The woman in the pro-Kavanaugh commercials, Louisa Garry, rescinded her endorsement

[Gothmog]

Link to tweet

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, big

[malaise]

2. Oh My!

Another one jumps ship

[elleng]

3. Can she rescind the ad???

[Solly Mack]

6. Exactly. The ad has done its damage.

[elleng]

14. and pisses me off every time I see it!

[Solly Mack]

16. It was shown here about 5 minutes ago.

[Midnight Writer]

38. Still running here.

[hlthe2b]

4. I just posted re: her last night wondering if she would rethink. Unfortunately, her commercial

in support of Kav are running 24/7.

[calimary]

42. It's on a really high rotation. Every time I see it, I hit the mute button.

Or I change channels.

This was some MASSIVELY BIG ad buy.

Boy oh boy - repeat repeat repeat, 'eh? Isn't that the name of the game?

Just like Kavanaugh himself last night in that Pox Noise interview - repeat repeat repeat - even when you start sounding like a freakin' robot. You supposedly went to college, dude. Didn't you have enough English classes to know enough words with which to switch up the narrative just a little bit? So you wouldn't sound like the Chatty Cathy doll I used to play with as a little girl? Just pull her string and she talks! Says the same 11 pre-recorded phrases over and over and over. And over and over and over...

[MountCleaners]

5. Awesome...

Judicial Crybaby Network can't run them anymore. Now they have to stop running the other one.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Another political hack group disguised as a tax free charity or public interest group.

Citizens United is only as vile as those who take advantage of it with lies and veils.

[madaboutharry]

9. I don't think they are required to stop running it.

She wouldn’t have a say. She doesn’t own the commercial.

She didn’t say she doesn’t support him being on The Supreme Court.

[Ms. Toad]

21. They can't use her likeness for commercial gain

without her consent (commercial gain is interpreted very broadly).

So it would intend on what the contract says about the rights she granted to them to use her persona. Not eveyone thinks to formally obtain the consent of people whose images they are using.

(The above is based on general principles that apply to use of persona - image, voice, name, etc.; the laws vary somewhat from state to state.)

[MountCleaners]

22. More details...

Apparently, they took their ads off the website, according to this article. I love that they look like idiots. This article isn't clear on what Garry's stance is at this time.

And then, when reached for comment about Deborah Ramirez' story, Garry was one of the people who signed a statement saying, "We can say with confidence that if the incident Debbie alleges ever occurred, we would have seen or heard about it—and we did not. The behavior she describes would be completely out of character for Brett."

Today, Garry withdrew her signature from that statement which originated with Kavanaugh's lawyers. “I never saw or heard anything like this,” Garry told The New Yorker. “But I cannot dispute Ramirez’s allegations, as I was not present.”

Well now, this is quite the walkback from the original statement as drafted by Kavanaugh's team, isn't it?

Even more interesting than that, it appears that Garry may also be distancing herself from the Judicial Crisis Network ads, too. The page announcing the ad blitz is a "Not Found" page, as is the page with their videos.

https://crooksandliars.com/2018/09/what-happened-brett-kavanaugh-booster

At this point, they look like fools. Love it.

[BigmanPigman]

31. I just wrote a nasty email to the Judicial Network after hearing another ad on MSNBC.

I couldn't take it anymore. The witch that runs it loves Justice Thomas.

"The Judicial Crisis Network is an American conservative political campaign organization based in the United States. As of 2014 it was run by Carrie Severino, a former law clerk for supreme court justice Clarence Thomas. The organization describes itself as "dedicated to strengthening liberty and justice in America."

[Grasswire2]

37. Saw it ten minutes ago here. nt

[calimary]

44. I think the only thing she could do at this point is go WIDELY public with her retreat.

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She should go on the interview circuit. She should present herself to the news media. Be interviewed. Talk to reporters. Go on camera. So then the impression is left - anytime that commercial runs - that the commercial is at least a little bit suspect.

Just like that CNN poll of "women voters" - which had strategically selected republi-CON operatives blathering about their support of trump. They were POLITICAL INSIDERS. POSING as random "women voters."

GUYS - WE ALL HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS STUFF! ANYTHING portrayed by that side of the aisle is ONLY portrayed to further an ulterior motive, a political agenda. It should automatically be suspect. START THINKING DEVIOUSLY. Start thinking, strategically, about how one could screw over somebody else, manipulate public opinion. PERCEPTION MANAGMENT. That's ALL it is, with this bunch. They don't do ANYTHING with sincerity. It's ALWAYS a manipulation. It's ALWAYS calculated.

