So the
http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=89923&catid=37"> local station hyped up this ad buy. I did not see the 3 minute ad last night, but they talked about it this morning (more free tv time) while saying he has relied on free tv time up til now. They showed a bit of his
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2mMKp0lc2k">ad .... luckily it was a small part they showed because he blamed the 'liberal media' for their coverage of him and the reason he got so mad at that reporter is because they are more interested in controversy than the issues. it should be about the issues not divorces and adultery and illegitimate kids.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WGRZ) -- In part it's an explanation for his behavior in a now infamous shouting match with a newspaper reporter, ....it's in part a measured outline of his platform, ...and it is in part an appeal for funds to wage his campaign for Governor.
That in a nutshell is what Republican Carl Paladino's much anticipated 3-minute TV ad (which aired on all three network stations in Buffalo at 5:13 p.m) entails.
Paladino begins the ad by saying he "wants to talk about" some of the events for which he's been harshly criticized lately, spending the first portion of his message explaining his side of what lead up to his dust-up with The New York Post's Fred Dicker.
Paladino repeats that which he has stated before, ...that before the confrontation he had already been angered by the newspaper having sent reporters and photographers to the home of his young daughter, born of an affair he has admitted to having a decade ago.
Paladino claims that he had asked members fo the media, including The Post, to stay away from his daughter for fear that she could be subject to harm should image be displayed publicly.
He re-asserts that The Post ignored his plea.
Paladino also asks aloud why no one queries his opponent, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, as to what kinds of skeletons he might have in his may have in his closet.
It's a challenge he's made to reporters before and one which he continues to insist was wrongly interpreted by Dicker as an accusation on his part that Cuomo had indeed had extramarital affairs.
At no time does Paladino apologize for any of his actions.
From there, after Paladino says that "this campaign must be about bigger issues", he moves into an issue oriented message, outlining his platform including his promises to cut taxes and state spending.
In a way, this portion of the commercial sounds very much like either an opening or closing statement for a debate which has now been confirmed for October 18 between Paladino, Cuomo, and a handful of other Gubernatorial candidates running on minor party lines. (The debate was agreed to by all parties about an hour after the commercial --in which Paladino renewed his call for a debate --aired)
Two-thirds of the way into the ad, Former Erie County Comptroller Nancy Naples, now serving as Paladino's Campaign Chairman, suddenly appears to declare that Paladino has been besmirched by Albany insiders bound and determined to maintain the status-quo.
Naples then launches into an appeal for supporters to send whatever contributions they can, in that sense making the ad a fundraising vehicle as well.
The ad campaign cost around $10,000 in the Buffalo market alone, according to estimates.
This plea for money is interesting because I remember when he was on our local station saying how he has had people calling him to contribute and how he has all this support. Then the local station story talks about how carl is now not available to talk to them. Also he isn't planning on campaigning in NYC. can he win without even campaigning in NYC?
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