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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16976: May 3rd 2012 at 7:07:42 PM

He probably didn't personally write the ad or anything, but yeah, it's not the kind of campaign I'd like to see.

ALAS, to win is important I suppose.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
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#16977: May 3rd 2012 at 7:11:21 PM

I'm annoyed by the ad but it's nothing more than fighting fire with, well, a flickering match really. The moral imperative to keep the Republicans from controlling our government in 2013 outweighs almost any (legal) means used to get there. It's what they do, after all.

As Jon Stewart likes to point out, Fox News is quick to leap on Democrats for the exact same tactics they use themselves, every single day.

edited 3rd May '12 7:12:21 PM by Fighteer

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AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#16978: May 3rd 2012 at 9:29:01 PM

I don't know what ads you guys are talking about, but this one that's circling tumblr right now is pretty interesting. It's basically straight up just saying that the Republicans and Big Oil are lying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8IkC4gM6QX4

Skatepunk Since: Feb, 2011
#16979: May 3rd 2012 at 10:39:38 PM

I hate lies... sad

By the way, Paul and Romney aren't the only Republicans still running. Fred Karger (Gay Conservative) and Andy Martin (Birther) are running, but doing so poorly the news doesn't cover them.

I feel kinda bad for them... well, I feel bad for Karger, not Martin. The idiot tried to sue the state of Hawaii for Obama's "real" birth certificate.

edited 3rd May '12 11:10:51 PM by Skatepunk

abstractematics Since: May, 2011
#16980: May 3rd 2012 at 11:12:35 PM

Yeah, I honestly don't give Andy Martin credibility.

Now using Trivialis handle.
RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#16982: May 4th 2012 at 6:36:31 AM

@Aceof Spades

I liked that ad. Kind of a straight and to the point advertisement without all the rallying charismatic bullshit people like to make attempts at in campaign ads for either side.

And I know it's true, because the company I work for(which makes electric and hybrid vehicles) does work with fisker automotive. I also know about the solar plant, because it was in the local paper, since I live near San Luis Obispo.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#16983: May 4th 2012 at 6:51:08 AM

[up]

Pity all it will do for a lot of people is make them assume those are made up names.

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#16984: May 4th 2012 at 7:37:38 AM

Apparently Southern California is Mexico.

Lanceleoghauni Cyborg Helmsman from Z or R Twice Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: In my bunk
#16985: May 4th 2012 at 7:50:01 AM

Close Enough for politics

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Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#16986: May 4th 2012 at 8:34:13 AM

^

Close enough IRL too, to be honest. We might as well be.

ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#16987: May 4th 2012 at 10:18:29 AM

I wholeheartedly support an entire campaign that is built on going "er, no, that's factually incorrect"

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." Twitter
Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#16988: May 4th 2012 at 10:31:38 AM

[up]this. Though on some issues, Romney's going to fall back onto using various misniformation groups such as the Heartland institute, or conservative think tanks like the Heritage foundation, known for making reports which are either brilliant or would fail an introductory college statistics course (such as claiming that poor people aren't truly poor because they have appliances such as refrigerators or microwaves or a computer).

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
Skatepunk Since: Feb, 2011
#16989: May 4th 2012 at 10:48:34 AM

[up]

One Republican ad was completely bs (saying that closing tax loopholes means raising taxes). Then I found out why: at the end of the commercial, it said it was sponsored by Americans For Tax Reform, the infamous group run by Grover Norquist.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#16990: May 4th 2012 at 10:50:52 AM

It's also interesting that they're pretty much putting an ad out there that relies largely on word of mouth and Internet proliferation. I wasn't paying near as much attention to politics the last time, but isn't this basically what Obama did last time? Appeal to the youth vote largely through the internet?

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#16991: May 4th 2012 at 11:01:45 AM

@Ace: It actually makes sense to me. Obama's got a leg up on Romney, since it appears that Obama has better command of social media and social networking, while Romney is very much still doing more traditional advertising. There's an article out there showing the differences between how Romney spent his money and how Obama spent it.

Also, Obama has to rely more on word of mouth and fundraisers than Romney because Obama has pledged not to make use of Super PA Cs.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#16992: May 4th 2012 at 11:03:25 AM

I wanna hire a bunch of people to stalk Norquist going "C'mon man, isn't it time to drop this whole thing? C'mooooooon. Dude, seriously! C'mon! Dude!"

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#16993: May 4th 2012 at 11:49:15 AM

[up][up]Didn't Obama go back on that pledge? Not that I blame him... why shoot yourself in the foot like that?

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#16995: May 4th 2012 at 11:54:32 AM

Huh, ok. I take back the part about the superpacs, then.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
novazembla Since: Jul, 2013
#16996: May 4th 2012 at 12:00:17 PM

I'm certain Obama never pledged not to take money from super PA Cs. You might be thinking about how he pledged to take public funds in the 2008 campaign. If he had done so, it would have restricted his ability to take money from small donors, and he got way more money from them than he would have from public funding, so he backed out of that promise. American campaign finance law is both very complicated and very bad at keeping money out of politics. Obama would have had to have been an idiot to pledge not to take money from super PA Cs (in my humble opinion. It would have been very noble, but not very practical). He did publicly disagree with the Supreme Court decision that allowed corporations to donate unlimited amounts of money anonymously to super PA Cs, so this might make him a little hypocritical to take money from them, but he didn't actually break a promise in this case.

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#16997: May 4th 2012 at 12:06:08 PM

Sorry, misread. He's vowed not to accept PAC money (Super PA Cs not included necessarily), accept donations from lobbyists, or allow any registered lobbyists to “bundle” contributions for his campaign.

Whether he's gone back on that is a different matter.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
Skatepunk Since: Feb, 2011
#16998: May 4th 2012 at 12:10:03 PM

Personally, I think Obama should use his superPAC to fight the deficit (not sure if that's legal) rather than advertising. That would influence the election in a completely different way! cool

Also, I have noticed that the internet was almost completely devoid of Romney ads unless you deliberately go looking for them, while Obama puts his ads in web commercials, for all the youth to see.

Also, slightly off-topic but important: do you think voting should be mandatory in the United States? Australia has a 95% voter turnout because of mandatory voting. But is it a good idea or not?

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#16999: May 4th 2012 at 12:13:09 PM

Yep. Of course, with one party (guess which one) actively trying to suppress votes via legislation, it'll never happen.

RadicalTaoist scratching at .8, just hopin' from the #GUniverse Since: Jan, 2001
scratching at .8, just hopin'
#17000: May 4th 2012 at 12:14:13 PM

Not mandatory. It should be legal to kick people in the crotch when they complain about the government and then admit "yeah, I didn't bother voting because it doesn't do anything."

Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.

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