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Posted on 08/03/2006 3:51:17 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
ATLANTA - U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney is grabbing all the face time she can get with voters between now and Tuesday's runoff election.
The embattled incumbent bought cable television ads that are scheduled to air 1,175 times over a five-day period which began Thursday, according to public filings at the Comcast Spotlight Atlanta office.
The ads are running in four different coverage zones - DeKalb County, North DeKalb, West Gwinnett County and Rockdale County - and are evenly spread across seven networks: CNN, Lifetime, The Family Channel, TV One, BET, The History Channel and The Oxygen Network. McKinney's campaign paid $9,578 for the ads.
McKinney did not buy cable ads before the primary, but her opponent, Hank Johnson, did. Johnson spent $5,369 for 475 cable ads that aired on a dozen networks in the same four zones.
As of Thursday, Johnson's campaign had not contacted Comcast about cable television advertising. Thursday at 10 a.m. was the deadline for candidates to submit their ads to air on Sunday and Monday.
In the July 18 primary, McKinney led Johnson, an attorney and former DeKalb County commissioner, by only 2,000 votes. Johnson's local constituency and McKinney's core supporters are both located in south DeKalb County - home to one of the nation's most affluent black communities.
Both sides have said voter turnout will be crucial to victory in Tuesday's runoff.
"We have to do everything we can to stimulate voters," John Evans, McKinney's campaign manager, said Thursday. "That's the key ingredient to increase the turnout so we can get ready to celebrate."
Johnson's spokeswoman, Deb Speights, said the campaign has not ruled out cable ads.
"We're considering several options, but it pretty much depends on fundraising," Speights said Thursday afternoon. "It was effective the first time around."
Emory University political science professor Alan Abramowitz said the ads probably won't be much of a factor in winning voters.
"Personal contact is much more effective strategy," Abramowitz said. "Television ads are not enough to get people motivated to get out and vote."
McKinney and Johnson have also been battling over radio airwaves and had their first televised showdown Tuesday, which aired nationwide on C-SPAN. The candidates will again address potential voters on Saturday in the last televised debate before the Aug. 8 vote.
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That's alot of fugly face time.
It's all McKinney, all the time. Shudder...
Let her retain her seat... aside from comedic value, she's probably the best example of psycho-liberals we can have nationwide.
She is the epitome of the moonbat and does she bring up the mothership in these ads?
A strategy which is sure to backfire.
and I didn't think that possible.
In that picture, her hair looks like a fractal pattern.
Her BRAIN is a fractal pttern!
If my dog looked like her, I'd shave her a*s (the dog's) and teach her to walk backwards
This bunch is almost as sharp as a bag full of bowling balls, and as appetizing as a truckload of raw pork liver.
It's amazing to me.
Is this figure correct? That seems very low, only $8.50 each time an ad runs. I would have thought tv ads were much more expensive.
Did they have to tie a pork chop around her neck to get the dog to play with her?
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