Mitt Romney caught up in billboard affair

[trailmonkee]

Source: Boston Herald

A Southie billboard advertising a website for adulterers, which slammed White House wannabe Mitt Romney over his tax returns, disappeared less than 24 hours after it went up after the media company got complaints from fans of the ex-gov.

“It didn’t even survive 24 hours,” AshleyMadison.com founder Noel Biderman told the Track. “This doesn’t feel like America to me. It’s like something that would happen in some Central American dictatorship.”

OK, so here’s the deal: Biderman rented a billboard in Southie to advertise his website, which promises to hook up people who are in relationships but looking for some side action.

The billboard features a pic of the ex-Mass. governor with his fingers to his lips in a “Shhhh” pose. The caption read: “If cheating on your taxes is OK ... so is AshleyMadison.com.”



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[pepperbear]

1. it didn't last long, huh? Gee. It sucks there's a thing called THE INTERNET.

[Bozita]

2. Long live the internet!

[NJCher]

3. mission accomplished anyway

Poor Mitt. Even when he "wins," he loses.


Cher

[Overseas]

4. But hey, Mitt, shouldn't you be defending their free speech? You don't want an apology do you?

[Grown2Hate]

13. LoL! FUCKING love it!

[Blue Owl]

5. Put some magic in your underwear**

n/t

[Summer Hathaway]

6. That's a great line

Maybe AshleyMadison.com can use that on their next billboard.

[Politicalboi]

7. What a cry baby

Try having a billboard filled with lies like Obama gets. This asshole can't even take this kind of criticism. The truth right there in front of him, and he forces someone's free speech to be quashed. These freedom loving assholes need to learn what freedom means.

[SoapBox]

8. Gee, funny how that all worked.

When we have billboards in our area PLASTERED in all sort of graffti...it just stays up no matter how many complaints.

Money talks and, well, I see what walks and it's picture is on the billboard.

[Tunkamerica]

9. are we cheering on a company dedicated to cheating on your mate?

[Mopar151]

15. one of hundreds

And these guys already have a customer base, to afford that billboard. Maybe Bain (Clear Channel) owns the billboard?

[Tunkamerica]

16. Not one of hundreds.

Ashleymadison.com is specifically geared towards cheating. Name 5 more without googling.

[Mopar151]

18. Craigslist, Adult FriendFinder

F-Sluts.com, http://fbooksluts.com/?kwd=MR_Hards_300_0108_g07, http://www.menepe.com/chat/index

Specifically geared to hookin' up on the down-low - they're just more full-service than AshleyMadison.

[awoke_in_2003]

20. Fuckbook. Ant

[Tunkamerica]

27. I don't think the first is specifically geared towards cheating and i don't even know what the 2nd

is.

Anyway it took 2 people to post five, the majority of which aren't specifically geared towards cheating. the rest were only maybes because i don't feel like trying to figure out what they're about.

My point remains. Ashleymadison.com is specifically marketed as a "cheating" website and it's not really worthy of accolades no matter what provacotive ads they might place.

[awoke_in_2003]

28. Oh, I agree...

agree that it doesn't deserve accolades

[Tunkamerica]

26. craigslist isn't, adultfriendfinder isn't specifically for cheating.

[snooper2]

23. you should have had the internet disconnected

[LadyHawkAZ]

10. first Gingrich, now Romney

I might sign up with this site just on G.P.

[JDPriestly]

11. OK. I have no sympathy for Romney, and I believe in free speech.

But that billboard demonstrates really awfully bad taste. It's pretty disgusting.

It's OK. It's intended as a joke, but please, must we always have attacks that are based on innuendo about politicians' sex lives or lack thereof.

Just drop this subject. Anyone can ridicule anyone in this fashion. The billboard shows really stupid judgment.

Sorry. But that is my opinion.

[Grown2Hate]

14. I can see what you're saying, but this wasn't attacking anything but Rmoney's TAX release

evasion, IMHO. I don't think it was implying anything extramarital. Just my $0.02.

[Tom Rinaldo]

22. Well for all we don't know, Romney may not have cheated on his taxes

He may have avoided them fair and square under current rigged for the rich tax laws. So the premise of the billboard has not been proven yet. Having said that, too fucking bad Romney. You are running for President and some mud always gets thrown, especially when you leave yourself wide open for it by refusing to divulge your tax returns.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

12. More likely other tax cheats not wanting attention paid.

[onenote]

17. To me the issue is the use of Romney's image in a commercial ad without consent

The same concern I would have if some company used President Obama's image to sell cornflakes or anything else without his consent.

[Xyzse]

19. LOL

That is one epic billboard.

[and-justice-for-all]

21. So what if people complain...

have a spine. People put up stupid shit about Obama and it never seems to be removed as fast as this board was. Freedom of speech is a two way street, get over it!

[onenote]

25. Not a free speech issue unless the government forced the billboard taken down

And, in any event, its likely that the use of Romney's image in a commercial ad without his consent was unlawful (a violation of the right of publicity), just as using President Obama's image, or mine, or yours, would be.

[grantcart]

24. when I posted this here three days ago I thought it was a photo shopped joke.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125191328