Brutal GOP Attack Ad Features Dramatized Car Wreck
Wow. You really have to see this Republican attack ad -- it's one of the strangest negative spots we've ever seen. The spot, courtesy of the NRCC, attacks the Dem candidate in the Louisiana House election that's being held this Saturday by painting him as soft on drunk drivers -- with a vivid dramatization of a car wreck:
"Take Jimmy Ray White: Three prior drunk-driving offenses, but he's out on the street," the announcer says, as the road is speeding by the viewer. "Then White kills a teenager in a hit-and-run car accident."
Wow.
Democratic candidate Paul Carmouche, a district attorney and relatively conservative Dem, has been running close in the polls against right-wing GOP candidate John Fleming in the race for this open GOP-held seat. As with the Georgia Senate runoff, this is probably going to be a low-turnout affair in which the parties have to really get the voters' attention -- and if this ad doesn't get people's attention, nothing will.
I think this is the lowest I've seen. At least they never tried to reenact a rape when they were running the Willie Horton ads.
December 2, 2008 1:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, the ad is sleazy, but what isn't sleazy about the GOP? Everything about the GOP is personal, they can't win on the issues, so they resort to personal attacks.
December 2, 2008 1:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Personal? How? It talks about what he did, jis jugement as the DA. It didn't say he was stupid, make fun of his pregnant teenage daughter, accuse his spouse of incesest or any of the things y'all have done to Sarah Palin. The selective outrage you guys display never fails to crack me up.
December 2, 2008 1:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
SFC,
Get lost! Go to NewsMax.com or the National Review.
December 2, 2008 1:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
No.
December 2, 2008 4:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ya'll?
I'm pretty sure that Obama and the DNC didn't run any such ads against Sarah Palin.
Your tortured [non]logic (false equivalency setting up a tu quoque... a double whammy!) only exposes how indefensible this ad is. Good job.
December 2, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Glad to see you are back at the plate. After the beaning you took we thought you'd be like all Tony C. on us. BTW I checked. It was the best Beaning on Google at the time.
December 2, 2008 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was between that and the guy getting the soccer ball in the face, I thought soccer was too "Europen" for me so I went with it.
December 2, 2008 4:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Booh-fucking-hoo. Poor widdle Palin and her Addams Family North couldn't take the heat she brought on them, and so they had head back into the cold.
Y'all must really hate America for making such a rational choice!
December 2, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
you are preaching to the choir on that one......
December 2, 2008 4:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
What do we know about Carmouche's record? Is this a real soft spot, or made up stuff?
December 2, 2008 1:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
The LA Times ran an article yesterday about the McCarthy Gene running rampant within the GOP thru the likes of Nixon, Bu$h and Palin. After reading the article, ads such as this is parr for the course and should be expected.
December 2, 2008 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Where was this attack ad in 2000? It would have been more interesting then.
December 2, 2008 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't know, there is an awful lost of drinking that goes on in LA. It's like a birth right or something. I remember how long it took the state to raise the drinking age to 21. That didn't go over well at all.
Might work, might not. Given the fact the LA is seriously red, I doubt this ad will really make any difference.
December 2, 2008 4:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is the McCarthy Gene article Beetlejuice mentioned: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-gabler30-2008nov30,0,635817.story
December 2, 2008 6:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm sooooo glad many more Americans have awaken and don't fall for this crap anymore. One day the old white men fear mongering at the GOP will realize that voters now have internet, watch cable news, and are connected to the world.
December 2, 2008 7:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
SFCwallace was right. It wasn't a personal attack and it's weak to tell him to go away just because he scored a point. It sounds cowardly.
I actually appreciate a pol who's willing to admit mistakes. "We screwed up." Adrian Fenty, mayor of Washington apologizes for the city's wretched management. The first step to recovery is admitting there's a problem.
That said... he let off ONE drunk driver he shouldn't have. Is that the best they got????
December 3, 2008 2:32 PM | Reply | Permalink