They beg the money from you and me (well, not me...i wouldn’t give a dime to a politician of either party), and then turn around and give it to corporate America.  It’s called redistribution of wealth.  And since 1992, the Dems have shown themselves as apt at it as the Reps.

I have seen mostly one Obama ad and not a steady diet of it. I recall campaigns in the past when campaign ads saturated the airways around the clock--I actually see more ads for erections and mortgages than I see Obama.

Anyone who would brag about being in Mensa is an idiot loser (and a racist to boot) Real smart.

The Obama ad speaks to the “person” (Obama), two of the Hillary ads speak to the issues (if only quickly).  Having Obama’s family do the ad may work - and it may not; after all, most family members are obviously going to say something good about their relative, so it may simply come off as “insular” and obvious.

That said, this thread seemed to be the right place to bring this up.  Here is an excerpt from an article, linked below.  It is about college kids bullying their parents to vote for Obama:

“Megan Simpson, a Penn State senior, had not been able to budge her father, a Republican. But the day before the deadline for registering for the coming Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, she handed him the forms and threw in a deal-sweetener as well. “I said, ‘Dad, if you change your party affiliation in time to vote for Obama,’” recalled Ms. Simpson, 22, an Obama campus volunteer, “‘I will get you the paperwork the day after the primary if you want to switch back to being a Republican.’”

Apparently, this 22-year-old genius has not considered how smarmy - to say nothing of undemocratic - her suggestion is.  Indeed, it was a focused and concerted use of this tactic that the GOP used to defeat Cynthia McKinney in Georgia: they got over 40,000 GOP voters to switch Democratic, voted for McKinney’s opponent (thus ousting McKinney), and then switched back for the general election and voted Republican.

Hey, kids, isn’t politics fun?

Here is the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/us/politics/08kids.h tml?_r=1&sq=hoffman&st=nyt&oref=slogin&scp= 2&pagewanted=print

Peace.