New GOP ad: The stimulus isn’t working
posted at 6:32 pm on July 2, 2009 by Allahpundit
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From Boehner’s office, an odd, hokey first effort at pushing a meme that could deliver the House to the GOP if it’s still true next November. There’s too much in the way here to focus on the message — split-screen, soundtrack, cornpone narrator, barking dogs — but they’ll get the tone right eventually. They’ve got plenty of time: Even Team Barry knows that things are going to get worse before they get better.
But the trend Thursday’s numbers represent should concern Democrats. While many analysts believe the economy will start growing again as early as the end of this year, average Americans will still feel they’re suffering through a deep recession well after growth rebounds – in part because unemployment lags behind recovery.
In the 1982 congressional elections, when unemployment was lingering in double digits, voters punished Republicans – despite President Ronald Reagan’s popularity – and the GOP lost 26 seats in the House.
And even if a recovery begins this year, it won’t arrive with booming stock markets, zooming home prices and spectacular job creation…
Republican pollster David Winston said his surveys and others show that the public is beginning to doubt Obama’s ability to save the economy – a trend that emerged last month after unemployment rate hit 9.4 percent.
“That was a shock to the American public,” he said. The impact can be seen in lower poll numbers on Obama’s handling of the economy and job approval, among others, Winston said.
Free advice to Boehner and the GOP: Make the new graph at Karl Rove’s website a centerpiece of the next ad, along with the now-famous Heritage deficit and Innocent Bystanders unemployment graphs. And by all means, put Obama’s moronic “created or saved” spin to the good comic use it deserves. There must be some funny people inside the GOP brain trust. If Ed hadn’t beat me to the punch in blogging the new unemployment numbers this morning, I would have titled the post, “Every job in America created or saved in June except for 467,000.” Take the baton and run with it, boys.
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As Dilios said, it’s a good start.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 6:36 PM
Wow, That was a bit of a dog…but it’s a good start. They shouldn’t get too too folksy though. Jackie and Dunlap have that covered.
birdhurd on July 2, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Yeah there is a little cornpone in the ad, but trust me this and other ads will have an effect. Don’t let up GOP—-and if you get them on the ropes nutkick em harder. This ain’t no time to be nice.
arnold ziffel on July 2, 2009 at 6:38 PM
It’s a decent first effort. Next time dump the banjos and the good ole boy narrator.
Terrie on July 2, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Not so bad….hokey, but I kinda liked it.
Priscilla on July 2, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Agree. I’m looking at the photo, and the first thoughts that pop up, in stream of consciousness style are:
Why’s he kneeling on the grass in his good trousers? He wouldn’t really do that. Oh, it’s because it’s an ad, not real. I wonder if they put a pad or something down first, can’t see one but I would have. Doesn’t him kneeling like that make it too obvious that it’s an add, all packaged and blah, blah, blah…..
Not a great moment in advertising if I’m concentrating on all that business rather than the message.
You’re right. Get on message. Use the graph. Use facts. Use The O’s own words.
But, in the right direction.
IndieDogg on July 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Very provincial, but a great beginning. Go Beohner!
JAM on July 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM
The GOP is lame… who wrote this? Hannity?
mankai on July 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Really lame. Did they really think having a Forrest Gump-style narrator would reach the people whose minds need to be changed? Or are they just preaching to the choir here? If they want to reach the people who need this pointed out to them, they should use somebody like Zo to narrate their next effort.
califcon on July 2, 2009 at 6:40 PM
They should stop saying “billions in debt” and use the real term: trillions.
modnar on July 2, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Banjo music? Really?
I can only assume we’re not spending a lot of money on production. Do these ads actually air on TV anywhere?
TexasDan on July 2, 2009 at 6:41 PM
It’s cute. Better than Pelosi’s cat video.
jencab on July 2, 2009 at 6:41 PM
TRA – TRILLIONS
birdhurd on July 2, 2009 at 6:42 PM
The stimulus isn’t working: And it is not going to work.
