Yeah, they're annoying. They're network ads, we don't approve them individually. We could manually block them off, but that's not so easy -- many of those ads are geotargetted. So, for example, if you see an ad for Ron Johnson in Wisconsin, we'll never know it because we have no staff in Wisconsin seeing them and taking the necessary steps to block them.
But here's the thing -- would you rather those Republicans spend their money on the lost cause of advertising on this site (and it's not a cheap place to run ads), or have that money spent in places where they may actually pick up a vote or two?
Yeah, I'm voting for "wasting their money." And the irony that we can then use that money to fight those very same candidates is a bonus treat.
But I'll put it to a vote. See below.
BLOOMBERG NATIONAL POLL: Would it make “you more likely or less likely to support a particular candidate …. [if that] Campaign was aided by advertising paid for by anonymous business groups”? More likely: 9% … Less Likely: 47% … Would Not Matter: 41% … Not Sure: 3%
Yup, keep beating up on the Chamber and Rove. The White House has certainly gotten this one right.
I've compiled a list below, and the totality is striking. Thus far the media focus has understandably been on the flap over the White House's foreign money charges. But there's another big part of the story that's going undercovered: The scope of the dishonesty and distortion that's flowing from the conservative side of this debate. Not only are the ads themselves getting widely debunked, but the justifications the groups are offering for the ad onslaught (that liberals and labor do this too) are also demonstrably false or misleading. We're witnessing a massive disinformation campaign flooding airwaves across the country that could change the outcome of major races and shift the balance of power in Congress, funded by money from undisclosed sources, justified with still more falsehoods and disinformation.
I've compiled a list below, and the totality is striking. Thus far the media focus has understandably been on the flap over the White House's foreign money charges. But there's another big part of the story that's going undercovered: The scope of the dishonesty and distortion that's flowing from the conservative side of this debate.
Not only are the ads themselves getting widely debunked, but the justifications the groups are offering for the ad onslaught (that liberals and labor do this too) are also demonstrably false or misleading. We're witnessing a massive disinformation campaign flooding airwaves across the country that could change the outcome of major races and shift the balance of power in Congress, funded by money from undisclosed sources, justified with still more falsehoods and disinformation.