I am sick of

[pumba]

I am "so and so" and I approve this message.......whether it is on tv or radio or anyplace else.......THEY APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.....I will be glad when this is all over.....

 

[Carly_Roach]

I am "so and so" and I approve this message.......whether it is on tv or radio or anyplace else.......THEY APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.....I will be glad when this is all over.....

I believe we can blame that one on McCain and campaign reform.

From wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_approve_this_message

In American politics, "I approve this message" (sometimes in the past tense, also with "authorize" in place of "approve", or with "ad" instead of "message") is a phrase said by candidates for federal office in political advertisements on television and radio in order to comply with the so-called "Stand By Your Ad" provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), enacted in 2002, that requires "a statement by the candidate that identifies the candidate and states that the candidate has approved the communication". The provision was intended to force political candidates running any campaign for office in the United States to associate themselves to their television and radio advertising, thereby discouraging them from making controversial claims or attack ads.

I don't think it's working.

 

[Sonya]

As I live so close to Kansas, we got BOTH states' ads. Really, there is no other commercials on right now. I get confused as to who is running in which state.

 

[c4a]

In our area.. the union's run ads, the gun rights people run ads, the veterans run ads, the anti-gun people run ads, individuals and orginazations run ads... all endorsing canidates/slamming the opponent. So, for me...it makes it a lot easier to know what is actually coming from the canidate and what is coming from other sources.

 

[amyhughes]

In our area.. the union's run ads, the gun rights people run ads, the veterans run ads, the anti-gun people run ads, individuals and orginazations run ads... all endorsing canidates/slamming the opponent. So, for me...it makes it a lot easier to know what is actually coming from the canidate and what is coming from other sources.

Same here. Who would've thought being in the Mid-West we would be so popular lately! LOL!

 

[c4a]

As I live so close to Kansas, we got BOTH states' ads. Really, there is no other commercials on right now. I get confused as to who is running in which state.

I get Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. I was getting all heated up over what one of the canidates was saying the other night-it had to do with property tax & increasing sales tax. Dh asked me why it was SO important. I was flabbergasted! Tried to explain it to him. He just kept staring at me. Finally, he goes "You do realize he is running in Indiana & not Kentucky."

 

[amyhughes]

I get Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. I was getting all heated up over what one of the canidates was saying the other night-it had to do with property tax & increasing sales tax. Dh asked me why it was SO important. I was flabbergasted! Tried to explain it to him. He just kept staring at me. Finally, he goes "You do realize he is running in Indiana & not Kentucky."

I often do that too with KY election ads! LOL!

 

[John Smith1]

the ones in the Senate race sound like this

snipe snipe nasty nasty awful horrible person you're an idiot to vote for him he's a this he's a that....

this is ____ _____ and I APPROVED this message.

You DID???? What does that say about YOU?

 

[c4a]

the ones in the Senate race sound like this

snipe snipe nasty nasty awful horrible person you're an idiot to vote for him he's a this he's a that....

this is ____ _____ and I APPROVED this message.

You DID???? What does that say about YOU?

OMG! I just nose-hosed my coke.
Some of the Senate/Rep. ads are even worse than the POTUS ones! And those are the ONLY commercials-political ones. I never thought I'd look forward to watching sports...just so I could see some entertaining commercials.

 

[c4a]

OMG! I just nose-hosed my coke.

That would be coca-cola!

 

[DarthKTrava]

As a bit of a tangent to this thread, who are all those third-party groups who put out alot of the ads?

 

[js]

Sorry, I opened this thread thinking it was a thread where you said what you are sick of.

I just wanted to say.....I am sick of salad.

Thank you for letting me get that off my chest

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

What I want to know is, what ever happened to the "of." I approve OF this message. Always bothers me when I hear it.