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Faux banning that ad. A thought occurred... (Original Post) Roland99 Nov 2018 OP
Nah, they already played it during the football games. They can ban it now with no consequences. FSogol Nov 2018 #1
Yea mission accomplished so now they can pretend to be magnanimous Fullduplexxx Nov 2018 #3
+1 Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #4
Maybe TEB Nov 2018 #2
No, the barn door was already open after one airing. Liberal In Texas Nov 2018 #5
Exactly! If they hadn't eventually banned it, few would have seen it. SeattleVet Nov 2018 #7
Most likely they determined that the ad was creating a backlash and tanked it. nt wiggs Nov 2018 #6

FSogol

(45,476 posts)
1. Nah, they already played it during the football games. They can ban it now with no consequences.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:18 AM
Nov 2018

Tomorrow the caravan will vanish from the news.

Liberal In Texas

(13,546 posts)
5. No, the barn door was already open after one airing.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:21 AM
Nov 2018

Just did it to be able to say they did. The famous "Daisy" ad during the Johnson/Goldwater campaign only aired once, but with the uproar around it, most everybody saw it.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
7. Exactly! If they hadn't eventually banned it, few would have seen it.
Tue Nov 6, 2018, 04:10 PM
Nov 2018

Now that they have made 'news' with it, all the tRumpettes will be searching for it and spreading around their usual 'hey, look what the liberals don't want you to see!' crap to fan the flames for further divisiveness and controversy.

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