Political advertising isn't like other advertising. In many cases, it's not nearly as good. There are copious reasons for this, ranging from minuscule budgets to the client's hatred of marketing, and a widely held belief in political circles that a candidate's positions and policies matter most. Thankfully, there are a few rays of sunshine bursting through the dark clouds. OZY introduces us to one such ray of …
Conservative Democrats Will Be Primaried
Jessica Cisneros is running for Congress in south Texas. To win, she must first beat the Democratic Party incumbent, Rep. Henry Cuellar, in the primary election. Cuellar has been called "Trump's favorite Democrat," and he has an A-rating from the NRA. The Democrat in-name-only voted with Trump 67 percent of the time in the 115th Congress, the second-highest score for a House Democrat, according to CQ Vote …
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Cornyn The Divider Has A Mountain of Cash, But No Clue
For the past 40 or more years, "Liberal" has been a bad word in Texas. Senator John Cornyn still lives in that throwback era, although time is now catching up to him and his kind. Let's look at the last gasps of a desperate GOP, and the tired arguments they continue to rely on. Since Cornyn isn't running against a name-brand Democrat, his team decided to place Wendy Davis, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, and …
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Some Republicans Want To Clean Up the GOP’s Mess
We keep hearing how the United States is a nation of laws. And how we're better than this. Those are talking points. Facts point in another direction. Facts say we are a lawless society where terror reigns. Facts say we are not better than this. Here is one fact: no other nation on Earth has anywhere near the gun violence that citizens of the United States must endure each and every day. And why is that? …
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No More Games: This Is A National Emergency
What if you lived in a nation where the president incited racial violence on a daily basis? What if you lived in a nation where feeble-minded recipients of this twisted messaging were all too willing to spray the place with bullets from an automated weapon? What if...? The fact is the current president of the United States warned us how it would be: "You know what else they say about my people? The polls, they …
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Citizens of the Sunshine State Intend to Amend the FL Constitution and Save Lives
Do you live in Florida? Will you vote to ban assault weapons? Chances are good that the issue will be on the ballot in 2020. Florida law allows citizens to propose amendments to the state constitution by petition. The issue can then be put before voters in a general election, provided all the conditions are met to place the amendment on the ballot. According to FLAPOL, ballot amendments must gather 76,620 …
This San Francisco Billionaire Speaks Fluent Populist
Tom Steyer, who has been gaining influence with his NeedToImpeach TV commercials is now a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Let's hear him speak his mind in this announcement video. https://youtu.be/Q0pFvLtryd0 [bctt tweet="For a rich white guy, Steyer knows how to speak fluent populist. " username="adpulp"] How does he get away with being so down to Earth? Maybe it's because in San …
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Redirection Is The New Black
Redirection is the new black. According to Patrick Berlinquette, founder of the search engine marketing consulting firm Berlin SEM, Google conducted an experiment in meant to confront online radicalization. While the intent was benign, the methods of this digital madness are available to all. With redirection, marketers swerve your monetizable desperation. But we can also swerve something bigger: your …