You know, if memory serves, the “Daisy ad” was only broadcast once. The backlash was so severe it was pulled from circulation immediately. Why do I think the outrage over Tancredo’s ad won’t be nearly as sharp?
[...] their rabid followers to further extremism by convincing them that Great Issues Are At Stake. As Michael showed us a couple of days ago, Tom Tancredo is running a campaign ad that equates immigration with the War on Terror, and I [...]
Well, as has been pointed out by Matthew Yglesias, the rest of the GOP-sters have coopeted his message. His only chance of getting noticed is to up the ante.
Of course, if he gets his wish, we’ll all be paying $5.oo (which will = 1 Euro at the rate we’re going) for a head of lettuce, but that’s another story.
You know, if memory serves, the “Daisy ad” was only broadcast once. The backlash was so severe it was pulled from circulation immediately. Why do I think the outrage over Tancredo’s ad won’t be nearly as sharp?
[...] their rabid followers to further extremism by convincing them that Great Issues Are At Stake. As Michael showed us a couple of days ago, Tom Tancredo is running a campaign ad that equates immigration with the War on Terror, and I [...]
Well, as has been pointed out by Matthew Yglesias, the rest of the GOP-sters have coopeted his message. His only chance of getting noticed is to up the ante.
Of course, if he gets his wish, we’ll all be paying $5.oo (which will = 1 Euro at the rate we’re going) for a head of lettuce, but that’s another story.