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Norbert

(6,039 posts)
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:10 PM Oct 2020

Guess what word I don't hear on political commercials: Conservative

In my Reds side of town that was the magic buzzword that would get you elected. More often than not it worked.

We had a young Republican running for Hamilton County Auditor several years ago. Plastered on his signs and on his TV commercials was "Conservative Leadership". Dude, much of the auditor's job is auditing scales and gas pumps then putting compliance stickers on them. Why add idiology to the mix? He lost.

I have yet to find the word conservative on yard signs and commercials. In fact the elephant logo hasn't been seen much as well.

I'm thinking that maybe the trumpion candidates are now way beyond conservative.

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Guess what word I don't hear on political commercials: Conservative (Original Post) Norbert Oct 2020 OP
Here in south Florida, "Republican" is the only word I see in their ads. dubyadiprecession Oct 2020 #1
You don't see it in signs either. Renew Deal Oct 2020 #2
They even seem to be shying away from GOP colors in their ads.... Chakaconcarne Oct 2020 #3
In my ideal world Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #4
I think Radical Terrorist would do it. ananda Oct 2020 #5

dubyadiprecession

(5,711 posts)
1. Here in south Florida, "Republican" is the only word I see in their ads.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:18 PM
Oct 2020

Which you Dam near have to pause on their ads and read with a magnifying glass!

Cirque du So-What

(25,939 posts)
4. In my ideal world
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:45 PM
Oct 2020

decent folk would reflexively spit on the ground when hearing the c-word. Make it an epithet even more reviled than what they did to ‘liberal.’

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