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Reid Ad Hits Angle On Social Security, Medicare -- And Scientology (VIDEO)
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and NV-SEN candidate Sharron Angle (R)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has a new ad attacking his Republican opponent Sharron Angle, hammering her on the evergreen Democratic issue of Social Security -- and resurrecting an attack against Angle from during the Republican primary, over possible ties to Scientology.
An excerpt is show of Angle saying: "We need to phase Medicare and Social Security out."
"She'd cut benefits for everyone coming into the system," the announcer says. "That's Sharron Angle. First a Scientology plan to give massages to prisoners -- now she wants to get rid of Medicare and Social Security. What's next?"
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It's Pat
June 14, 2010 9:43 AM
That's a really good ad. Simple, memorable and effective.
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Maritza
June 14, 2010 9:46 AM
EXCELLENT!!!
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The Caped Composer
June 14, 2010 9:53 AM
I never thought I'd say this, but . . . I think Harry's gonna get re-elected!
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KeithL
June 14, 2010 9:59 AM
THIS! IS!! GOOD!!! NEWS!!!! for John Cornyn and the Great Orange Boner!
She's for prohibition, too!
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George C
June 14, 2010 10:01 AM
I'm no adman, but I'd end it differently. I'd do something like:
"What's next? There's more. Stay tuned."
There's so much to cover with Angle, it'd be great to have a rotating series of ads, each one highlighting one or two wacko positions she's taken.
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mfinley98
June 14, 2010 10:12 AM in reply to George C
"What's next?" would signal the strategy of constant negativity. Better to be surprised by the weirdness, and not to seem to be capitalizing on it.
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George C
June 14, 2010 10:42 AM in reply to mfinley98
Yeah, but the current ad (the clip is above) actually ends with the words "what's next?". Rather than leave that question hang, I'd indicate that we have some answers to what Angle would do.
Also, I don't think of this as a negative ad. A negative ad is one that uses half truths or grossly misrepresents a person's policy pronouncements. These strike me as being totally fair.
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Overreach THIS!
June 14, 2010 1:54 PM in reply to mfinley98
Good point.
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traitorjoe
June 14, 2010 10:36 AM
Angle's response is simple: combine the two plans and give massages to Social Security recipients. That should be popular.
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COgator95
June 14, 2010 10:43 AM
Wow, Harry Reid a member of the Democratic party showing religious intolerance? I thought we were suppose to be better than the Republican party?!?!?!?
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Cliff Hendroval
June 14, 2010 11:08 AM in reply to COgator95
Only if you're dumb enough to believe $cientology is a religion.
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COgator95
June 14, 2010 12:53 PM in reply to Cliff Hendroval
Nice to see there are prejudice a-holes on both sides of the aisle.
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Hobbes83
June 14, 2010 1:00 PM in reply to COgator95
Sounds to me that someone doesn't know what Scientology is. If you did you would agree with the person whose comment you replied to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology
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COgator95
June 14, 2010 3:36 PM in reply to Hobbes83
I guess you haven't a clue about Christianity, Judaism or Islam, right? Scientology is no worse than Christianity, Judaism, Islam or any other false faith that believes in invisible sky fairies. Each one of them want your $$$$.
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Hobbes83
June 14, 2010 6:19 PM in reply to COgator95
Dude, I'm an atheist. I was just trying to pass some information on, don't get all in a tizzy.
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hbobrien
June 14, 2010 3:14 PM in reply to COgator95
True, but irrelevant.
"Prejudice" implies condemnation without considering individual facts. Given that Scientology's founder said many times he was establishing the institution as a tax shelter, those individual facts matter.
If you want to read assessments of Mr. Hubbard's character by people who knew him directly (albeit fictionalized), see Anthony Boucher's Rocket to the Morgue, and the character Rene Lafayette, or the works of Robert Heinlein containing the character Lazarus Long (one of whose aliases is Lafe Hubert).
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COgator95
June 14, 2010 3:33 PM in reply to hbobrien
I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy that Reid is showing regarding his stance on being tolerant of other's beliefs. Oh, I forgot he's a Mormon.... never mind.... where's my sacred underwear at?!?!?
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Bear
June 14, 2010 11:09 AM in reply to COgator95
what religion is that?
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Buckeye Terrorist Fist Jab Nation
June 14, 2010 11:18 AM in reply to Bear
))))))))))))))))-crickets-(((((((((((((((((((((
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Signalman
June 14, 2010 1:27 PM in reply to COgator95
Poor little clam! Snap, snap, snap!
$camatology is a religion in the same way the Crips and Bloods are. All three are full of thugs whose job is to enrich the group, regardless of method.
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runfastandwin
June 14, 2010 1:30 PM in reply to Signalman
Just like the Catholic church...
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JBL1955
June 14, 2010 11:10 AM
This is so unfair. How dare he use her own words?
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vasu
June 14, 2010 11:26 AM in reply to JBL1955
Right... Using actual facts and quotable video material.
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vamonticello
June 14, 2010 11:17 AM
They should take out the scientology reference
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spam
June 14, 2010 11:49 AM in reply to vamonticello
What is inaccurate about the characterization in the ad? Anything?
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June 14, 2010 12:16 PM in reply to vamonticello
no they shouldn't
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tk
June 14, 2010 2:11 PM in reply to Al
Yes they should have.
They could have played a repetition of the video clip in that place - which is shown only once the whole ad. Sestak's clip of Specter "help me get reelected" was shown two or three times in the 30 second ad.
The massage scientology stuff could be a second ad.
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Walter Mitty
June 14, 2010 11:33 AM
The Scientology garbage is a non-issue. It just screams intolerance, but I assume it must poll well in Nv, because both Lowden and now Reid are using it.
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traitorjoe
June 14, 2010 12:03 PM
Nevada Tea Baggers are like all the others - government handouts are wasteful, unless they are MY government handouts.
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June 14, 2010 12:15 PM
Give her hell, Harry!
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Hobbes83
June 14, 2010 1:01 PM
The sad part about this ad(sad for Angle) is that the ad is true. It's not a smear or a compilation of doctored footage with cropped audio. Very damning stuff.
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runfastandwin
June 14, 2010 1:31 PM
The thing about Nevada, is it's full of Mormons, and they HATE scientology. HATE it.
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vasu
June 14, 2010 1:39 PM in reply to runfastandwin
Cause they are called a cult as much as Scientology is.
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Cliff Hendroval
June 14, 2010 1:49 PM in reply to vasu
The LDS is the 19th Century version of $cientology. Both were founded as deliberate money-making scams.
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Overreach THIS!
June 14, 2010 1:51 PM in reply to runfastandwin
Didn't know this. Very good news! Thx!
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Overreach THIS!
June 14, 2010 1:53 PM in reply to runfastandwin
I should say I didn't know that Nevada was so full of them, or that they hated their fellow cult. Great!
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tk
June 14, 2010 2:14 PM in reply to runfastandwin
Good point. It's good to be reminded that there are some issues which remain "local" -- but do you think it could have been in a different ad?
Also, question for you, is the Yucca mountain thing important anymore?
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vasu
June 14, 2010 2:19 PM in reply to tk
Well if you lived in Nevada it is. Though we here in washington are happy to see Hanford Nuclear Reservation closed down and cleaned up and that some other state is dealing with our nuclear legacy.
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