"Ontario can't afford four more years of Dalton McGuinty."

[jwmorrice]

I've been watching baseball all day on Sportsnet. It seems that with almost every break in the action the same PC ad is played. It ends with a woman intoning that "Ontario can't afford four more years of Dalton McGuinty." After seeing and hearing it twenty or thirty times, I'd like to strangle her and Tim Hudak. Surely to god the PCs have a couple other ads they could run - hey, change things up - and that I'm not alone in being bored, annoyed, and totally turned off by this advertising tactic. Or is this approach really considered effective in media circles? I myself can't hit the mute button fast enough.

jwm

 

[Possum Trot]

Agree with you. It's not as if there isn't tons of available material they could use. Even if the Conservatives show biggains I would say that Hudak has blown this one. The ads are one example.

 

[LickingGravity]

Yeah I hate that ad as well along with Dalton's " I know I'm not the most popular guy in the world" although the Liberals at least can change it up a bit. It worse than watching those Canadian Tire ads being repeated all the time.

 

[Perry Mason]

I totally agree... that ad is a total turn off -- so much so, that while I was undecided until a few days ago, the very thought of voting for a party that so much lacks in creative appeal has persuaded me to vote Liberal.

For me, therefore, a vote changer! And I suspect there are quite a few of us that feel that way.

I wonder who the genius was that came us with the idea of running that ad until it offends... to say nothing of the waste of campaign money!

Perry

 

[red]

i think political ads should be banned from tv, radio and newspapers.

 

[fuji]

It's an election where none of them are offering any compelling vision. Boils down to who is going to be the best caretaker. Meaning, who will fuck up the least.

 

[Twister]

i think political ads should be banned from tv, radio and newspapers.

I agree even the OP's title looks like a commercial.

 

[HOF]

When those political commercials come on, I go take a dump.:hand:

 

[Perry Mason]

When those political commercials come on, I go take a dump.:hand:

You must have a huge load to dump... in frequently repeated doses!!!

Perry

 

[exbrower]

For me the stupid "vote against kids" ads drive me crazy. I don't understand their point nor who they are supporting. At my age voting against kids sounds like good idea.

 

[Igorm]

And I can't stand these "I'm a girl" ads - men already know that we lost this battle in America anyhow - It's easy to win, when you born with tits

 

[Insidious Von]

Tim Hudak has never explained how he is going to give us lower taxes, my hunch is that he will dump services on municipalities.

Neither McGuinty nor Hudak deserve to be be Premier, let's give Andrea Horwath a chance. She can't be any worse than those two bums.

 

[wigglee]

Tim Hudak has never explained how he is going to give us lower taxes, my hunch is that he will dump services on municipalities.

Neither McGuinty nor Hudak deserve to be be Premier, let's give Andrea Horwath a chance. She can't be any worse than those two bums.

[h=2]"Ontario can't afford four more years of Dalton McGuinty."[/h]
Ontario couldn't stand four weeks of Tim Hudak. The clown never explained how he was going to lower taxes, balance budgets and create jobs. Maybe he'd get prisoners to mine coal (for conversion to electricity) and kill 2 birds with one stone.

I was surprised that more people didn't look to the ndp...at least they limited tax reduction to businesses that actually create jobs.

A liberal minority with partnership of the ndp may be a good result though.

 

[FatOne]

For me the stupid "vote against kids" ads drive me crazy. I don't understand their point nor who they are supporting. At my age voting against kids sounds like good idea.

I checked and there is no Against Kids party. Biggest disappointment since I came to the end of the so called "Never Ending Story"

 

[Possum Trot]

For me the stupid "vote against kids" ads drive me crazy. I don't understand their point nor who they are supporting. At my age voting against kids sounds like good idea.

Yeah, who is behind that group? Is that the teachers?

Let's just agree that this campaign has collectively had the worst campagn ads in recent memory from all concerned.

 

[FOOTSNIFFER]

I totally agree... that ad is a total turn off -- so much so, that while I was undecided until a few days ago, the very thought of voting for a party that so much lacks in creative appeal has persuaded me to vote Liberal.For me, therefore, a vote changer! And I suspect there are quite a few of us that feel that way.

I wonder who the genius was that came us with the idea of running that ad until it offends... to say nothing of the waste of campaign money!

Perry

Agreed. That's why the cons have blown it. Everyone has kind of gotten the drift that, even if Dalton doesn't really deserve re-election, neither have the Hudak team proven that they do. Canned cant doesn't cut it anymore.

Dalton's the devil we know. Hudak had better grow up really fast.

 

[basketcase]

For me the stupid "vote against kids" ads drive me crazy. I don't understand their point nor who they are supporting. At my age voting against kids sounds like good idea.

I think those are the best commercials.

 

[basketcase]

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Neither McGuinty nor Hudak deserve to be be Premier, let's give Andrea Horwath a chance. She can't be any worse than those two bums.

I'd rather have a somewhat bad leader (Lib) than one we know will be horrible (PC) or one who could be okay but might be a disaster like that party's last premier.

No matter who we elect we are still in for a few tough years economically and I see minimizing the damage as the key.