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 This Attack Ad Cannot Be RealPosted on Oct 14, 2010
The founder and publisher of the Political Wire,Taegan Goddard, wonders if this attack ad isn’t the best of all time, and it may be, but it also feels like something that aired between segments of “Saturday Night Live.” Only this is funny. Advertisement Previous item: O'Reilly's Views on Islam Spark Walk-Offs on 'The View' Next item: Brace Yourself for 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' New and Improved CommentsWe are launching a major overhaul of our comments section. In addition to more robust spam filtering and moderation, new features include the ability to rate other comments, sort how they are displayed and respond directly via e-mail or in a thread. Unfortunately, commenters will lose their existing Truthdig identities. It's a pain, we know, but on the plus side you will now be able to log in with a plethora of options, including Google, Twitter, Facebook and Disqus accounts. Before launching this system we spent months in discussion with our top commenters. We listened to the feedback and we hope you like what we've come up with. Please direct any problems or concerns to us via our contact page. |
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By Jimnp72, October 15, 2010 at 7:34 pm Link to this comment
Shades of Lee Atwater!
Report thisBy MickSteers, October 15, 2010 at 8:07 am Link to this comment
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There have been a couple of iterations of this “ad”. One claimed to be sponsored by “Concerned Pediatric Orthodontists”.
It’s satire. Canadian political advertising has not yet sunk to the level of the incessant attack ads seen in the US, although we do have a neo-con Prime Minister who seems to envy American political culture and is pushing hard in that direction.
Ironically, Michael Ignatieff, leader of the opposition Liberal Party was attacked for being “foreign”. He was painted as unworthy of Prime Minister’s chair because he spent many years teaching at Harvard (in a foreign country, so he couldn’t possibly share our values). Despite his Canadian citizenship, I’m sure he’s just back here to father some American Terror Babies.
There are lots of American imports to love. The politics of fear and division is not one of them.
Report thisBy bogglesthemind, October 15, 2010 at 7:46 am Link to this comment
“Only this is funny.”
I don’t see any funny, here.
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Report this~Is it not time to rise up against willful stupidity?
By Napolean DoneHisPart, October 15, 2010 at 6:39 am Link to this comment
What is sad is there are some who look at the video, listen to the commentator.. and BELIEVE it….
Report thisBy dalhousie, October 14, 2010 at 9:10 pm Link to this comment
this actually did happen but is not a real attack ad. whats funny is how quickly the commentator was able to announce what was on everyones mind.
http://www.wikio.co.uk/video/winnipeg-mayor-sam-katz-kicks-face-3974008
Report thisBy dalhousie, October 14, 2010 at 9:10 pm Link to this comment
this actually did happen but is not a real attack ad. whats funny is how quickly the commentator was able to announce what was on everyones mind.
Report thisBy Napolean DoneHisPart, October 14, 2010 at 8:53 pm Link to this comment
Unbelievable… well actually, very believable.
Whatever it takes… how low is too low?
Murder?
Extortion?
Flat Out blatant media manipulation?
New lows are always found.
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