Review this PDF:
100 Stimulus Projects: A Second Opinion
http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=59af3ebd-7bf9-4933-8279-8091b533464f
Here is one example:
In Perkins, Oklahoma, residents are literally paying the price for the “free” stimulus dollars provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Perkins is receiving $1.445 million from a federal stimulus grant for new wastewater treatment plant. As a condition of accepting those funds, the town must comply with a number of federal requirements. These federal restrictions have increased the total cost of the project from $5.26 million to $7.2 million, offsetting any financial benefit from the grant. As a result,
utility rates for local residents have risen by 60% to pay the costs for accepting the stimulus money. City Manager Pete Seikel said residents don’t understand why their sewer rates have to be increased if the city
is getting federal grants to build the new wastewater treatment plant.
Read about these projects:
1. “Free” Stimulus Money Results in Higher Utility Costs for Residents of Perkins, Oklahoma
2. FutureGen: The Stimulus Earmark that Wasn’t, Becomes the
Costliest Pork Project in History
3. Little-Used “Shovel-Ready” Bridges in Rural Wisconsin Given
Priority Over Widely Used Structurally Deficient Bridges
4. $800,000 for little-used Johnstown, Pennsylvania airport to repave a back-up runway; the “Airport for Nobody” Has Already Received Tens of Millions in Taxpayer dollars
5. $3.4 Million for Wildlife “Eco-Passage” in Florida; Project Still May Take Years to Finish
6. Nevada Non-Profit Gets Weatherization Contract After Being Fired For Same Work
7. Non-Existent Oklahoma Lake in Line for Over $1 Million To
Construct a New Guardrail
8. Taxpayers Taken for a Ride: Nearly $10 Million to be Spent to
Renovate a Century Old Train Station that Hasn’t Been Used in 30
Years
9. Ten Thousand Dead People Get Stimulus Checks, Social Security Administration Blames a Tough Deadline
10. Town of Union, New York, Encouraged to Spend Money It Did Not Request For a Homelessness Problem It Does Not Have
If you have a blog please post the PDF link to this paper.
If you have the resources then please print out as many copies of this paper as you can or at least the top ten projects and hand them out at Tea Parties.
izoneguy on July 2, 2009 at 6:42 PM
That, too. “Billions” for our children and grandchildren? Not too hard to get that right. And yet they didn’t!
califcon on July 2, 2009 at 6:42 PM
ruh roh!
moonbatkiller on July 2, 2009 at 6:43 PM
MillionsBillions of jobs create or saved!!!MB4 on July 2, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Good point. This is only going to be a base play.
The best bet is to come up with NEW ideas instead of attacking existing ideas that are already in motion.
ckoeber on July 2, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Kill the banjo’s.
Guardian on July 2, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Damn AP, you wanna turn this into some kinda Ross Perot ad with all them graphs and stuff?
faraway on July 2, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Look what they are up to now in DC. What the heck is wrong with these people? Don’t answer that.
Now they want Reagan’s name off the airport
http://tinyurl.com/n89hsp
hmfearny on July 2, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Pretty sad.
For a political ad to get away with humour… its almost got to be sarcasm…
If anything, this will tick off the grassroots folks, as you make fun of them with banjos and coon dogs.
Romeo13 on July 2, 2009 at 6:44 PM
The GOP should “Michael Jackson” Obama
Just run his name over and over again. Make the American people sick of hearing his name.
Just keep calling him on his failures. No need to make it humorous.
William Amos on July 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM
The GOP is lame…who wrote this? Hannity?
mankai on July2,2009 at 6:40 PM
Lame are the lies and deception that Obama uses with every breath to deceive the American people. Even the most brainwashed liberal lemmings are waking up to this scam by the dimocrats.
volsense on July 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Lame.
What they need is the kind of talent that produced this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAqPMJFaEdY
guntotinglibertarian on July 2, 2009 at 6:45 PM
You guys wanted a big tent. You got it.
faraway on July 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Is that the shadow of a mic boom that I see at about 1:00?
I don’t see what good these kind of ads do if they are only available on GOP YouTube channels.
Mark1971 on July 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM
At the very same time it turns off the city folks who voted for this disaster and gives them something to scoff at. Way to multi-task, GOP!
califcon on July 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Never work with dogs. See any of Lassie’s or Rin Tin Tin’s human co-stars on TV now…?
