US Election 2020 - Pt 2

[Brenden_E]

I'm on VPN and have been getting quite a few of these lately.

Interesting is the upvote/downvote ratio. Could we read into this - is this ad shown to all users equally?
As a political ad, these are quite well done.

 

[Mila]

Guess they think you are his target market.
I have not seen one.
Not clicking on it either thank you.

 

[Brenden_E]

Guess they think you are his target market.
I have not seen one.
Not clicking on it either thank you.

Are you on VPN? LoL, why would you not watch it from an observers standpoint - I think it's rather interesting. Haven't seen any digital campaigning by Biden.

 

[cerebus]

I'm pretty sure we have rule about reposting articles in their entirety.

Where are the rules?

 

[TysonRoux]

New York AG sues Trump Organization in probe of financial dealings

New York AG sues Trump Organization in probe of financial dealings

It seeks to discover if the company improperly inflated the value of its assets on financial statements.

www.axios.com

 

[Brenden_E]

This one appeals to the fear of outside invasion if there's a weak leader. Clever ads. Again, notice the upvote/downvote ratio.

I'd really be interested if these were targeted, or shown to any within the states.

 

[bwana]

Where are the rules?

Same place they've been for the past six years. Posting guidelines

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[OrbitalDawn]

Oh right, you are one of those who think that the Alien and Predator films are really subliminal representations of white supremacy. You see, you have to believe it in order to see it.



https://theconversation.com/how-hol...tor-movies-reinforce-anti-black-racism-127088

I have the same amount of contempt for that arguement as I have for creationists.

Right on cue you retreat to your safety blanket - silly caricatures and strawmen. Never change, konfab.

 

[Brenden_E]

Managed to find some Biden ones.

Interestingly, similar views but almost no upvote/downvotes. Comparatively very weak.
It shows Joe with lots of black people. No strong emotional narrative like the Trump ones.

Also, comments are turned off for all the Biden videos so it's hard to gauge what people are thinking.

 

[Brenden_E]

This is Biden's most viewed video:

3M views with only 2K votes - seems fishy.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Very interesting article by Gideon Rachmann in the Financial Times today (the link to the Atlantic article quoted is here; https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/debbie-dingell-doesnt-believe-polls/614428/_

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All I can say is covid-19 was good fortune for Democrats on multiple fronts.

The massive irony here is that this won't be considered political correctness, even though it's exactly what it is.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1297953768332558338

I said Republicans are sycophantic, stupid and lazy and no one has tried to change my mind yet.

Showing a reel of the RNC will be a very effective counter-argument if anyone claims it's "the left" (whatever that even means anymore) that's all-in on identity politics.

Just a parade of endless identity politics.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Always read Tim Alberta on the GOP. Here on its utter vacuousness.

The Grand Old Meltdown

What happens when a party gives up on ideas?

www.politico.com

It can now safely be said, as his first term in the White House draws toward closure, that Donald Trump’s party is the very definition of a cult of personality. It stands for no special ideal. It possesses no organizing principle. It represents no detailed vision for governing. Filling the vacuum is a lazy, identity-based populism that draws from that lowest common denominator Sanford alluded to. If it agitates the base, if it lights up a Fox News chyron, if it serves to alienate sturdy real Americans from delicate coastal elites, then it’s got a place in the Grand Old Party.

“Owning the libs and pissing off the media,” shrugs Brendan Buck, a longtime senior congressional aide and imperturbable party veteran if ever there was one. “That’s what we believe in now. There’s really not much more to it.”

 

[OrbitalDawn]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1297928924853346306

"Things are going terribly under my administration, so re-elect me."

Bold move, cotton.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1297903533585510400

 

[OrbitalDawn]

The cult is ready for its hereditary leadership.

Donald Trump Jr. Is Ready. But for What, Exactly? (Published 2020)

Of all the president’s children, he has the strongest connection to the politics, voters and online disinformation ecosystem that put his father in the White House. What will he do with it?

www.nytimes.com

Republicans speak of Trump Jr.’s hunting-and-fishing prowess the way Red Guards once talked about Mao swimming the Yangtze.

 

[TysonRoux]

NY Daily News Humiliates Trump To Kick Off GOP Convention

With a lineup of speakers that is actually laughable, the Republican National Convention got underway on Monday, and the New York Daily News called it exactly what it is: a clown show, with Donald Trump as the carnival barker.

Trump's Hometown Paper Humiliates Him To Start GOP Convention

With a lineup of speakers that is actually laughable, the Republican National Convention got underway on Monday, and the New York Daily News called it exactly what it is: a clown show, with Donald Trump as the carnival barker. Greatest Showman Carnival barker Trump gathers cast of misfits for...

bipartisanreport.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1297727867359559680

 

[The Voice]

Managed to find some Biden ones.

Interestingly, similar views but almost no upvote/downvotes. Comparatively very weak.
It shows Joe with lots of black people. No strong emotional narrative like the Trump ones.

Also, comments are turned off for all the Biden videos so it's hard to gauge what people are thinking.

Say, wasn't it identity politics that lost Hillary the last election, too?

 

[TysonRoux]

Republican ads.

 

[#name?]

There's already a US election thread

 

[The Voice]

There's already a US election thread

Not one specifically dedicated to campaign videos, though.