Posted on 05/24/2010 7:46:14 AM PDT by SmithL
SACRAMENTO — Known for battling carbon emissions, Californians are dealing with an environmental degradation of another kind this spring: pollution of the airwaves.
Wave after wave of high octane, negative political advertisements have crowded out any hope of thoughtful discourse in the Republican gubernatorial primary, the outgrowth of an unprecedented $100 million poured into a tightly contested campaign by two wealthy masters of the Silicon Valley universe: Meg Whitman, billionaire ex-chief executive of eBay, and multimillionaire Steve Poizner, the state's insurance commissioner.
"The more money you have, the more poison you can buy," said Jack Pitney, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College.
In one TV ad, aired by Poizner, a vulture picks at a carcass, a reference to Whitman's investment in Goldman Sachs vulture funds, so-called because they invest in financially distressed companies. In another, aired by Whitman, Poizner is accused of supporting partial-birth abortion.
The vitriol began a couple months ago but intensified during the last month when voters started tuning in and polls tightened. There are no signs of a letup with a little more than two weeks to go before the June 8 primary and one-third of the voters still undecided.
"Some people have a hard time judging Whitman and Poizner on economic issues, so it comes down to how they stand on social issues,"
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I am sure the unions and Democrats won’t run ads before November.
/sarc
democrat plantation do-do does not stink!
/s
LLS
Well then, uh, we uh. um, we need to silence them! Um, Al. um, uh, in the interests of Free Speech, you see, um. Yes, uh, we can!
< /Obama>
The market pulled the plug on Air America. And, well, nature abhors a vaccuum. TS dems!
Would love to see an ad from Chuck DeVore.
WHERE is he?
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