Jesus Christ, a lot of you, or maybe just some of you, are pissing me off

[Joe the Revelator]

STOP looking for boogymen behind every ad. The point of going tougher in this election is the knowledge that you may piss a few people off. Campaign operatives, not message board posters, are paid very good (or at least passable) money to decide if the voters turned off by an ad are expendable when compared to the people who can relate and be won over by the ad.

Right now, on the front page, there are at least 3 threads whining about these new, tougher, ads. Yesterday there were just as many ads bemoaning the fact that Obama wasn't being tough enough. You can't have it both ways. Negative ads turn off people. Its the nature of the beast. The hope is that more people will be turned on by them.

In short, stop whining. Those who are paid for their opinions have vetted these ads, focused grouped these ads, and approved these ads. They had to see a net gain from running them

Stop being so squeamish.

[slinkerwink]

1. Those ads SUCK.

[Joe the Revelator]

4. Why don't we see if they have an effect in the markets that they've been targeted in before we deem

them the suck

[HughMoran]

5. troublemaker

:rofl:

[rzemanfl]

12. No, it sucks that Obama can't run an ad that says "John McCain

is a senile old lying son of a bitch who called his wife a body part and Sarah Palin is an ignorant religious nutcase." Those ads are fine.

[Xipe Totec]

13. That would be free advertisement for McCain

I love this Obama ad:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid900881681/bclid900480414/bctid1767973351

[rzemanfl]

15. True, but he already has a lock on the lying sons of bitches and

religious nutcase voting blocs.

That is a great ad though.

[Agent William]

21. That ad was beautiful...

By FAR the most inspiring political ad I have ever seen.

That ad deserves major airtime!

[Danger Mouse]

2. KARL ROVE IS GOING TO EAT ME I'M SO SCARED!!!!

[mcctatas]

3. "Stop being so squeamish."

C'mon, we're still Democrats, it takes us awhile to get used to being the tough guy/gal;)

[npk]

6. I'm not complaining. I like the new ads

Give Karl a does of his own shit.

[Marsala]

7. YOU stop your complaining about our complaining!

And then maybe I'll stop complaining about your complaining about our complaining. Unless someone complains.

[rzemanfl]

14. Who is your supervisor? I have a complaint. n/t

[Auggie]

8. Anything the campaign does is fine by me. I think they're smart dudes.

[AlCzervik]

9. did you all know this---

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8091645&mesg_id=8091645

i thought it was funny.

[writes3000]

10. I love how everyone thinks they're an expert and they're shocked no one's listening.

Opinions are like assh@les.

Great post.

PS - Yes, the ads are researched and tested.

[StClone]

11. As long as the ads attack the McCain

And not Palin as she is a waste of time to respond to, unless Biden takes her on.

[sniffa]

16. Mama Mia!

:o

I've been ignoring most, and sometimes plonking.

[Joe the Revelator]

19. Ah man, before I looked at your screename, I was about to go off

:)

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

17. We're not tough enough vs. don't go overboard...It's the Ying and Yang of DU.

[ClarkUSA]

18. Once again, Wolsh is the DU tough love voice of reason.

Did I get that right? :toast:

[Democat]

20. If the ads aren't somewhat controversial

They won't get attention from the media.

If we want to hit McCain hard, it's going to piss some people off.

That's how the game is played.

[sandnsea]

22. How To Win: Support the Candidate

It's that simple.