Hog Wild on July 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM
I liked the banjo idea, it will attract the inbred-liberals.
Bishop on July 2, 2009 at 6:48 PM
This ad is not clear, biting or hard enough. Also, the folksy theme is aimed at the base, which we already have, probably won’t inspire confidence in its message among people who don’t relate to rural or Southern culture, and it might even turn some of the undecided target audience off. So, I’m very disappointed. Please do better.
Loxodonta on July 2, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Now, now. Watch out you Southern bigots.
faraway on July 2, 2009 at 6:50 PM
I double dog dare them.
Loxodonta on July 2, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Plenty of moderates down south
faraway on July 2, 2009 at 6:52 PM
i really like it, great message, just where are the JOBS?
weewilly on July 2, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Over hill, over dale,
We must stop Herr Obama from swinging America by the tail,
And those Caissons Go Rolling Along
Counter march! Right about!
Hear those tea baggers shout
While those Caissons Go Rolling Along
To the front, day and night
Where the constitutionalists against Herr Obama dig and fight
And those Caissons Go Rolling Along
Our barrage will be there
Fired on the rocket’s flare
While those Caissons Go Rolling Along
With the liberty loving blogs, boot to boot
We will join in Herr Obama’s pursuit
And those Caissons Go Rolling Along
Action front, at a trot
Volley fire with shell and shot
While those Caissons Go Rolling Along
Should the foe penetrate
Ev’ry conservative gunner for Herr Obama lies in wait
And those Caissons Go Rolling Along
Fire at will, lay ‘em low
Never stop for any foe
While those Caissons Go Rolling Along
But if fate me should call
And in action against Herr Obama I should fall
Keep those Caissons a rolling Along
Then in peace I’ll abide
When I take my final ride
On a Caisson that’s Rolling Along
For it’s “Hi! Hi! Hee!
In the Impeach Obama Artillery
Call off your numbers loud and strong
And where e’er we go
You will always know
That those Caissons Are Rolling Along
MB4 on July 2, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Wow. That was…different. Never knew you could make an ad for less than five bucks.
dcwvu on July 2, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Great…go for it!! That’s just the sort of petty BS that makes their mean-spiritedness easy for average people to comprehend.
And it’s the sort of story even the bone-lazy MSM will report.
guntotinglibertarian on July 2, 2009 at 6:54 PM
The ads a good start, and an improved ad may be good play toward right-moderates, but it isn’t going to change the way the following think:
- ultra left wing socialist (pigs) (couldn’t resist)
- moderate left wingers with a race guilt thing going on
- stubborn and stupid moderate left center morons
- RINOS who are just….RINOs
We need a step by step A.B.C. set of ads that tell the complete truth (which is horrible enough) and NO embellishments or personal attacks. Emphasis on guess what…..
INDOVIDIAL FREEDOM AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY as the answer to many of our problems.
Spiritk9 on July 2, 2009 at 6:57 PM
A few thoughts about that ad:
1. Nobody but someone with serious time on their hands is gonna find it on YouTube.
2. It’s lame.
3. It offers no concrete alternatives, thus perpetuating this “party of NO” crap.
4. Nobody but Peggy the Moocher seriously expected Porkulus to work within 5 months, so why bother with this particular tack right now?
5. The production values were god-awful, but at least they avoided money shots of the dog’s private parts.
guntotinglibertarian on July 2, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Good ad lib at the ed by Boehner. Dogs and kids are the hardest to work with in film.
Need these on TV 24/7.
katy on July 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Alright, here we go:
1. I don’t think the bloodhounds are going to rustle up any black voters.
2. The dueling banjos will give Burt Reynolds and other canoers uh, back pain.
I think the GOP should hire those ladies that did the ‘Where’s the Fence’ ad for Grassfire.
HornetSting on July 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM
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I triple dog dare them and on top of that no exee’s or crossee’s or winnie poohee’s. /s
Americannodash on July 2, 2009 at 7:01 PM
I’m Southern…not a bigot…watch it….
ladyingray on July 2, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I love the boom mic shadow on the dog at the start of the wrap-up clip. :/
RedNewEnglander on July 2, 2009 at 7:03 PM
If you are winning an argument against a liberal, you are going to be called a bigoted, racist. I kind of wear it as a badge.
