Extreme Advertising

Monday, April 6, 2009 at 8:39PM
TWP in Coulter, Coulter, Verizon, double standard, hypocrisy, hypocrisy

Back in 2007 upstanding companies (barf) such as Verizon, Sallie Mae and Georgia-based NetBank were taking their marching orders from "mainstream" political Web site the Daily Kos, as they retracted in horror upon discovering that some of their ads had appeared on an "extreme political Web site," AnnCoulter.com. May it never be!

Could there be a more hypocritical stance for a company to take?

A spokesperson for NetBank said Coulter's page "is not the kind of site we want to be on." To know that, he/she/trans would have to have read it, and you know that didn't happen. Since NetBank was the 1st bank to fail, it's good to know that their ads don't appear ANYwhere these days, including AnnCoulter.com.

"Per our policy, the networked Web site ad purchases are supposed to be stripped of certain kinds of Web sites," said a Verizon spokesperson. "This one could be considered an extreme political Web site, should be off the list, and now it is off the list." Good for you, Verizon! It would be a shame to have your alleged "deceptive and misleading" ads that got you sued by the state of New Jersey run on a Web site so extreme as Ann Coulter's.

Update on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 1:54AM by TWP

When I first wrote this I missed that the source article for this was posted on CNN in 2007. A friend shared the story with me just yesterday and I thought it was a current news item and jumped on the story and posted this. Then I rewrote it once I realized it was pre-Socialism. Now it makes sense why NetBank was out there spouting off. In 2007 they actually thought they had some swagga. Perhaps they didn't give enough to Obama, and now they're history.

Regardless, it's still funny to me.

The Right Wing Force Field

I keep waiting for someone to say this but I haven't heard it yet, so... you heard it here first: the left is trying to brand tea parties as racists and vitriolic etc. not to hurt their feelings... tea party folks all know they're not racists and that it's bunk. But it's more to scare potential Democrats, Independents, and yes black people, away from joining up, or even listening.

Same tactics used to scare people away from actually hearing the message of Rush, or Fox News, or Glenn, et al. Very important to scare people away from these messages of sanity. Because if your trusted CNN tells you to avoid El Rushbo and FOX, then you'll stay far away. Hey, Democrats: you're being played. Funny how the "open minded ones" become completely shut down at the mention of a right wing movement of which they've only seen clips from an MSNBC type angle. Just try mentioning El Rushbo or Mark Levin or Glenn Beck to a devoted Democrat to witness the phenomenon.

Obama Spin of the Decade

President Obama said today that the anger that elected Brown is the same anger that elected him.

"Here's my assessment of not just the vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: the same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office," the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "People are angry and they are frustrated. Not just because of what's happened in the last year or two years, but what's happened over the last eight years." LINK

And we know that "the past 8 years" is code for anti-Bush... think post-hypnotic suggestion, and triggered response, etc. This has to be the spin of the year (and there have been so many)... to tie the Brown victory into the same anti-Bush sentiment that got Obama elected. Bravo. Another great day for creative writing. In other words, Obama is just like Brown. The people's man. Never mind the fact that he was there campaigning for Coakley, and that Brown stands in opposition to Obamacare etc.

Also, may I say that simply voting for Brown doesn't indicate anger, or frustration. Could be that many people were voting calmly and in peace out of happiness to finally have someone to vote for who gets it. Would the same be said if most voted for Coakley? Would that be out of anger and frustration? Those that vote Republican are called "angry." More spin.

Coakley Polls

Main Stream Media Spin alert: if Scott Brown wins tonight, be assured that it'll be all about how Martha Coakley ran a poor race... in fact it has already been set up that way, despite the fact that her liberal speech is indistinguishable from any other Democrat in the Senate. And it will not have anything to do with Scott Brown and his talent in winning the debate and connecting with the actual people he hopes to represent.

Amazing but true, the media misses the mark in Boston. However, one can't forget the old "this election was stolen" angle. In case of a loss, don't accept the results.

“We have seen a number of disturbing incidents this evening that have called into question the integrity of this election,” Coakley campaign manager Kevin Conroy said.

That'll take at least 6 weeks to sort out, eh? And then magically, Coakley, just like Pat Paulsen... er, Al Franken, will end up on top.