Tag: Ads

Making it personal: Dems in Michigan’s 9th Congressional District running effective ads tying their fight to healthcare

Making it personal: Dems in Michigan’s 9th Congressional District running effective ads tying their fight to healthcare

There are three primary issues that Democrats should be beating Republicans over the head with this election season: the lack of action by Republicans on Trump’s corruption and kleptocracy, Republicans giving a massive tax break to the super wealthy at the expense of pretty much all the rest of us, and Republican efforts to deny poor Americans access to affordable […]

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Mark Totten calls on television stations to pull deceptive ad claiming he was “never a real prosecutor”

Mark Totten calls on television stations to pull deceptive ad claiming he was “never a real prosecutor”

Photo by Anne C. Savage, special to Eclectablog The Michigan Advocacy Trust, a 527 group that it does not disclose its donors, has a new television ad out deceptively claiming that Democratic candidate for Attorney General Mark Totten “was never a real prosecutor” and had never handled a federal criminal case. The group is run by Richard McLellan, secretary of […]

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VIDEO: Democrat Bobby McKenzie in MI-11 releases first ad slamming Foreclosure Vulture David Trott

VIDEO: Democrat Bobby McKenzie in MI-11 releases first ad slamming Foreclosure Vulture David Trott

Bobby McKenzie, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Michigan’s 11th District is up with his first ad this cycle and it’s a doozy. It is a hard-hitting ad that shows what it looks like when Republican David Trott evicts people, in this case an elderly woman, from their home: Here’s a statement from the McKenzie campaign released with the video: […]

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And the award for the most moronic political ad this season goes to…

And the award for the most moronic political ad this season goes to…

There is a school of thought (apparently) that outlandish, even stupidly dumb ads are good because they get you to watch, sort of like a high-speed train derailing in front of you. I get that. I don’t necessarily agree with it, but I get it. So, there’s stupidly dumb and then there’s this hot mess of moronic childishness from the […]

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VIDEO: DGA hammers Gov. Snyder in new ad showing the “Faces” of people hit hardest by Snyder’s policies

VIDEO: DGA hammers Gov. Snyder in new ad showing the “Faces” of people hit hardest by Snyder’s policies

A new ad out by the Democratic Governor’s Association is one of their best yet. Called “Faces”, it shows the faces of real people hit hardest by Republican Governor Rick Snyder’s pro-business, anti-middle class policies. It’s an effective ad on the heels of last weekend’s debate between Snyder and Democratic candidate Mark Schauer. Snyder spent a great deal of time […]

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Rick Snyder finally finds ANOTHER teacher who supports him: the Oakland County Republican Party Vice-Chair

Rick Snyder finally finds ANOTHER teacher who supports him: the Oakland County Republican Party Vice-Chair

Last month I posted a piece about a Rick Snyder finally finding a teacher who would support him in public. It turned out to be his neighbor at his million-dollar lake house and that post that has enjoyed over 27,000 views. Well, Gov. Snyder has found a second teacher willing to do a commercial for him. This time it’s another […]

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VIDEO: New ad highlights the Snyder administration’s Aramark scandal and the perils of privatization

VIDEO: New ad highlights the Snyder administration’s Aramark scandal and the perils of privatization

Progress Michigan announced today that they are running a new ad highlighting the Aramark scandal that has rocked the Snyder administration. The myriad failings of the for-profit prison food vendor bring the issue of privatization/profitization of government services into sharp relief and this ad is a powerful reminder of that. The ad will run for a week in Grand Rapids, […]

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VIDEO: Mark Schauer vows to repeal Snyder’s tax on seniors & make corporations that send jobs overseas repay tax breaks

VIDEO: Mark Schauer vows to repeal Snyder’s tax on seniors & make corporations that send jobs overseas repay tax breaks

In his latest ad, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer vows to roll back Rick Snyder’s senior pension tax and to give tax breaks to companies that create jobs in Michigan. If they outsource their jobs overseas, says Schauer, “I’ll make them repay every penny.” It’s a powerful ad. Take a look:

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Mark Totten confronts Bill Schuette’s lies about his background in powerful new ad

Mark Totten confronts Bill Schuette’s lies about his background in powerful new ad

Now that Republican extremist Bill Schuette is tied in the polls with Democrat Mark Totten in Michigan’s Attorney General race, he’s getting desperate. His latest gambit it to suggest that Totten, a former federal prosecutor, doesn’t have any convictions under his belt. Totten defeats that lie with this powerful new ad called “Keyboard”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC5yfHennz0 Schuette, Michigan’s version of Virginia’s extremist […]

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Rick Snyder finally finds a teacher who supports him: his neighbor at his vacation home

Rick Snyder finally finds a teacher who supports him: his neighbor at his vacation home

After claiming he was going to run a strictly positive campaign, Gov. Rick Snyder has a new negative attack ad out that features a retired teacher named Linda Thaler. Turns out that she lives literally right next door to Snyder’s vacation home on Gun Lake in Middleville, Michigan. The reality is that, despite Ms. Thayer’s contention otherwise, her neighbor and […]

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AFTERNOON GRAB BAG: Snyder vs. Schauer – the race heats up

AFTERNOON GRAB BAG: Snyder vs. Schauer – the race heats up

Several items of interest to report in Michigan’s 2014 gubernatorial campaign this afternoon. First, another poll out today shows Mark Schauer in a statistical dead heat with incumbent Republican governor Rick Snyder. This poll, by Vanguard Public Affairs, has Snyder up by just 3.2 points with a margin of error of 4 points. In the same poll, Gary Peters is […]

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