Jimmy Higgins
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I was watching Jeopardy last evening and then saw this commercial come on.
[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Pi9SmcK98Y8[/YOUTUBE]
It started like the typical political ad, but then the imagery started going over the top. It became way too cliche and dramatic that I started thinking it was a joke. It was utterly ridiculous by the end and the payoff... well... it is being serious, but you aren't quite certain what it was about.
People from outside the state are coming into your neighborhoods with clip boards, collecting your private information, to give to other people. To business like people that want higher rates.
And it kind of just stops there. Ohioans for Energy Security (yeah, no red flags with a name like that)
The ad highlights what is wrong in America with political advertising. In Ohio, in my experience, when there are issues on the ballot you'll get either one or two sides that present commercials in support or against Amendment #. But they don't actually tell you anything about the actual issue. Just show guys on tractors, or scary people in shadows (those are the people that want the Amendment passed *scary*). Utterly stupid advertising that doesn't inform anyone about anything.
But things are getting very weird. Ohio recently passed a bailout bill for two nuclear plants (in Ohio) and a coal plant (in Indiana?) and lots of people are upset about it. So there is a movement to get the bill repealed, by a group called Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts (yeah, more red flags, but this is at least possibly organic). Yeah, apparently that is possible in Ohio. To get the Amendment onto the ballot, you need signatures and people are out on the streets trying to collect signatures. And the ad shown above is warning people about the people getting signatures. It is preemptive advertisement. When the law was in the Hopper, there were lots of ads trying to get people to support HB 6, without ever actually saying what HB 6 was... other than mostly clear sky days.
Yeah... it gets worse.
Truly the worst part is that in all the smoke and mirrors, we have no idea who any of these groups are.
Who is pushing all of this? There are definitely agendas in politics, but the advertising is getting worse and the funding is getting creepier.
Thanks SCOTUS.
[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Pi9SmcK98Y8[/YOUTUBE]
It started like the typical political ad, but then the imagery started going over the top. It became way too cliche and dramatic that I started thinking it was a joke. It was utterly ridiculous by the end and the payoff... well... it is being serious, but you aren't quite certain what it was about.
People from outside the state are coming into your neighborhoods with clip boards, collecting your private information, to give to other people. To business like people that want higher rates.
And it kind of just stops there. Ohioans for Energy Security (yeah, no red flags with a name like that)
The ad highlights what is wrong in America with political advertising. In Ohio, in my experience, when there are issues on the ballot you'll get either one or two sides that present commercials in support or against Amendment #. But they don't actually tell you anything about the actual issue. Just show guys on tractors, or scary people in shadows (those are the people that want the Amendment passed *scary*). Utterly stupid advertising that doesn't inform anyone about anything.
But things are getting very weird. Ohio recently passed a bailout bill for two nuclear plants (in Ohio) and a coal plant (in Indiana?) and lots of people are upset about it. So there is a movement to get the bill repealed, by a group called Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts (yeah, more red flags, but this is at least possibly organic). Yeah, apparently that is possible in Ohio. To get the Amendment onto the ballot, you need signatures and people are out on the streets trying to collect signatures. And the ad shown above is warning people about the people getting signatures. It is preemptive advertisement. When the law was in the Hopper, there were lots of ads trying to get people to support HB 6, without ever actually saying what HB 6 was... other than mostly clear sky days.
Yeah... it gets worse.
WTF?!?article said:
Truly the worst part is that in all the smoke and mirrors, we have no idea who any of these groups are.
You'd like to think it was simple, but when you drive through Huron and Erie counties of Ohio, you'll see lots of signs in people's yards reading "No Windmills!" No, not no windmills in my yard, but none in the entire county!article said:
Who is pushing all of this? There are definitely agendas in politics, but the advertising is getting worse and the funding is getting creepier.
Thanks SCOTUS.
