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tazzygirl -> RE: Maybe it's time... (11/27/2012 7:18:45 PM)
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At the time you were asked, you were still on line.
Super PAC Tea Party Victory Fund is using the "Obama Phone" lady in a new Ohio swing-state aimed ad.
The pitch for the video, which asks donors for help in spreading the video in the state, is written by the Fund's chairman Ken Blackwell, Ohio's former secretary of state, via SLATE:
This is it-- this is the October surprise. We just need to get this ad on television today. Will you help us?
This commercial is a microcosm of the difference between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans want to create an environment where free people make their own choices and pursue their dreams. President Obama and the Democrats want to create a dependency on Government that ensures that Americans will continue to rely on Washington from cradle to grave.
What this lady said is so offensive because it's so blatant--she finally comes out and says what we all know that the Democrats really think. That's why this ad is so damaging to the President here in Ohio.
Let me tell you something, I'm from Ohio -- I was elected statewide as the Secretary of State, and Ohio State Treasurer--this ad is effective. If swing voters in this state see this ad, they simply will not support President Obama, and he will lose Ohio.
http://nation.foxnews.com/tea-party/2012/10/15/tea-party-drops-hardcore-ad-starring-obama-phone-lady
Now, lets see..... as of 2009, Snopes ran the following....
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp
So they all knew it wasnt an "Obamaphone".
She turns out to be propagating an urban legend, one we'd previously heard from conservative friends. The "phone" part is true. There is a federally mandated, state-administered program known as Lifeline that subsidizes telephone service for low-income subscribers. But the "Obama" part is imagined. As Snopes.com explains, Lifeline dates back to the 1980s, and the Dayton Daily News reported in August that Ohio expanded it in 2008 to include cellphones.
"Just How Racist Is the 'Obama Phone' Video?" asked The Atlantic Wire's Elspeth Reeve in the title of a Thursday post. "It's totally and obviously racist according to some racists who rushed to a 'White Pride' Internet forum as soon as they heard about it on Rush Limbaugh's show," she answered, making an appeal to an extremely dubious authority.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444592404578030511606922322.html
I agree, that is exactly what she is doing... and over acting very well. Especially when these videos were shown first to 3 predominantly ( greater than 70% white) counties in Ohio, a state needed by Romney to win.
The pitch is written by the Fund's titular chairman Ken Blackwell, Ohio's former secretary of state -- and, important for the messaging here, a black man.
This is it-- this is the October surprise. We just need to get this ad on television today.Will you help us?
This commercial is a microcosm of the difference between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans want to create an environment where free people make their own choices and pursue their dreams. President Obama and the Democrats want to create a dependency on Government that ensures that Americans will continue to rely on Washington from cradle to grave.
What this lady said is so offensive because it's so blatant--she finally comes out and says what we all know that the Democrats really think. That's why this ad is so damaging to the President here in Ohio.
Let me tell you something, I'm from Ohio -- I was elected statewide as the Secretary of State, and Ohio State Treasurer--this ad is effective. If swing voters in this state see this ad, they simply will not support President Obama, and he will lose Ohio.
The ad's going up first in Lucas, Summit, and Mahoning counties.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/10/15/the_obama_phone_lady_makes_it_into_an_anti_obama_pac_ad.html
Why Lucas? Predominantly white, voted 2 to 1 Democrat in 2008 Presidential election.
http://oh-lucascounty.civicplus.com/documents/Board%20of%20Elections/Historic%20Election%20Results/2008/Jurisdiction%20Wide.PDF
Summit County same thing...
http://www.city-data.com/elec08/SUMMIT-OHIO.html
Mahoning as well.
http://www.city-data.com/elec08/MAHONING-OHIO.html
So we have three counties, predominantly white by almost 80% or more in each county, voting Democratic in the last Presidential election by almost 2 to 1, in an election where no one disputes the value of Ohio's electorial votes, flooded with ads even the former Secretary of State admits is inflamatory... and someone who knew the information was erroneous.
Sorry, Rich... waaaaaaaaaaay too many coincidences.
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