If you could make a political ad for the Democratic Party...?

[kentuck]

Would you go negative? Would you go positive? Would you try to educate the voters? What would you say?

[saltpoint]

1. I would use footage of many high-profile Dems, past and present,

and the point of the ad would be to connect modern-day voters with the legacy from the founders, through FDR, JFK, Dr. King, and into contemporary times.

Positive. And the narration by Martin Sheen, script by Bill Moyers.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I would make every congressional and senate election

a referendum on Bush. I would have 60 seconds of buildings falling down, people drowning, our troops dying in Iraq, interspersed with il Dunce riding his bike, playing his guitar, swinging his golf club, and telling lie after lie after lie about why we are in Iraq.

At the end: Enough Is Enough. Vote The Liars Out.

[kentuck]

7. I tend to agree with this approach...

People need to be reminded of all the bad shit that has happened.

[Quakerfriend]

10. Don't forget searching for WMD under the desk in the oval office.

:shrug:

[Warren Stupidity]

11. Absolutely.

That needs to be there. Cut in with IEDs blowing our soldiers up and chucklehead laughing.

We don't go for the balls though. Too bad.

[Mz Pip]

3. I would say:

HOWFUCKINGBADDOESITHAVETOGETBEFOREYOUALLTAKEYOURHEADSOUTOFYOURFUCKINGASSES????????????????


Is that negative enough???

Mz Pip
:dem:

[richabk]

4. Turn scare tactics against them...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061029/D8L2IPC00.html

"Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, sounded a common Republican theme - that a Democratic-led Congress would mean higher taxes. Democrats accused him of scare tactics."

If the Democrats really wanted to use scare tactics all they would have to say is that a Republican led Congress will mean more of your children will die in Iraq.

[Mythsaje]

5. You have to ask?

"The Republican Party has the reverse Midas Touch. Everything they've done so far has turned into something we can't say on television. And, what's more, you KNOW it."

"The main difference between (insert candidate's name here) and George W. Bush is that (insert Candidate's name here) only WISHES he was George W. Bush."

[rpgamerd00d]

6. Here is my ad :

Joe Lieberman

[solara]

8. I would use the Rep.Fear ad with the ticking bomb and inter cut it with clips of Bush saying:

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

"I am truly not that concerned about him."

- G.W. Bush, responding to a question about bin Laden's whereabouts,
3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)

Use their own crap against them...

:evilgrin:

[Chipper Chat]

9. for immediate release:

MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH THE NATION’S REPUBLICANS:
??????????????
THANK YOU.
.............................
NOW THAT I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION:
IF YOU VOTE REPUBLICAN ON NOVEMBER 7TH
BE IT KNOWN:
THAT YOU - YES, YOU!!!
WILL HAVE CONSPIRED TO BRING DOWN OVER 200 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY. THE CONSTITUTION IS HANGING ON BY A THREAD. TWO MORE YEARS OF THE BUSH-RUBBER-STAMPING CONGRESS WILL SPELL
THE END OF THE USA !!
***************
ON NOV. 7TH VOTE DEMOCRATIC.
S*a*v*e O*u*r D*e*m*o*c*r*a*c*y

[ngant17]

12. It would depend on distribution

if it was national or local, the ad would have to target the audience. The more national, the less hostile.

On a national level, no one has to be reminded that the Repugs have failed us, they were on guard duty when 911 happened and they did nothing. They failed miserably when we needed them the most. They failed America. And just as bad, they rewarded themselves with raises and promotion in the midst of their own blatant incompetence.

Anyone who can't see this is a hopeless case so why waste your time with them.

Before we collapse into a finanical depression, before more innocents are sacrificed for nothing, before any more horror stories happen to us, to America, at least give us something positive, some hope, even if it won't be there.

On a local level, if the Repugs are attacking, it's because they have no agenda and they are desperate, grasping for straws. I think there are some local campaigns where the Dems simply have to go on the offensive, but generally, I think they can win locally on their own merits without the petty, childish squabbling that Repugs are fond of.

[kentuck]

13. "no one has to be reminded that the Repugs have failed us..."

I don't know about that..??

[Warren Stupidity]

16. I know about it.

They need to be reminded. Over and over and over again. Until they get it.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

14. I would put a lot more emphasis on how the government has

skimped on protective gear for the troops. Americans are willing to back war to a certain extent, but I haven't heard one american, democrat or republican express anything but disgust for a government that leaves our soldiers hanging out to dry without the proper equipment necessary to come home alive and in one piece.