And yes, the south will rise again!
God Bless our Troops kicking Taliban ass!
HornetSting on July 2, 2009 at 7:03 PM
I just think it would be more effective if it didn’t have the feel of a regional ad. Isn’t one of the liberal talking points that we are just a bunch of gun toting, bible thumping, dumb, Southern hicks? We are not a regional party, or a rural party, or even a rural-suburban party, but a national one. I hope.
Loxodonta on July 2, 2009 at 7:04 PM
The stimulus was never intended to work. It was a payoff.
Period.
-Dave
Dave R. on July 2, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I love Bloodhounds. This ad, not so much.
myrenovations on July 2, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Look on the bright side. The ad is better than “Palin Madness”
- The Cat
MirCat on July 2, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Dave, Dave.
Now that’s just the sort of divisive, cynical political speech that The One promised us would be a thing of the past.
Now, just get into the van with these nice men and we’ll take you to this, um, well, sort of a…summer camp…where you can learn the whole new Hopeychange way of thinking.
Oh, by the way, Dave: you don’t happen to have any, um, firearms at home, do you?
guntotinglibertarian on July 2, 2009 at 7:07 PM
White House payroll information here.
Prepared to be amazed at what non-entities can earn.
One Against Many on July 2, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Allahpundit: If Ed hadn’t beat me to the punch in blogging the new unemployment numbers this morning, I would have titled the post, “Every job in America created or saved in June except for 467,000.”
Smarmy snark snob!
[Try saying that three times fast.]
Loxodonta on July 2, 2009 at 7:12 PM
A caller in to Rush today was talking about the form he had to fill out when a customer of his used stimulus money to buy his product. There was a blank for “jobs saved or created.” The caller put 0, as this one order was not a make-or-break for him. Someone from the relevant agency called him to “correct” the number. Apparently a job saved or created was one used to process this one order–again, that one order not being a make-or-break proposition for this guy. This is where 0bama’s coming up with the “saved or created” number.
Sekhmet on July 2, 2009 at 7:12 PM
The ad gives good info but the deliver method isn’t all that impressive.
On a side note I called Boehner’s office to ask about a part of the cap and trade bill that supposedly states you have to have your home inspected and bring it up to new standards before you can sell it. The guy who answered was real snotty and told me “The bill is public information sir” I said I know I have it in front of me but I can’t find that in the bill do you have someone who can point me to it. He replied in a rather harsh tone “No, we don’t have anyone who can do that.” I’m guessing it’s because they haven’t gotten to read all the bill yet either.
boomer on July 2, 2009 at 7:13 PM
This reminds me of a T-shirt I saw once that said “Paddle faster, I hear banjos.”
Mark1971 on July 2, 2009 at 7:13 PM
That is smoke and Mirrors
William Amos on July 2, 2009 at 7:14 PM
.
Smarmy snark snob, Smarmy snark snob, Smarmy snark snob!
.
Okay now what?
Americannodash on July 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Now they want Reagan’s name off the airport
Great…go for it!! That’s just the sort of petty BS that makes their mean-spiritedness easy for average people to comprehend.
And it’s the sort of story even the bone-lazy MSM will report.
guntotinglibertarian on July 2, 2009 at 6:54 PM
My thoughts exactly.
hmfearny on July 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Well, work out the kinks, spend some money to hire some professionals and when you have it down, go TV and radio.
Good first effort. I liked it, I agree with some of the criticism, but all in all it was a good video. You have the message, you just need to perfect the medium.
RobertInLexington on July 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Auntie Janet is looking for you. Ready to go camping? It’ll be a re-education!
