Political ads. Hmm.
Feb. 11th, 2008 06:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
starzkiI'm seeing political ads for president for the first time in over 16 years.
It's, like, blowing my mind.
I lived in Texas for a fricking long time. It was considered a "conservative" state and Democrats didn't waste their time or resources in a losing battle there (for president, anyway).
Then, I moved to Illinois and the exact opposite phenomenon happened. A Republican candidate hasn't campaigned in IL since Ronald Reagan in 1984. So I didn't see a single political ad for president in the years I lived there.
Now, I'm in a state that, apparently, may go either direction. At least, theoretically. And I'm seeing and hearing political ads from Clinton, Obama, McCain, and Huckabee.
And, aside from a desire to punch Huckabee in the face every time his ad runs (seriously, dude, STFU with your pandering condescension), it's been kind of interesting to hear what the potential presidential candidates actually say to people to get them to vote for them.
It's, like, blowing my mind.
I lived in Texas for a fricking long time. It was considered a "conservative" state and Democrats didn't waste their time or resources in a losing battle there (for president, anyway).
Then, I moved to Illinois and the exact opposite phenomenon happened. A Republican candidate hasn't campaigned in IL since Ronald Reagan in 1984. So I didn't see a single political ad for president in the years I lived there.
Now, I'm in a state that, apparently, may go either direction. At least, theoretically. And I'm seeing and hearing political ads from Clinton, Obama, McCain, and Huckabee.
And, aside from a desire to punch Huckabee in the face every time his ad runs (seriously, dude, STFU with your pandering condescension), it's been kind of interesting to hear what the potential presidential candidates actually say to people to get them to vote for them.
