:41 PM
This video is crap… why make people read? Seriously, if you want the word out, READ IT TO THE VIEWER. Plus, that music gives the whole thing a monotonous quality that will result in lost views.
DaveS on October 17, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Someone at Ace’s said LetFreedomRing is going to run their ad in the battleground states on TV. So I am going to donate. Web ads speak to the base, I think.
PattyJ on October 17, 2008 at 2:42 PM
2nd lawsuit challenges Obama’s citizenship
Man demands state verify birth records or remove senator from ballots
Note: It is incumbent on ALL Secretaries of State in all of the United States to BOTH accurately verify Voters AND candidates. Barack Hussein Obama has sealed his “Hawaiian” birth records and also records in Kenya.
Failure to verify and certify qualification for ALL candidates in a general election by any Secretary of State may be a cause of action (dereliction of duty) and criminal charges may be filed.
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Also:
The Video that could cost Obama the election
http://www.nextgenerationcorp.com/NextGenBlog/?p=68
AdrianS on October 17, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Oh, and if they could squeeze this ad down a little more, add the clip of Charlie Wrangle (on CNN, maybe Larry King) when one person tries to say the republicans warned us – and then he says “I don’t think we should talk about that.” I’m not sure which that video is from, but it would be a good way to end it. Or be part of the end. To say that the democrats started this, it is not part of deregulation as they try to spin this to the republicans and they don’t want this information of their complicity to get out.
wise_man on October 17, 2008 at 2:47 PM
This needs to be compressed, lose the dragged out music and out it on the boob tube every hour.
Hening on October 17, 2008 at 2:48 PM
I think they were avoiding narrators, so you were only hearing what reporters and politicians were recorded saying themselves.
Count to 10 on October 17, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Needs more Cowbell.
horatio on October 17, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Where were ads like this a few months ago?
madmonkphotog on October 17, 2008 at 2:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aod3Atesmq8
Jim-Rose on October 17, 2008 at 2:55 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2eRkB3FeJE
Party Out Of Bounds…. Who’s the Blame
Kini on October 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM
McCain run this ad in penn. Va. N.C. Col. Mi.And Ohio for the last 2 weeks
thmcbb on October 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM
The problem is that EVERY important issue is beyond addressing in soundbites. And that fact explains why Leftists and Democrats are able to win elections: every position they enunciate is a soundbite…and since they’ve had 40+ years to create a dumbed-down, “Me! Me! Me!” electorate, it works.
rvastar on October 17, 2008 at 3:05 PM
I hear ya FiveWays, I’ve been saying the same thing, this needs to be shouted from the mountain tops for all to hear! McCain should use every last penny of his campaign money in the last two weeks to make sure this ad is seen several times in all the swing states!
It’s HAMMER TIME!!!!
Liberty or Death on October 17, 2008 at 3:06 PM
“Cast blame and scare voters”
I can’t believe Republicans are stupid enough by stating this since that’s exactly what they’re doing!!!
barry norris on October 17, 2008 at 3:18 PM
And then put it on before and after Obama’s 30 minute spot.
ctmom on October 17, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Good ad–needs to be shorter on TV,
The Let Freedom Ring people have lots of 30-second ads–11 of them the last time I looked, and they want to spend $5 million running them on TV. They’re all REALLY hard-hitting, and they have young-looking people announcing them.
Where will they get their money from? I gave them a C-spot, but they might need some more help…
Steve Z on October 17, 2008 at 3:33 PM
The Clinton quote is the best. That and Barney Frank saying there was no problems, and if there was, there would be no bailout.
forest on October 17, 2008 at 3:33 PM
I’m with ctmom. We need something exactly like that to punctuate (and puncture) Obama’s infomercial.
leucanthemum b on October 17, 2008 at 3:34 PM
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Harvard University’s Joint Center for
Housing Studies and former chair of
the Habitat for Humanity International
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Rep. Barney Frank.
bill30097 on October 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM
I’d like to see Pelosi and Obama get specific for once when they blame everything on Bush’s “failed policies”. Which policies and what did they do? It’s just hogwash.
forest on October 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Sent $100 myself and emailed site to everyone I know. But still buying more ammo.
bill30097 on October 17, 2008 at 3:40 PM
I like the music.
Tzetzes on October 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM
Nicely done. Play it everywhere. Now. Before people latch on to “The Republicans did it” as The Truth.
PersonalLiberty on October 17, 2008 at 3:50 PM
This is a very historically significant ad.
Right now the controlling Democrat Congress through Senate and House hearings is trying to write the history behind the current financial crisis. To wit, Chris Dodd and Barney Franks are the committee heads charged in so doing.
It is essential that this ad be played on media outlets and through viral marketing.
Now! Time is of the essence.
Captain America on October 17, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Since The One is buying airtime before the World Series, seems to me that a few judicious purchases of airtime before football games would give this spot a chance to hit home.
uncivilized on October 17, 2008 at 4:27 PM
But I’ve already given up…
rightside on October 17, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Unless, of course, you are Jennifer Brunner, attempting to steal the State of Ohio for Dear Leader….
olmojoe on October 17, 2008 at 5:29 PM
That’s better…
olmojoe on October 17, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Cut. Print. Run it.
This is gold. It should be only one part of a multi pronged attack.
Mojave Mark on October 17, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Somebody shorten it!
The first 30 seconds & the last 13 seconds are pretty useless.
jgapinoy on October 17, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Well, the “O” team has acquired a 30 minute chunk of ad time on the anniversary of Black Tuesday 1929 – how about a pre-emptive strike.
heroyalwhyness on October 18, 2008 at 7:59 AM
Somebody’s Depends have sprung a leak.
Now more than ever: all the way to November 4th.
I saw Johnny Mac in Woodbridge VA today and all I thought, as he was raising the roof, was:
Give ‘em Hell John!
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on October 19, 2008 at 12:53 AM
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