[FogerRox]

15. Heres mine

For Tom Wyka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMWnS7_3H7I

Bob Menendez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swuIOgCdoRk

Another one for Tom Wyka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_HTcg3YAm4

[VeggieTart]

17. Good ads, but...

It would help your case if you spelled "hypocrisy" correctly.

I say instead of images of the corrupt Repugnants--because they may not have face recognition except for DeLay smirking in his mug shot--use images that people will recognize: damage from the war in Iraq, cemetery photos, wounded soldiers, the damage to New Orleans after Katrina, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job," Bush saying that his crowd is the "haves and have-mores," footage of him saying Bin Laden isn't important to him then cut to a picture of Condoleezza saying she believes the title of the PDB was "Bin Laden determined to attack within the United States," footage of Bush saying Saddam was a threat (if you can find anything where he links Saddam and 9/11 directly, so much the better) followed Bush at the debate in 2004 snarling that he knows Saddam didn't attack on 9/11. Then you have to link the Repugnant candidate to Bush.

[FogerRox]

21. nah ...its spelled right ...whats the Latin root word for Government?

Democracy

Hypocracy

[Quantess]

24. Veggie Tart is correct. eom.

[FogerRox]

25. Again, what is root word- in Latin- for Government ?

SO what is Goverment by hypocrisy? hypocrasy, of course.

[Quantess]

26. Oh, so you're being punny......I missed that part.

Whether hypocracy is a real word....I seriously doubt.

hypo = under
cracy = rule

then there's hippocratic, (as in hippocratic oath), which is based on a scholar named Hippocrates, and is unrelated to any of the above.

Maybe someone else knows the origins of the words hypocrite and hypocrisy.
:-)

[FogerRox]

27. of course its not a real word, I twist the English language

For my own purposes, I learned that from my father. I blame him..... its his fault.

[ljm2002]

18. I would start at the beginning...

...the sub that killed the Japanese students on a fishing boat; the spy plane that was dismantled in China; the warnings that were ignored prior to 9/11; Bush sitting in the schoolroom on that day and flying around the country nowhere to be found; the "Wanted Dead or Alive" statement, followed by the later statements that "I never think about him" and "He doesn't matter"; letting OBL escape at Tora Bora; deserting the mission in Afghanistan to pursue an illegal, evil and disastrous invasion of Iraq; Terry Schiavo; Katrina; and let us not forget the latest flip-flop on "Stay the Course". I'd try and get in some hits on "smaller government" (oh yeah?); on "nation building" and how we shouldn't do it (according to Governor Bush); on the budget deficit (DU has had a couple of GREAT graphs on this topic); ... well that's a start anyway.

I guess the voice over would say at the end, "Had enough?"

[kentuck]

22. And wasn't it Enron employees that was on the sub...

that killed the Japanese students??

[ljm2002]

28. Yes, I believe it was. n/t

[porphyrian]

19. I'd make an ad campaign with multiple angles, positive and negative,...

...but all of them completely honest.

[Generic Other]

20. Here's the video I just posted on YouTube

I decided to keep it light and upbeat. I still think I got my message out.

"Vote" words and music by Spook Handy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-nV1x8bkQ8

[BlooInBloo]

23. "The Republican Party Thinks You're Stupid..."

"On November 9th, Everyone Will Know For Sure, Either Way."

[dsc]

29. My negative, nationwide ad

Picture Bush and GOP Congress

Six years ago you hired them to restore honor and dignity to Washington. You hired them to change the tone. They told you the adults would be in charge.

The results

Pictures of the people mentioned.

Two convicted felon Congressmen, Ney and Cunningham. A lobbiest who saw people in the White House over 500 times (Abramoff) and the chief of staff of the procurement office in jail. And now, a child molester put in charge of the committee to protect children from predators with the full knowledge and complicity of Speaker Hassert's staff (Mark Foley and Hassert).

At least they did their jobs, right? (headlines of news stories with the following subjects)

Not exactly. This Congress worked fewer days than any Congress in modern history. No Appropriation bills passed. Millions disappeared in Iraq, no investigation. Faulty intelligence lead us into a quagmire, no investigation. They can't pass laws, they won't investiage a corrupt administration, but they had time to fly back and pass a law to micromanage the medical care of a comatose woman (picture of Shiavo).

So why should they keep their jobs?

The only thing they can tell you is lies about how bad their opponents are. Would you rehire your babysitter with a record like this if all he could say is the kid down the street is worse? If you wouldn't accept this from a baby sitter don't accept it from Congress.

They richly deserve to be fired.