UNDERSTAND THE MIND OF THE ENEMY.

[spanone]

43. I'm sure she signed a contract and it was a 'work for hire' where she has no say at all in it's use.

[Ms. Toad]

47. Work for hire is a copyright principle - not right of persona

Some entities are good about getting the requisite consents - others aren't If this is a sloppy one she might have the right to stop them. It all depends on what the contract says.

[dhol82]

8. Don't know if you read down in the comments section

Some are saying that she still supports Kavanaugh.
She wrote a letter to the New Yorker to take her name off the pro-Kavanaugh letter since she wasn’t there for the event with Ramirez. But she still supports the Kav.

[MineralMan]

10. I just saw that commercial this evening.

Interesting.

[The empressof all]

11. OMG! Her Vocal Fry was enough to drive me crazy.

I couldn't listen to her for more than a half second.....The damage has been done.. Hope she has learned something from this...At least I hope she works on her speaking delivery...

[GemDigger]

12. too late for that.

I just saw her face on TV 10 minutes ago. Live with it Louisa.

[procon]

13. Didn't she say she knew Kavanaugh for 30 years?

Maybe she heard the rumors of his sexual assaults back in the day, but dismissed them as gossip or shrugged it off as "boys will be boys". Maybe she suspected that he had a dark past when she agree to do that ad, but since she didn't actually know what he'd done to other young women, she said nice things about him, her long time friend.

But then the news broke and the stories of perversion were everywhere, and first there's one woman accusing Kavanaugh of trying to rape her, then another woman comes forward, and yet a third, and then suddenly she realizes that all those rumors were actually true.

[MoonRiver]

15. Then she needs to do another ad stating why she rescinded her endorsement.

That's the only way to overcome the damage she's done.

[lunatica]

28. Ads are very expensive

It’s the main reason why politicians need so much money when they’re campaigning.

[flibbitygiblets]

36. Would it be too much for CNN/MSNBC to stop taking money from them and put on free ads

of this woman doing a quick "Actually I changed my mind" clip?

You know, for democracy and whatnot?

[smorkingapple]

17. Just saw in FL this afternoon on MSNBC

Hadn't seen for a while so figured the ad buy assumed he'd be confirmed by now. They must have ramped it back up this week.

[DoctorJoJo]

18. OUCH!! This Sorry Episode Is Now Officially OVER!!

[StevieM]

23. I doubt that. The Republicans want this one bad. And, unfortunately, they may plow through

and go ahead and get it.

[George II]

19. I've seen that ad four or five times today, and they ran it all weekend.

[Cha]

20. Thanks, Goth.

[RiverStone]

24. Why did she endorse a judge rec'd by an illegitimate and sex offender president at all?

Sure, rescind is better to do late than never, though the ad has already been out there.

[PatSeg]

25. Wow

I was just thinking about that today when I saw a bit of her endorsement. She seemed so sincere and I was wondering if she was having second thoughts about Kavanaugh after the accusations.

[C_U_L8R]

26. She should have known better

There is absolutely no excuse for supporting heinous republican policies (or people).

[PoorMonger]

27. Probably can't pull the ad

But , she could make a counter ad where she takes back her endorsement and hits the shitty interest group for keeping the original up and running on networks

[lpbk2713]

29. Kav. They're all bailing out on you. And Trump by extension.

Take a bus outta town pal. It's all over.

[3catwoman3]

30. When did she do this?

I saw this damn ad for the umpteenth time about 5 minutes ago on MSNBC.

[Brother Buzz]

32. Why in the Hell were they even running Kavanaugh commercials in the first place?

I've never heard of this before.

[Hekate]

33. That ad is now out of her control. Live and learn, Louisa. nt

[ProudProgressiveNow]

34. KR NT

[Rhiannon12866]

35. I've seen that ad countless times - and always on MSNBC

Hoping we won't see it again.

[Gothmog]

39. GOP humiliated as friend from pro-Kavanaugh TV ads asks to be removed from letter supporting the jud

Link to tweet

[czarjak]

40. There was another twit singing his praises too...

[berksdem]

41. Frankly: F HER!

[Paladin]

45. Too late, Ms. Garry. (nt)

[librechik]

46. In the ad she says she knows nothing about politics. I bet she learned a few things!

If you know noting about politics, how on earth could you understand a thing like Kavanaugh???