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Two weeks to go.....
Oct. 19th, 2010 07:12 am....until the day the politial ads stop airing. For now.
I've just about had enough of the mud-slinging and poo-flinging from both sides that constitutes most of today's political advertising. "400,000 jobs lost under [Ohio governor] Ted Strickland." "[Ohio gubernatorial candidate] John Kasich took money from Wall Street." "[Ohio senatorial candidate] Lee Fisher said 'hold me accountable' three years ago." [Ohio senatorial candidate] Rob Portman touts his plan which will allegedly save everyone and everything, but doesn't go into detail about what it contains -- he might as well just say RTFPP (Read The F'ing Portman Plan).
I used to think that the Democrats were the Good Guys and the Republicans were the Bad Guys. Now I'm not so sure about the first part.
Where does the money come from to pay for these ads? Some allege that it comes from foreign investors. But according to this article from factcheck.org, it's illegal for foreign entities to purchase American political ads. And that "foreign money" claim? Total hooey.
There are times I wish political advertising was free, so that the third parties out there, from the Libertarians on down, would at least have a fighting chance at getting their word out to people. But then what would happen to our airwaves?
For the time being, I think I'll stick to channels that don't air poltical ads: PBS and the Weather Channel.
I've just about had enough of the mud-slinging and poo-flinging from both sides that constitutes most of today's political advertising. "400,000 jobs lost under [Ohio governor] Ted Strickland." "[Ohio gubernatorial candidate] John Kasich took money from Wall Street." "[Ohio senatorial candidate] Lee Fisher said 'hold me accountable' three years ago." [Ohio senatorial candidate] Rob Portman touts his plan which will allegedly save everyone and everything, but doesn't go into detail about what it contains -- he might as well just say RTFPP (Read The F'ing Portman Plan).
I used to think that the Democrats were the Good Guys and the Republicans were the Bad Guys. Now I'm not so sure about the first part.
Where does the money come from to pay for these ads? Some allege that it comes from foreign investors. But according to this article from factcheck.org, it's illegal for foreign entities to purchase American political ads. And that "foreign money" claim? Total hooey.
There are times I wish political advertising was free, so that the third parties out there, from the Libertarians on down, would at least have a fighting chance at getting their word out to people. But then what would happen to our airwaves?
For the time being, I think I'll stick to channels that don't air poltical ads: PBS and the Weather Channel.
