New anti-stimulus ad: "Suppose you spent one million every single day starting from the day Jesus.."

[sabra]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/20/anti-stimulus-ad-uses-jesus/



WASHINGTON (CNN) – A conservative organization launched a national television ad Friday criticizing the $787 billion stimulus bill, and called into question one of President Obama’s main campaign promises to bring change to Washington.

The American Issues Project uses points of historical reference to show how $787 billion could stretch over time from the birth of Jesus to the current day.

“Suppose you spent one million every single day starting from the day Jesus was born and kept spending through today,” an announcer says as images of the three wise men, the Roman Coliseum, the Mona Lisa and other historic landmarks flash across the screen. A million dollars a day for more than 2,000 years. You would still have spent less money than Congress just did.”

The ad also criticizes millions of dollars in earmarks in the legislation, saying that money was allocated for golf carts, fish hatcheries and remodeled federal offices. The ad also shows a video snippet of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, on the Senate floor saying the American people don’t care about “little tiny, yes, porky amendments.”

It closes by asking, “Is this change you can believe in?”

The organization said it will spend nearly $1 million on the ad that is scheduled to run on CNN, CNN Headline News, FOX News CNBC and FOX Business Network.

[rockymountaindem]

1. Then I guess it would be silly to take out an ad about the size of our potential tax base

and push that timeline back to the Triassic period...

[LSparkle]

2. Is this the first time a group has aired an ad against a bill that is now LAW?

Get over it! You fools LOST! The bill is now LAW. End of story.

[Blue_Tires]

3. they are a bit late for that...

they are burning their own ad budget

[FrenchieCat]

4. What about the Bail out money given to Banks,

the the trillion spent in Iraq?

These are some selective ass Mofos!

[NNN0LHI]

6. I am sure baby Jesus would have approved of those expenditures

[KittyWampus]

7. Baby Jesus loves billionaires

[donco6]

10. I really don't think these ads do them any good.

They just look petulant and silly. At least - to me.

[Chulanowa]

5. What a ridiculous ad

Yeah, congress just spent a whopping (that's sarcasm) fifty billion more than this scenario proposes.

Of course, the combined wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost us nearly three trillion. We could spend a million a day from the part of human history where we had brow ridges and prognathous jawlines and still not quite reach that much...

[spanone]

8. some rep or senator told this joke on the floor during discussions

they probably think it's a twofer.....bash President Obama and get Jesus in there too

what the fuck is the point of bashing something that is already voted on and about to be implemented???? fuck them, they hope He fails too.

[last_texas_dem]

9. I'm amazed at how many times I've heard this utterly stupid right-wing talking point

Watching the Senate debate last week, at least three Repug senators saw fit to employ this utterly stupid talking point.

"...from the day Jesus was born" = Does anyone even know what day this supposedly was? (Does anyone know for sure that Jesus even *existed*, for that matter?

But let's say Jesus was born in May of the year 6 B. C. E. or whatever. This commercial presumes that *I* would be around back then, have billions to spend and start spending millions daily, and still be around and spending today. (They're suggesting that I would outlive Methusaleh- sacrilege!) If what they were claiming was even possible, I'd be 2,000 years old and would probably just be wishing to be dead- I doubt I'd give a shit how much the stimulus bill cost. What an idiotic commercial...

[Skidmore]

11. Alex Witt surprised me today when she pointed out to a Republican tool that Jesus

would have fed the poor and not counted money.

[Winterblues]

12. What if someone spent five million a day since man decended from apes?

They still wouldn't have spent as much as Republicans during last eight years.

[Occam Bandage]

13. Everyone knows that D/DSJ is the metric by which all Federal spending should be analyzed.

Nothing is more informative than Dollars per Days Since Jesus.