Loxodonta on July 2, 2009 at 7:16 PM
They could have just summed it up by saying “Where’s the beef?”
milwife88 on July 2, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Was that Haley Barbour? This should make the dems squeal like piggies.
califdreamnred on July 2, 2009 at 7:24 PM
So will the Dems have 70 or 75 senate seats in 2011? Good god GOP, is this really the best you can do? Pathetic.
angryed on July 2, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Sorry ya’all. Yes, I still have a little southern drawl from Texas, but the video makes us sound stupid. The message is good, but lose the southern drawl….
yoda on July 2, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Bloodhounds are so… Jimmy Carter! Makes me think of a cross between “Hee Haw” and “Carter County”, if you can remember back that far..
I think a more direct approach is needed.
With Ted Nugent, of course.
TexasJew on July 2, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Those are fight’n words you’re use’n young’n.
Just kid’n. You got a point. The message should be more hip-hoppy to sway them city liberals.
shick on July 2, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Needs a more serious tone… “Trillions spent, for nothing!” Let’s not minimize the true disaster and corruption of the stimulus/porkulus era by doing Dukes of Hazard spoofs about it. Shoot straight, lay out the facts, mention Obama’s name in connection with the new and improved mega debt… OFTEN!
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Also, I totally agree that the kneeling in the grass with good slacks on is distracting, and leaves the ‘this is phony’ feeling.
RalphyBoy on July 2, 2009 at 7:39 PM
It might be folksy, but I am sure it will irritate Obama.
JellyToast on July 2, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Actually the banjo is a symbol of Americana. Introduced originally to the U.S. by african slaves. It’s also a symbol of tough times. I think its a good pick but lost on the spoiled “ME” generation.
shick on July 2, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Despite my criticism, this ad is better than this statement from Pelosi:
Keep beating around the Bush, Nancy. See how long that plays.
Loxodonta on July 2, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Not a home run but not a strikeout either.
The voiceover may be kinda hokey, but it sure beats those breathless “doom and gloom” voiceovers in most campaign ads (you know the ones: “Candidate X – bad for our state, bad for the nation”). Gawd, I hate those! Maybe they should just use a normal-sounding, no-discernible-accent voice.
As for the dogs, they reminded me of the Barney-cam videos the Bush White House used to do. Hokey but harmless. As for Boehner….well, he’s a LOT more personable than Denny Hastert was. Seems to me he’s got a good sense of humor, so the writers should tap into that.
An effective ad would have facts, but be funny and mock the Dems. People would remember it and it would piss the Dems off.
Lurking Vet on July 2, 2009 at 7:55 PM
AP, you wrote the ad for them (GOP). Now can you tell us, as someone in the know, why the heck they can’t take what you’ve done here and make it into a real ad?
/pulling my hair out
kerrhome on July 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM
The funniest part is how the goal posts keep getting moved. First we were going to see recovery when the “Checks arrived (Remember those?), then in “the Spring”, then Fall, the Late fall, then in a year, now it is a year or TWO.
It is a depression folks, with no recovery as long as our government insists on stealing money from the people for excellence. Set the rich free!
GunRunner on July 2, 2009 at 8:17 PM
They could do worse than use him, and for more than just a narrator. He has a way of effectively getting a message across.
AZCoyote on July 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Free observation back at ya…..
You do not go into full scale campaign advertising six months after the filthy liar took office. Too many people still feel good about voting your guy into office. There is no payoff until it is time to ramp up for the 2010 election- which is when the GOP wants the electorate frothing at the mouth to get rid of the Chicago street thug’s hold on Congress and virtually all three branches of government. For somebody who posts like he thinks he is the smartest kid in class, you sure can be dense.
highhopes on July 2, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Hey, I thought that ad was kinda funny myself. And it got the point across. They just need to do more ads. All kinds of ads.
Terrye on July 2, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Pelosi’s statement doesn’t even make sense.
Essentially her message is that we’ve neglected all the important stuff for so long that the only way forward is to spend money we don’t have on programs that aren’t working and do it on such a scale our grandkids are going to be in debt for their entire lives. That doesn’t make America better it just makes it poorer which I am sure is the filthy liar’s intent along with the rest of his corrupt party.
highhopes on July 2, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Obummer is doing nothing right. Of course the stimulus is no stimulus.The dems including Barney Fwank brought this on our heads by ardently defending corrupt Freddies and Sit on you Fannies.Ten percent unemployment? Welcome to the southern portions of several European nations for numbers like that. I believe we are above or below (your call) the UK, even. No, I have not checked my numbers here, so feel free to. Any way you look at it ten percent employment (to come) is Obummer`s fault along with the ILLiberals. Global warming??Sheet! An energy policy, more like an enervation policy. The holy church of global warming with the holy see in Tennessee, so rotund is he as the world she`s a round said Christopher C to me!
