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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Sep 22, 2018, 10:01 AM Sep 2018

Startlingly simple, brutal political ad

ROB BESCHIZZA / 4:36 PM FRI SEP 21, 2018

There are no crying children, no victims, no poor seniors or struggling patients. But this ad is one of the most brutal I've ever seen. Despite the manifest vileness of its target, Paul Gosar, it is restrained, measured, straightforward, and you should stick with it to the end.

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Startlingly simple, brutal political ad (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2018 OP

K&R for visibility. You know his brother called him a racist, too. nt tblue37 Sep 2018 #1

Powerful ad. K&R. n/t IllinoisBirdWatcher Sep 2018 #2

Thanksgiving will be interesting... redstatebluegirl Sep 2018 #3

Have a feeling Rep Gosar hasn't been to a family get to together in a long time. Fla Dem Sep 2018 #6

Wow! thucythucy Sep 2018 #4

sounds like some family history needs airing out....... getagrip_already Sep 2018 #5

Kick ewagner Sep 2018 #7

Maybe Gosar can rent a Japanese family to appear in a rebuttal ad miffelplix Sep 2018 #8

I want to get an invite to Thanksgiving diner at the Gosar's house. usaf-vet Sep 2018 #9

tblue37

(68,449 posts)

1. K&R for visibility. You know his brother called him a racist, too. nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 10:04 AM

Sep 2018

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,316 posts)

2. Powerful ad. K&R. n/t

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 10:08 AM

Sep 2018

redstatebluegirl

(12,855 posts)

3. Thanksgiving will be interesting...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 10:50 AM

Sep 2018

Fla Dem

(27,773 posts)

6. Have a feeling Rep Gosar hasn't been to a family get to together in a long time.

Reply to redstatebluegirl (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:13 PM

Sep 2018

You don't speak out against a sibling like that unless there is some pretty awful alienation in the family.

thucythucy

(9,153 posts)

4. Wow!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 11:27 AM

Sep 2018

It says something when your own family publicly disavows you. Not always, but in this case I think it's so.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)

5. sounds like some family history needs airing out.......

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:08 PM

Sep 2018

Even in large extended families, I can't imagine finding 5 people who would passionately stick a knife in someone unless they really deserved it......

Must have been/be a real arsehat.......

ewagner

(18,967 posts)

7. Kick

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:23 PM

Sep 2018

Read about this earlier...seeing it was quite and experience

miffelplix

(57 posts)

8. Maybe Gosar can rent a Japanese family to appear in a rebuttal ad

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 12:24 PM

Sep 2018

rent-a-fake-family is a thing in Japan

usaf-vet

(7,859 posts)

9. I want to get an invite to Thanksgiving diner at the Gosar's house.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2018, 03:58 PM

Sep 2018

Wow. They are going to need at least the doctor and the lawyer to treat and sort out that gathering.

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