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Category Archives: Attack Ads
Behind The ‘Attactivism’ Facebook Curtain
When Barry Goldwater became the target of the infamous 1964 ‘Daisy’ Commercial, it brought ‘Dirty Tricks’ as ‘Political Attack’ media into the forefront. It’s since become a tactical staple for anyone using the Presidential campaign playbook, to pluck out a ‘Daisy’. In the era of social networks, Facebook has now become the perfect ‘Daisy’ for [...]
Posted in 2012 Presidential Election Coverage, Attack Ads, Attactivism, Double Standards, Editorial, Extremists, Fascism, Mitt Romney
Tagged as: 2012 Presidential Race, Attack Ads, Attactivism, Dustin Stockton, Facebook, Facebook Ads, Facebook vendettas, FEC, Joe Miller, Joe Miller: U.S. Senate Candidate, Lester Bangs, Mitt Romney, Opensecrets.org, PACs, Tea Party, Tea Party Express, Western Representation PAC
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Democrats Retrench as GOP Pulls Away
By LAURA MECKLER And JANET HOOK Democratic strategists acknowledged they are abandoning a dozen House seats the party now holds, as they try to salvage their majority in the chamber by shoring up candidates with better chances. With Republicans expanding their advertising to broaden the field of competitive races, Democrats are shifting resources to help [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Attack Ads, Congress, Democrats, Republicans, Solid Principles, Take Back Congress, Wall Street Journal
Tagged as: 2010 Mid-Term Elections, Campaign Ads, Democrats, Ike Skelton, Missouri, Nevada, NPR, NRCC, Republican Party, Sharron Angle, Take Back Congress 2010
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Jerry Brown or friend calls calling says Meg Whitman is a Whore audio video
I heard the venerable Charles Krauthammer say on FOXNEWS a few days ago, very much tongue-in-cheek, that the last 30 days before an election is “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” You can bet your last dollar that the mud-slingers will be slinging it with glee and abandon as we approach what Sean Hannity [...]
Meg Whitman lashes out at claims of illegal hire
By ANDY BARR POLITICO California Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman struck back Thursday against accusations she knowingly employed an illegal immigrant, calling them “lies” and “politics at its worst.” In a press conference, Whitman sought to blame her Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown, and repeatedly insisted that she fired housekeeper Nikki Diaz upon learning of her [...]
San Francisco Chronicle: Campaign Stunt: A Bunch Of Garbage
I am just starting to get up to speed on the Brown Campaign’s efforts to ‘gin up a “scandal” to try to discredit the Whitman camp in regards to a woman who used to work for Ms. Whitman. From what little I know, the San Francisco Chronicle seems to think the whole story is a [...]
Bill Maher’s witch hunt — and the missing context for O’Donnell’s remarks
michellemalkin.com By Michelle Malkin Narcissism. Blackmail. Distortion. All wrapped in his trademark smirk of pallor. Yes, it’s tired old liberal “comedian” Bill Maher trying to get Senate GOP primary candidate Christine O’Donnell to come on his show by baiting her with a brief video clip in which she mentions having “dabbled” in “witchcraft” and hung [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Attack Ads, Congress, Republicans, Solid Principles, Take Back Congress, YouTube
Tagged as: Bill Maher, Christine O'Donnell, Halloween, Marxists, Michelle Malkin, Witchcraft, YouTube
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Fox News Sues Carnahan Over Ad
By: Josh Gerstein POLITICO Fox News has filed an unusual lawsuit against the Democratic nominee for Senate in Missouri, Robin Carnahan, over a campaign ad that uses video from “Fox News Sunday” to take a shot at her Republican opponent, Rep. Roy Blunt. In the suit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, [...]
Field Poll: Jerry Brown by one
By ALEXANDER BURNS Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown are effectively tied in the race for governor of California as Brown holds a 1 percentage-point lead over the wealthy former eBay executive, according to the Field Poll. Brown, the state attorney general and a former two-term governor, currently takes 44 percent of the vote [...]
