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I'm feeling strangely happy now, contented and serene. Oh don't you see, finally I'll be, somewhere that's green...Dude, if people put out ads like that more often, I'd be much more likely to be happy about election season coming around.
Current project: Cleaning up the Chrono Crusade examples one at a time. God help me....Wow. I didn't even know political ads were capable of being that classy. Honestly, just... I'm amazed. In a good way.
The political ads I listen to are just so... juvenile, demonizing, hateful... just garbage. They are one of my most hated ads, and I just can't believe that that kind of ad hominem and dirtiness could be so crassly tossed out there and actually be effective. :ahem: Well anyway, yeah.
I would love to hear at least one ad like this one day. It's actually kinda' sad they aren't more common.
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My iMoodFrankly, I see little that a candidate could gain from an ad that did not make the person look better than his or her opponents (or at least look good and not comment on the opponents). I think that can be with integrity, but ultimately a candidate will have a better chance of being elected if they try to persuade.
Of course, I may just be expecting a lot from ads.
edited 29th Oct '10 8:54:40 PM by LouieW
"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 dRaven Wilder, well, I guess my opinion on that is a bit different then. I suppose the question is whether that really was a nonpartisan ad or whether the "independent group" was actually a politically-slanted PAC or interest group (not that there is necessarily anything wrong with such groups sponsoring ads). If the group did have a goal of making one candidate appear better then I suppose my criticism from before still makes some sense.
Sorry, I just have a bit of a hard time understanding why a completely independent group would even pay for an ad like that. I suppose I am a bit too cynical.
edited 29th Oct '10 9:10:19 PM by LouieW
"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 dWow. All I've seen are "Under our current governer, our unemployment rate has nearly DOUBLED!" Uh, yeah, it's called A RECESSION.
That ad probably had a slight slant to it but it sounds like it's better than most anyways.
"The fact that your food can be made into makeshift bombs alarms the Hell out of me, Scrye." - CharlatanYeah, I get the vibe that this ad was by a group that is tired of all the bias and such in the elections, and just wanted to get some facts out there. Although this sort of stuff can be picked through if you look for it, it's nice to just have it pointed out in a matter-of-fact way.
Taking a break from FE1, for the FE8 draft insteadif I ever become a political candidate, my very first campaign ad will be narrated by myself, throwing hyperbolic self depreciation around. However, the actual text and images on the screen will show all the reasonable facets of my plans. It will be cool.
They assed first. I am only retaliating in an ass way. -The Dead Man's Life

In my state there are three main contenders running for the office of governor. There have been a lot of very inflammatory ads from all parties lately, but today I saw one that's message was simply "If you approve of the Health Care Reform bill and want to solve the deficit problem by raising taxes, vote for one of these two guys. If you disapprove of the Health Care Reform bill and want to solve the deficit problem through spending cuts, vote for this guy."
I paraphrased a tiny bit, but that's really all the ad said. That someone would make a political ad that just states the facts about candidates' positions without lots of biased descriptions or ad hominem attacks ... well, it makes me feel a little better about the whole electoral process.