Sherman1864 on July 2, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I bet Iowa hawk wouldn’t mind.
Chaz706 on July 2, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Preaching to the choir, and not even an especially good sermon at that.
Dark-Star on July 2, 2009 at 8:55 PM
here’s an RNC ad with cojones
“Helter Skelter” Not your father’s RNC ad….
deedtrader on July 2, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Well now, I’ve seen the “G” rated version, and a link to one a 15 year old might appreciate, now I’d like one an adult would like that goes more for the jugular.
Jeff from WI on July 2, 2009 at 9:06 PM
So you noticed as well.
Loxodonta on July 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM
The last thing we want to do is associate the Republican party with banjoes. Are they seriously that stupid? As if people that have lost their jobs, or are struggling want to see Boner with a stupid dog.
They need drama, dark music impact. That is what appeals to all these morons that voted for Obama. They are directly influenced by their emotions and sensory data. They do not critical think. Things that do not stimulate their senses do not penetrate their cerebrums. RNC needs to catch a clue.
Banjoes. I can’t believe they used banjoes.
Socmodfiscon on July 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
how about dark organ music, with a backdop of detroit??
and then say ‘this is the result of decades of democRAT policies’…
right4life on July 2, 2009 at 9:28 PM
They aren’t going to get 1 stinkin’ DEM switch that ad, or ANY ad. DEMS drank the Kool Aid. The ad is obviously for those pin headed and amoral moderates and independents.
Jeff from WI on July 2, 2009 at 9:29 PM
They need to show foreclosure signs, pink slips, gas prices rising, all the ugly. They need to market in those blue areas of highest unemployment and say its been over 6 months. Why did the bankers get all the money and you still don’t have a job?
Obama said he was change too bad its been change for the worse. Pound that message.
Socmodfiscon on July 2, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Market in Cali where those people are taking furloughs and pay cuts. How has the stimulus helped them. Change for the worse out to be the new motto.
Socmodfiscon on July 2, 2009 at 9:37 PM
I saw similar cutesy stuff in the Edwards/Faircloth NC Senate race in 1998. I was screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOO! This kinda stuff makes the extreme base giggle but converts nobody.
In a state that Bob Dole (Bob Dole!) won handily against a popular incumbent president… a chucker like Edwards stole a Senate seat because the GOP got cutesy (among other things). I was emailing them PLEADING with the campaign to start nailing the guy… and to stick with the ISSUES… but they opted for “zany” stunts.
All the GOP did was lose Republican support while converting NOBODY. Time to start playing hardball.
This ad isn’t completely devoid of content, but the delivery borders on worthlessness.
mankai on July 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM
My $.02- Tie it directly into Obama’s statements in a concrete way. Take his Caterpillar/stimulus statement which was immediately shown to be false, add the subsequent layoffs at Caterpillar plants (contra his assertion that jobs would be saved/added), and state that even today they have less employees than before the stimulus passed.
Make him eat his words publicly.
cs89 on July 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Do a Lies Lies Lies Yeah Yeah Campaign.
Catchy tune, associate Obamas face while flashing Lies in big text. Alternate with the reality of Obamas lies.
Socmodfiscon on July 2, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Obama owns the economy now. His advisors remind me of a kid in a candy store with a propensity for taking things that don’t belong to them. When they are caught, they deny it saying that they were going to “pay for it before they left”….
They still have 3/12 years of “shopping” to do and a republican majority will be the only security guard.
Nelsa on July 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Government “making” Americans……………????
What a sick, twisted, moronic piece of garbage she is. Any country that would elevate someone like Pelosi to “gavel status” is probably already within the death throes.
David2.0 on July 2, 2009 at 10:50 PM
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