Time for some vicious campaign commercials
Man, if I don't see some viciousness in the upcoming 2006 campaign cycle - from the Democrats - I'm going to be pissed.
F*#k the high road. F*#k the middle road. We need to get LOW.
I don't want to see any color commercials from the DNC. I want all slow, grainy black-and-white footage of Jack Abramoff coming out of court looking like a 1930s hitman.
In a split-screen shot, I want DeLay waltzing out of court with that smarmy smile on his face. And I want a low, growling voice that says, "These old and dear friends took $1 million from the Russians and helped Moscow bail out that country's economy. All the while letting your children foot the bill - potentially $2 trillion - for the war in Iraq. Whose side are they on?"
I want a grainy ad of Ralph Reed, campaigning, hand-shaking, smarming it up, and then I want our friendly voice to chime in - "This supposed religious leader took money to stop a casino from being built, just so another one could go up. How did he do it? - 'We want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them. The wackos get their information from the Christian right." Republicans - they use your religion to line their pockets."
I want an ad with a crown imposed on W.'s head. Then our friendly voice chimes in: "George Bush makes and follows his own rules. When he doesn't like a law, he signs a piece of paper saying he doesn't have to obey it. He's done this 500 times. 'If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.' George Bush doesn't listen to Congress. Which means George Bush doesn't listen to YOU."
Another one: "Republicans think suspending the Constitution is a good idea. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt said so herself (in huge courier font) 'We're at war...suspending the Constitution is sometimes necessary.' (then pounding graphics come in with that sound, like iron hitting steel) Freedom of Speech. Right to Privacy. Right to Bear Arms.
REPUBLICANS. They hate your freedoms."
I don't want to see any lying down by the Democrats this year. I want every commercial to reflect the nastiness that is the Republican party. Every single Republican Congressman should get tarred and feathered with the taint of the culture of corruption. Every single one.
I'm from New Jersey. I want a campaign like the Corzine-Forrester one - except, oh about 20 times worse.
We've got them on family values, moral values, defense (hundreds of soldiers could be alive today had they proper body armor), foreign policy, domestic policy (has the Bush administration gotten ANYTHING accomplished in the past year?), civil liberties, the budget...so let's go out there and fight like we mean it!
We can craft ideas for copy and images in the ads, and also make a list of all the particularly shameful episodes in the last two years of the Republican party that need highlighting and exploiting.
So...I'd be curious to see other people's ideas for nasty, takedown ads that hold nothing back. They can be general ads tarring the Republican party and the president. And they can be ads specific to your Congressional race. That would be very enlightening, cause I don't know the best way to attack in every district or according to each congresscritters sins.
F*#k the high road. F*#k the middle road. We need to get LOW.
I don't want to see any color commercials from the DNC. I want all slow, grainy black-and-white footage of Jack Abramoff coming out of court looking like a 1930s hitman.
In a split-screen shot, I want DeLay waltzing out of court with that smarmy smile on his face. And I want a low, growling voice that says, "These old and dear friends took $1 million from the Russians and helped Moscow bail out that country's economy. All the while letting your children foot the bill - potentially $2 trillion - for the war in Iraq. Whose side are they on?"
I want a grainy ad of Ralph Reed, campaigning, hand-shaking, smarming it up, and then I want our friendly voice to chime in - "This supposed religious leader took money to stop a casino from being built, just so another one could go up. How did he do it? - 'We want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them. The wackos get their information from the Christian right." Republicans - they use your religion to line their pockets."
I want an ad with a crown imposed on W.'s head. Then our friendly voice chimes in: "George Bush makes and follows his own rules. When he doesn't like a law, he signs a piece of paper saying he doesn't have to obey it. He's done this 500 times. 'If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.' George Bush doesn't listen to Congress. Which means George Bush doesn't listen to YOU."
Another one: "Republicans think suspending the Constitution is a good idea. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt said so herself (in huge courier font) 'We're at war...suspending the Constitution is sometimes necessary.' (then pounding graphics come in with that sound, like iron hitting steel) Freedom of Speech. Right to Privacy. Right to Bear Arms.
REPUBLICANS. They hate your freedoms."
I don't want to see any lying down by the Democrats this year. I want every commercial to reflect the nastiness that is the Republican party. Every single Republican Congressman should get tarred and feathered with the taint of the culture of corruption. Every single one.
I'm from New Jersey. I want a campaign like the Corzine-Forrester one - except, oh about 20 times worse.
We've got them on family values, moral values, defense (hundreds of soldiers could be alive today had they proper body armor), foreign policy, domestic policy (has the Bush administration gotten ANYTHING accomplished in the past year?), civil liberties, the budget...so let's go out there and fight like we mean it!
We can craft ideas for copy and images in the ads, and also make a list of all the particularly shameful episodes in the last two years of the Republican party that need highlighting and exploiting.
So...I'd be curious to see other people's ideas for nasty, takedown ads that hold nothing back. They can be general ads tarring the Republican party and the president. And they can be ads specific to your Congressional race. That would be very enlightening, cause I don't know the best way to attack in every district or according to each congresscritters sins.
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