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2016 Postmortem

Jeff In Milwaukee

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4. They don't need the specifics...

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 12:40 PM

Sep 2012

Not even a 10-second background of Adelman. Just consistently (any maybe even literally) portray Romney as a puppet or marionette of big corporate interests.

A clever ad would feature a "muppet" Mitt Romney saying everything the big money wants him to say.

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The only way Obama can compete with all the negative ads [View all] mary195149 Sep 2012 OP

+1,000. Excellent. It's time to focus on those playing the fiddler for these tunes. freshwest Sep 2012 #1

Truth and facts > Negative ads and lies in a General Election EdwardKingSolomon Sep 2012 #9

No - Disagree completely... brooklynite Sep 2012 #2

I don't think you need to know too much about him, mary195149 Sep 2012 #3

They don't need the specifics... Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #4

a muppet! mary195149 Sep 2012 #6

Yes, he and Lyin' Ryan both. Not an original thought between the two of them. That's why they are freshwest Sep 2012 #14

I love the Michael Steele puppet used on The Daily Show redwitch Sep 2012 #15

There is an other way - get the Republican spoiler in the debates Denver Dave Sep 2012 #5

How much of an effect are these ads going to have on the race? Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2012 #7

You give some people mary195149 Sep 2012 #8

Perhaps Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2012 #10

of course not, mary195149 Sep 2012 #12

I agree that they need to be countered Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2012 #13

they will come after the saturation point. People will have stopped listening. grantcart Sep 2012 #11