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2016 Postmortem

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts) Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:14 AM Sep 2012

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I heard this ad is running BIG TIME in Ohio

Any DU'ERS from Ohio who can verify if this is true

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I heard this ad is running BIG TIME in Ohio (Original Post) bigdarryl Sep 2012 OP

I haven't turned on the TV yet today. Connie_Corleone Sep 2012 #1

I wish it were running 24x7 in all 50 states, in all TV markets. I live in one of the sinkingfeeling Sep 2012 #2

Alabama or Texas? bamacrat Sep 2012 #3

Arkansas, 58.7% for McCain in 2008. sinkingfeeling Sep 2012 #4

Great ad. Nt speedoo Sep 2012 #5

Saw it this morning in Colorado. JimDandy Sep 2012 #6

Rachel Maddow blogged about this very ad today, said it was running in all swing states.. K Gardner Sep 2012 #7

"Third and MOST DEVASATATING AD" yet", per Maddow, at this link.. K Gardner Sep 2012 #8

Am I the only one who doesn't see it as the most devastating ad? woolldog Sep 2012 #9

The people whose faces they are showing are the 47%.. I thought it was brilliant ! K Gardner Sep 2012 #10

Yes, woolldog Sep 2012 #11

Connie_Corleone

(9,330 posts)

1. I haven't turned on the TV yet today.

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:29 AM

Sep 2012

Maybe I'll see that ad tonight while watching Last Resort and Scandal. Great ad!

sinkingfeeling

(51,461 posts)

2. I wish it were running 24x7 in all 50 states, in all TV markets. I live in one of the

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:31 AM

Sep 2012

top two anti-Obama states, and we see no ads except an occasional one on a cable station.

bamacrat

(3,867 posts)

3. Alabama or Texas?

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:33 AM

Sep 2012

I have lived in both, back in Bama now but..

sinkingfeeling

(51,461 posts)

4. Arkansas, 58.7% for McCain in 2008.

Reply to bamacrat (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:40 AM

Sep 2012

speedoo

(11,229 posts)

5. Great ad. Nt

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 12:03 PM

Sep 2012

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)

6. Saw it this morning in Colorado.

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:24 PM

Sep 2012

Great ad!

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

7. Rachel Maddow blogged about this very ad today, said it was running in all swing states..

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:39 PM

Sep 2012

She's asking her readers to write in and tell her where they have seen it.

LOVE THIS !!

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

8. "Third and MOST DEVASATATING AD" yet", per Maddow, at this link..

Reply to bigdarryl (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:42 PM

Sep 2012

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/09/27/14125152-thursdays-campaign-round-up?lite

I agree that this ad is more lethal even than the one that features all the Faces of Romney as his 47% tape runs in the background. (I'd read the Maddow blog and fiddle with your OP title, but that's just me.. this needs to be at the top of the Rec Page

woolldog

(8,791 posts)

9. Am I the only one who doesn't see it as the most devastating ad?

Reply to K Gardner (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:18 PM

Sep 2012

It doesn't make clear that most of the 47% are actually working people who pay payroll taxes, or are elderly.

Most people who don't follow policy/politics closely won't know that.

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)

10. The people whose faces they are showing are the 47%.. I thought it was brilliant !

Reply to woolldog (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:36 PM

Sep 2012

woolldog

(8,791 posts)

11. Yes,

Reply to K Gardner (Reply #10)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:38 PM

Sep 2012

You and I know that they are.

But do most people? I would've liked that to have been made clear in the ad, that most of the 47 percenters are working or elderly or veteran. It needs to be said explicitly, imo

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