Posted on 09/11/2012 7:18:04 AM PDT by doug from upland
No Pay, No Play: Akin TV Ads Canceled
Television ads for Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin have been canceled after Akin's campaign failed to pay the whole bill, Talking Points Memo reports.
By Maggie Rotermund Email the author 5:30 am
Rep. Todd Akin is facing a new round of bad publicity today after reports have emerged that he has failed to pay for his television advertising on time.
Talking Points Memo reports the Akin campaigns TV ad buy with KOMU, a NBC affiliate in Columbia, was canceled.
According to KMOX, the campaign had paid the first half of the buy, but the station did not receive the other half. KOMU also said that it has confirmed that other stations have been put in the same position.
Sarah Mcadoo, an accounting assistant for KSHB-TV in Kansas City, confirmed to KOMU that Akin's ads had been pulled from their log. The Akin campaign told KOMU that the payment is forthcoming.
According to the KOMU story, Ryan Hite, campaign spokesman for Todd Akin, said:
"Our media buyers are constantly adjusting our strategy according to different media markets in Missouri. According to my understanding of this specific instance, air time was reserved, an initial payment was made, and when their ad schedule was set in stone, the other final portion of the payment is being sent tomorrow."
This follows on the heels of Akin's comments regarding legitimate rape. He has lost the financial backing of several national sources.
Conservative super PAC Crossroads GPS, founded by former Karl Rove, pulled its ads from the Missouri Senate race. Crossroads had been spending money on ads against McCaskill.
What does that have to do with the point of discussion one way or the other?
No, no...that is not what we were talking about. You indicated the RNC was responsible for the action of the Akin campaign...which was bogus.
Well I went the limit in 2008 for McCain.
Now I will never be rid of Republican beggars. They are tenacious as herpes.
No he did not. His comments do not address the question at all.
You are quite naive if you think that KOMU is telling the truth here.
Ask anyone at a radio/tv station and they will tell you that NO political ad is ever run unless it is paid for in advance -- and that goes for everyone from dogcatcher to POTUS -- and includes KOMU.
So the claim that the Akin campaign owes KOMU anything is a blatant prefabrication. The station would not have run a campaign add unless they already had the money in house.
Missouri is OVER.
Akin’s ego has handed the race to McCaskill and the Democrats.
There are other places the that the money can be put to good use.
Let me draw a picture for you. The Akin campaign probably didn’t pay their bill on time because they are very tight on cash. They are tight on cash because they haven’t received the financial support fro the GOP-e.
Yes, the party of a candidates affiliation will normally send cash to the candidates campaign, for the candidate to spend as they see fit, i.e. ads, airplane charters for campaigning, etc.
Question too tough for you???
You know, you hit on something with ‘wormy’. In past cycles they seemed like real people. Volunteers, or regular people just passing the hat to help pay for the barbecue or whatever. Sometimes I’d give and sometimes I wouldn’t depending on the candidate and circumstances. This time there is a smug, crawling condescension I’ve never noticed before. Pipsqueak and and obsequious at the same time. Surly too, when their advances are rebuffed.
I guess those outside the area do not realize that Akin dropping out is a sure McCaskill win at this point. Roughly a quarter of the voters would not support a GOP-E appointed candidate, which is what would happen if Akin withdraws. There are a lot of hard feelings over Akin’s treatment. You can see some of the sentiment expressed on this thread where the GOP is blamed more than Akin.
Karl Rove took out Christine O’Donnell also.
That event opened my eyes to the GOP-e
You got that right.
Great point!
YEP -- YEP -- YEP -- YEP
The very least Akin would do is help kill OC, and it is a dead ass cinch that McCaskill will not. That reason alone would be a good one to elect Akin.
As far as I can tell, McCaskill is luckier than a 3 peckered dog....benefiting from a perceived stupid statement.
She should not be winning, and I don't think that the voters of Mo will be taken in by her....(but on the other hand...I am often wrong and disappointed)..
No, no...that is not what we were talking about. You indicated the RNC was responsible for the action of the Akin campaign...which was bogus.
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Don’t attempt to put words in my mouth. You might draw back stubs where your fingers used to be.
The Geriatric Old Plotters have pulled support from the primary winner, Akin. That is a fact. It follows therefore that he is broke and can’t run an effective campaign.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79914.html
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/21/priebus-rnc-wont-support-akin-in-senate-race/
I’ve seen her before!
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