It'll Rot Your Brain: Campaign Ads Thread

[Marokai Backbeat]

Ken Buck has a new ad: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/LEDTpkHr/Buck-for-Colorado/goodmanad

It's very positive and very well done. If Buck can shake off the ads trying to define him as another Sharron Angle (which he is not) he will win. Otherwise, he's got charisma, intelligence, conservative on fiscal issues, not a fundie, perfect for the state.

Hopefully the vets won't mind when Buck proposes privatizing their hospitals.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Ken Buck has a new ad: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/LEDTpkHr/Buck-for-Colorado/goodmanad

It's very positive and very well done. If Buck can shake off the ads trying to define him as another Sharron Angle (which he is not) he will win. Otherwise, he's got charisma, intelligence, conservative on fiscal issues, not a fundie, perfect for the state.

Hopefully the vets won't mind when Buck proposes privatizing their hospitals.

There's nothing particularly radical about that, particularly with the record veteran hospitals have...

Yep! Looks horrible to me!

[Marokai Backbeat]

Ken Buck has a new ad: https://secure.piryx.com/donate/LEDTpkHr/Buck-for-Colorado/goodmanad

It's very positive and very well done. If Buck can shake off the ads trying to define him as another Sharron Angle (which he is not) he will win. Otherwise, he's got charisma, intelligence, conservative on fiscal issues, not a fundie, perfect for the state.

Hopefully the vets won't mind when Buck proposes privatizing their hospitals.

There's nothing particularly radical about that, particularly with the record veteran hospitals have...

Yep! Looks horrible to me!

In any case, Buck never said he'd privatize Veteran's hospitals:

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Yup, radical Tea Party stuff there.

Privatizing VA hospitals is exactly what that says. Does he say the government should pay for the care? Yes. But you are not stupid enough to overlook the fact that there can be privatized hospitals with socialized funding mechanisms. If that wasn't the case, his statement would basically make no sense whatsoever.

Basically, what he's advocating there is more of a corporatist solution to a problem that doesn't exist. (A problem you tried to ramble about, and then sidestepped entirely when you realized there wasn't one.) There's no sense in mucking with something that works well, and what he shows here is basically just a complete lack of understanding on how well VA care is and favoring ideological solutions over empirically effective solutions.

[Marokai Backbeat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKHS7qA_Wc

Here's a tip, Charlie: Your base won't be more likely to vote for you if you brag about "standing up" to your own party.

I'm starting to remember why I voted against this man the last time..

[Marokai Backbeat]

Here's a tip, Charlie: Your base won't be more likely to vote for you if you brag about "standing up" to your own party.

Well, it's not really his BASE that he needs to worry about right now.

I don't see how it benefits him in any way. The number of Independent voters on the fence swayed by this sort of message is negligible. If Republicans want someone who will 'stand up' to Democrats then they probably won't vote for a Democrat. And Democrats certainly aren't going to be turned on by the message. (And those that are will be more than offset by those that get irked by it.)

There is no winning scenario from this strategy. It woos no one and makes him look desperate and opportunistic.