Here’s the advertisement the Revolution SuperPAC wants to run if they get enough by way of contributions: I kind of like it, although I’m not sure about the effectiveness of including a line like, “not a shill for the bankers.” What do you think? Is it effective? ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
Category Archives: Political Adverts
Adwatch: Ron Paul’s “Revolution SuperPAC” television commercial
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 12, 2011 3 comments
Will tonight’s Republican presidential debate be a fight between Ron Paul and Rick Perry?
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 7, 2011 Comments Off
It started with a television advertisement. Ron Paul’s campaign team released an ad that linked former Texas governor Rick Perry with former presidential candidate Al Gore. Perry supported Gore. At the same time, the ad linked Ron Paul to former president Ronald Reagan. Paul supported Reagan’s presidential run, and Reagan endorsed Paul for Congress. They [...]
Adwatch: Ron Paul advert calls him “The One”
Posted by Peter Jaworski on August 16, 2011 1 comment
Here’s a really fancy advertisement put together by the Ron Paul campaign touting him as “The One” and lumping his competition together as ‘political insiders.’ It’s an effective ad. The Paul campaign is planning to put six figures behind it to run in Iowa and New Hampshire. Given his second-place finish in the Ames straw [...]
Political party ad watch: Freedom Party on auto insurance
Posted by Peter Jaworski on March 12, 2011 2 comments
You know what I enjoy? The advertisements that the Freedom Party of Ontario has decided to put together, and post on YouTube. Ever since Paul McKeever, leader of the FpO, decided to get serious about his video editing skills, he’s produced a number of videos that are really worth watching (I needn’t mention the most [...]
Corporate taxes versus new spending: the wrong debate
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on January 27, 2011 2 comments
As the Conservatives launch a new advert attacking the Liberal Party for their position on corporate taxes, it seems clear that this is the IT issue of this political season. I have to wonder though, is this really the debate that we should be in right now? Cutting taxes versus new spending is the kind [...]
Freedom Party advert: “One Race: The Human Race”
Posted by Peter Jaworski on January 25, 2011 Comments Off
My friend, Paul McKeever, runs the Freedom Party of Ontario. But don’t make the mistake of calling the Freedom Party “libertarian.” According to the FPO, they are “Objectivist”, following the philosophy of Ayn Rand. In fact, they are allergic to being described as “libertarian.” (Paul and I have had it out on more than a [...]
Are Conservatives anti-American?
Posted by Peter Jaworski on January 24, 2011 1 comment
That’s a provocative title, but I don’t really understand the upshot of this attack ad without thinking that the Tories are either anti-American, or endorse that general Canadian attitude: OMG! Ignatieff professed his love for America! (Notice the derisive tone, as though loving America was some disgusting and shameful fact). Sorry, Tories, but anti-Americanism is [...]
Why did Rand Paul call the Holy Bible a hoax?
Posted by Mike Brock on October 18, 2010 6 comments
That’s what this American attack ad asks. ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
Christine O’Donnell offends witches. Also, lies…
Posted by Peter Jaworski on October 16, 2010 6 comments
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell put together a commercial that insisted that, uhm, she’s “you.” Here, take a look: The sort of well done, but saccharin-sweet commercial has steamed some Wiccans. Well, at least one: ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail