Aborted Fetuses: The Awkward Guest at Your Super Bowl Party - Randall Terry is back!

[Bozita]

Aborted Fetuses: The Awkward Guest at Your Super Bowl Party
—By Kate Sheppard| Wed Jan. 11, 2012 10:43 AM PST


Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry has been running graphic ads of aborted fetuses in key primary states, as my colleague Tim Murphy has reported. Now the greusome ads are coming to the Super Bowl.

Nothing says "pass the dip" like a bloody fetus. Normally, Terry wouldn't be able to get these kinds of ads on television. So he's launching a non-serious campaign for president (running as a Democratic challenger to President Obama) in order to exploit a loophole in Federal Communications Commission rules that requires station to run campaign ads in the weeks ahead of a primary election—no matter how grisly they might be. In the 45 days ahead of a primary and 60 days ahead of a general election, candidates for federal office can run whatever they want on local stations, as long as they pay for the airtime.

Yes, the FCC can try to fine you a half-million dollars for a "wardrobe malfunction," but bundles of bloody body parts is A-okay.

Terry can't, however, force the networks to run his ads nationally, as Jezebel points out. So if you live in a state that doesn't have a primary within 45 days of the Superbowl, you can enjoy your nachos without looking at fetal body parts. (Which, it's probably worth pointing out, are from late-term abortions; the vast majority of abortions take place in the first trimester.) But if you live in a Super Tuesday state or any of the others voting in February or early March, be prepared. The Greeley Gazette writes that Terry and his group have ads "ready to go" in 40 markets.

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http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/aborted-fetuses-unexpected-guest-your-super-bowl-party

[seabeyond]

1. hey... sexist, dehumanizing, objectifying ads about women are cheered, defended and excused.

why should this be any different. so the men can sit in their lazyboys, drink their beer and watch ads dehumanize women on all counts.

sounds just like what the men keep demanding is their god given privileged right.

[moriah]

4. Personally I'd rather see more commercials like this one.

[zappaman]

8. One of the better ones, but....

demeaning to cowboys.
and cats.

[Critters2]

10. That's a classic.

Thanks!

[seabeyond]

11. that is cute, isnt it. thanks moriah. nt

[moriah]

23. Thuoght we could all use some cute kitty eyebleach after contemplating the proposed commercials. ;)

[Gemini Cat]

15. Love it!

[Withywindle]

22. One of my all-time favorites.

The world needs more cowboys (catboys?) wielding string toys and lint rollers.

[47of74]

30. Yes, yes we do

Though my sister's girls would be quite the challenge for them.

[zappaman]

6. hey...I was upset last year with 2 commercials

featuring guys getting hit in the nuts!
Awful and promotes violence against testicles!

[frylock]

17. weak fucking sauce

[seabeyond]

18. says da man. nt

[frylock]

25. sez da manhater

[seabeyond]

26. i know. namecalling is embraced in du3. no need to restrain. nt

[frylock]

28. you're right. i should just engage in crass generalizations like you do

[HuckleB]

2. That's right. Family squabbles over politics must take over Super Bowl Sunday as well.

Thanksgiving, Christmas, the 4th of July. Those are all fine, but what we really need is more family rants about politics.

Yup.

That's what we need.

I love Super Bowl Sunday. I head up to the mountain, put on my skis, and I wear myself out on the cross country trails. No problems finding parking, or a quiet place to break for lunch. It's awesome!

[zappaman]

3. Love that guy!

I wrote an article about the National Religious Broadcasters Convention and got a photo with him.
Made for a great xmas card!

DISCLAIMER:I don't really love that tool, but I did use him for an xmas card!

[gkhouston]

5. Whoa, that could backfire spectacularly. n/t

[gratuitous]

9. Indeed

And I will definitely not mind using Terry and his extremist nutballery to paint every anti-choicer with the same brush. Those who welcome being placed in the Terry camp aren't worth talking to any further. Those who disavow Terry need to explain to me very carefully why they think he's an extremist nutball before the conversation goes any further.

I think there's a very important national conversation to be had over abortion, but it has to proceed from some point other than where the likes of Randall Terry want to push it.

[LanternWaste]

7. Seems to be the norm for many, many crime and police dramas.

"but bundles of bloody body parts is A-okay...."

Seems to be the norm for many, many crime and police dramas.

[HopeHoops]

12. Dip them in wing sauce and the partiers will never know.

I know that sounds disgusting, but that's about how much attention the ad will get.

[Mopar151]

13. Needs an organized wave of protests, aimed at the affiliates

From inside their local markets. Letters, calls, E-mails.....

"Hello, Channel 1? I'd like to complain about the commercial you just ran during the super bowl. No, I won't hold. We are having a party, and some of our guests are sick - like vomiting sick. We won't forget this - and we are making sure we get the names of all the other advertisers."

[wandy]

20. +1

[Whoa_Nelly]

27. Are petitions allowed to be posted on DU?

I created a petition this morning directed at NBC to reject those four bloody fetuses ads.
I'd really like to share it on DU.
Do I have to have permission, or can I just post it?
And, if I can post it, which forum?

[HappyMe]

14. Good fucking grief!

Adults aren't the only ones watching. Kids watch too.
This is hideously stupid.

[ceile]

16. Good grief.

These sickos will stop at nothing...

[HockeyMom]

19. Children watching the Super Bowl

should not have to be forced to see aborted fetuses, anymore than they should have to see a dead BinLaden, corpses, or anything else their parents don't want them to see on national broadcast TV. I beleive it was ruled that these "ads" cannot be shown in the vicinity of public schools, so why should they be shown on a "family oriented" broadcast of the Football?

If I lived in an area where this was being broadcast, I would most certainly call my local station. We heard enough years ago about a wardrobe misfunction on the Super Bowl, but this is far, far worse than an unplanned mishap of a natural female body function.

[GoCubsGo]

31. Which is why I say Terry should go for it.

Let him piss off these people. Anything to marginalize the bastard and his ilk. It's time to funnel all the outrage back onto these anti-abortions whackos. Let's make them the objects of vilification.

[MiniMe]

21. I work in DC, and there has been a mobile billboard around for quite a while with the pictures on it

They make sure it hangs out around planned parenthood. Sometimes they ride around with speakers blaring so they can draw as much attention as possible. I don't understand how these people think it is OK for children to see these.

[The Straight Story]

24. What about graphic ads showing those that died in Iraq, Death penalty ads, etc?

Would folks be for those or against them?

[Zalatix]

29. I'd respect Randall Terry if he concentrated on those victims, too.

Well, maybe just a teensy weensy more than I respect him now, which at this point is in negative territory...