While watching a football game sandwiched around a group of political ads the other night, a question occurred that stumped me: How could every candidate for every office be “wrong for New Hampshire”?
Of course, I live in Boston, not the Granite State. But I have been inundated by political ads aimed at our neighbor to the north and those of the outside groups supporting candidates there. Cheery and positive they are not.
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Its sickening and is driving me away from voting at all. Probably a strategy on someones part!
There are so many ads that I've become numb to them. I've heard of people forgoing on-air TV in favor of on-demand shows just to avoid all the ads. Sounds like a good idea......
A lot of voters by now, especially those who have made their decisions already, hit the "Please just make it stop!" point weeks ago. Up here in NH, “wrong for New Hampshire” has a semi-secret meaning for us, or it's supposed to I guess. And if you're tired of OUR ads, we're more fed up with the Warren-Brown-Tierney-Tisei barrage.
There's no escape! The ads have even infected YouTube videos. There's a full-fledged ad preceding the video of your choice and then you get treated to "vote for Brown/Warren" footers during the video.
I admire Brown but his latest TV ad is ridiculous and rings hollow. Part of his appeal is his mostly low-key even-keeled persona; he displays fiestyness at well chosen moments. But this latest ad suggests a messiah-figure walking altruisitically among the masses, inspiring thunderous applause and roars of approval. It's as dopey as Dukakis and the tank helmut.