Maryland underdog runs from GOP agenda (CS Monitor)

[Up2Late]

(I heard about these Puppy ads today, sounds like the GOP is so ready to go negative, that they are creating the negative ads for the Democrats too!) :crazy:

USA>Domestic Politics
from the October 16, 2006 edition

Maryland underdog runs from GOP agenda

The Republican Senate hopeful distances himself from the No Child Left Behind law and the Iraq war.
By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
HAGERSTOWN, MD. – Running in a state where Democrats outnumber Republican voters nearly 2 to 1, GOP Senate hopeful Michael Steele enlisted a puppy to boost his campaign as a "different kind of politician."

With a chirpy tone more typical of a cellphone ad than a political spot, Maryland's lieutenant governor pops up on the screen: "Hey, me again, Michael Steele."

"Soon your TV will be jammed with negative ads from the Washington crowd. Grainy pictures and spooky music saying, 'Steele hates puppies' - and worse. For the record, I love puppies. {Cue the Boston terrier.} And I think you deserve better - some real ideas for a change."

The pup shows up again in a second Steele ad, this time growling to charges from, well, a grainy attack ad with spooky music from his rival, Rep. Benjamin Cardin (D) of Maryland, who is leading in all recent polls by a range of 6 to 15 percent. Nowhere in either Steele ad is there a mention of the Republican Party or its standard bearer, President Bush.

(more at link) <http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1016/p02s01-uspo.html>

[beef]

1. fleas

Dems should counter that ad with their own which goes something like:

"If you lie(sic) with dogs, you get fleas."

[rodeodance]

2. NO NO, lots of dog lovers out there! (including me)---

[Skittles]

3. these f***ing cowards make me sick

they've been bending over for that piece of shit bush for YEARS and now they're pretending not to know him? :puke:

[rpannier]

4. That's the part that gets me

They've marched lock step with Der Busher and now they run from him.

on note: I do think (from what I just read) that his first ad sounds kind of clever.

[KevinHayden]

5. Show me them puppies

The question is, do the puppies like Steele?

One thing's for sure; he just lost the kitten-lovers' votes.

[Up2Late]

8. LOL, Good one!

We can alway use a few more quick wits here, Welcom to DU :toast:

The Maryland Democrats should respond with a "Steele Hates Kittens" ad! :evilgrin:


<http://www.nearlygood.com/picture/sniperkitten.html>

...And Kittens hate him.

[Joe Bacon]

6. Gee, did he name the puppy Checkers?

Dick Nixon would be so disappointed, the fool has no originality!

[On the Road]

7. Steele's Ads are Actually Pretty Good

I didn't really expect him to do very well in the blue state of Maryland, but his ads make him appear intelligent, independent, and reasonable. They are also IMO more memorable than Cardin's advertising campaign, which seems to be devoting a lot of dollars to attack ads. Which might actually work, since Steele is going out of his way to avoid his political baggage.