Didn’t the dem run House just pass ANWR drilling? At least some of the dems are on the big oil express, thank goodness.
Ahhh, propaganda!
The Republicans should seize on this opportunity and state the truth:
“Oil is the lifeblood of our economy and we are proud to be associated with this most essential of commodities. Continued, propagandizing attempts to demonize the oil industry are AT ROOT, direct attacks on honest American businesses, and hard-working Americans of all backgrounds and economic status.”
As long as they are clear that it is celebrity voice imitation, then they should be allowed to air a political ad mocking any politician. Applaud the station but just fix the ad.
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I can remember that theme like it was yesterday - Good for them!!
They are running that here against Rep. Peter Roskam. It has a Bush impersonator leaving a voicemail for Roskam telling him to keep working to give breaks to Big Oil. I have to say the impersonator does a pretty good Bush, but the ad itself is likely not to work on the thinking person, who is going to be reminded of which party it is that has stopped and continues to stop domestic oil exploration, and that bears the lion’s share of the responsibiltity for high gasoline taxes.
I think they should run the ad. It has been getting bad press and everyone now knows it is a cheapshot ripoff.
KYW could get in trouble. It is not legal for a station to refuse a political ad based on content. That has been decided by a lot of courts.
Some years ago a racist running for office wanted to run an ad that used the N(Word). The courts ruled the station had to carry it.
Is JQ Public so benighted as to think for even one minute that someone besides “Big Oil” is capable of extracting, transporting, refining, and marketing any new oil?
Do these dimmycrap d!psh!ts think that JCPenney or Starbucks can do it?
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“... our listeners would have been misled by usage of an impersonator...”
Sounds like they won’t be running any ads from Obama!
Standing up for America! refreshing isn’t is?
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Pretty surprising considering KWY has always been a pretty Liberal station.