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Kteachums

(331 posts)
27. Good for this ad in Wisconsin, hope it helps the President!
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:14 PM
Oct 2012

When you are living in a Red state like I am you wish our President would just try running one ad. There is so much sh-- going on in WV. People are so afraid of loosing their coal mining jobs. Mike Caputo made a statement that he lived by a coal plant, close enough to throw a rock at. I grew up in the same town of Rivesville. I have Cancer. My father died with Cancer. My young daughter developed asthma as soon as we moved back into the town after living in the mountains. My oldest daughter developed Cancer. We lived much closer to the plant then Mike did. The smoke was always in the air along with the noise. My whole house shook from noise. He made the statement that no one he knew suffered from coal related problems. He is younger then me but, he knows my family. The thing is we can't pin the disease on the plant. They closed the plant last year. The town has gone down hill. When industry leaves the towns and cities around the industry becomes like ghost towns.

They blame strong environmental legislation on the closing of mines and coal powered plants. No one can see the future here. I guess some things take a while to change. The ads here are awful. The G.O.P. makes fun of Obama and Harry Reid and links Manchin and Gov. Tomblin in with them. These are the ads that go over and over. Manchin puts out his own ads with information telling how he has fought against strong environmental regulations on coal. He is fighting his own battle. The people in the area of the University are Obama followers but, the further out in the sticks you go the more you find the ignorance. People call Obama Muslim. They belive all the religious horror stories put out by the GOP. Propoganda has taken over! How can that happen?

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That ad is getting heavy play here LTR Oct 2012 #1
Meanwhile WTMJ and WISN listeners' heads must have EXPLODED if the ads were on those stations! alp227 Oct 2012 #17
I'd love to hear that ad on Bob and Brian's show LTR Oct 2012 #19
Oh my this is a pretty left-leaning station in Racine. alp227 Oct 2012 #21
They changed the lineup LTR Oct 2012 #23
Great ad; wish radio would play here. Camballo Oct 2012 #2
Same ad, but with Florida stats, is running in Florida. 1monster Oct 2012 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Faygo Kid Oct 2012 #4
Please. Debbie Downer paranoia is not required. RBInMaine Oct 2012 #5
Please go away. jeff47 Oct 2012 #9
At about 20,000 posts since DU's founding. Faygo Kid Oct 2012 #14
So you've been trying to depress everyone for longer. Congratulations. jeff47 Oct 2012 #28
Maybe, Gov. Kasich disndat Oct 2012 #10
Yep. but don't DARE speculate about a stolen election on DU. Faygo Kid Oct 2012 #15
Ehhh, bullshit LTR Oct 2012 #12
Here's what I don't understand about underthematrix Oct 2012 #25
What does blue mean? Make7 Nov 2012 #31
Very powerful -- brings the local, personal factor making it real nt BlueStreak Oct 2012 #6
Not sure what good it might do. There are only three people in the State who didn't ... Scuba Oct 2012 #7
I'd feel better if a similar ad was running in Ohio and Virginia n/t Stargleamer Oct 2012 #8
+1 boingboinh Oct 2012 #20
He needs to do that in North Carolina, as well. loudsue Oct 2012 #11
He needs to step it up in Fl amuse bouche Oct 2012 #13
great ad, no candidate has provided a better audio clip for his opponent Liberal_in_LA Oct 2012 #16
Wish they had used more of his own words. It almost sounds like the little clip was taken out of Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2012 #18
K&R - nt Ohio Joe Oct 2012 #22
Concentrated Negative Ads Red1 Oct 2012 #24
K&R ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #26
Good for this ad in Wisconsin, hope it helps the President! Kteachums Oct 2012 #27
Don't blast FaygoKid kansasobama Oct 2012 #29
Thank you for your civility lark Oct 2012 #30
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