Comments | eithni: Political schadenfreude

eithni

Political schadenfreude

Oct 15, 2008 15:57

McCain abandons advertising in Wisconsin!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_ads

Comments 5

iasmin October 15 2008, 21:03:45 UTC

You know, the word "abandon" in this context is really just...odd. I find myself wondering how I could have been living under a rock for so long. I don't remember all this baloney the last several times I've voted for a president. Is this the new thing? Is this a new language? Why do I suddenly feel like going and sitting on my porch and finding some kids to yell at to get off my lawn?

eithni October 15 2008, 21:06:20 UTC

See, I think of it as "abandon ship" more than "abandon a child" - there's more of a sense of desperation about it. ;)

teffan October 15 2008, 21:29:35 UTC

Actually, McCain is not abandoning the ads: the RNC, campaign-independent, is cutting out. But they have much more $ than McCain's campaign itself so the net effect should be the same :)

dread_ex October 16 2008, 04:08:59 UTC

Get out and take John Gard and The Attorney General with you!

quaintessimal October 16 2008, 12:30:12 UTC

McCain pulled out of Michigan earlier on, and there are still a fair number of ads run by the RNC and other special interest groups.

Living in the state capital really sucks around election time: it's running about 3/4:1 political to regular commercial ads on TV during prime time right now. We've also got a miserably contentious state senate race and the negative ads are pretty much continuous.