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Republicans and Phones. They go together like um, nitro and glycerine...
The infamous AJS Ad is back. I'm watching it right now on MSNBC during the Republican convention.
Except there seem to be some differences since last time we encountered it:
1. It's not AJS anymore, it's by AJS godfather organization the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
2. It's not a radio ad -- it's a TV ad.
Oh, right, almost forgot --
3. The last frame gives you the Shaheen for Senate phone number and asks you to call it if you're upset with taxes.
Here's a photo of my TV here, a luddite screenshot:
I could be wrong, but I remember the radio ad asking listeners to call Jeanne Shaheen, but I don't remember the radio ad giving out the phone number of the campaign.
To me that seems like it hits a little too close to old history, doesn't it? Keep in mind Shaheen, unlike Sununu, is currently not in elected office. This is not a a call to action to phone your Rep or Governor. This is asking you to bother the campaign office, after riling you up with a misleading ad.
I think it's likely that the Chamber of Commerce merely tacks on the phone number of the campaign so that it can continue the charade that it is doing issues based lobbying (Mad about taxes? Call the person not in office!).
Still, it says something that this out-of-state defender of Sununu is so tone-deaf to our local history that they would post the campaign number in the ad, don't you think?
Will they be running this election day?
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