‘Battle of the Ads’ bashes Dayton, government shutdown
Thursday, June 09, 2011 at 7:52 am
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Minnesota Majority has launched a “Battle of the Ads” campaign, allowing its website’s visitors to choose which anti-Gov. Mark Dayton advertisement will receive more air time on radio stations and cable television.
The two ads criticize Dayton’s budget plans and a potential government shutdown. One features male and female narrators detailing the negative consequences of the governor’s unwillingness to accept the state legislature’s proposed budget.
“The legislature has offered a balanced budget that includes more than 4 billion in new spending,” the narrator says. “But it’s apparently not enough for Mark Dayton. He wants more. More spending and more taxes. And he’s willing to shut down state government to get his way.”
The second ad shows Dayton’s head on a wind-up doll, repeating “more spending, more taxes,” responding to a Barbie doll, who asks questions about the budget.
Both ads also give Dayton’s phone number. The ads will receive air time based on how much donation money each garners.
Meanwhile, another ad, titled “We Want to Work for Minnesota,” presents a different message. The ad, sponsored by AFSCME Council 5, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, the Inter Faculty Organization and the Middle Management Association, supports a tax increase for the state’s richest 2 percent as a way to protect against layoffs. It features a number of state employees, speaking about the necessity for their jobs.
The ad will air starting June 9 and will appear 11,500 times on statewide broadcast and local cable channels, according to an AFSCME release.
10 Comments
Comment posted June 9, 2011 @ 8:26 am
Odd how the GOP resorts to demeaning their opposition. People ultimately turn on bullies.
Also, I see the GOP still has $500,000 in unpaid debt from the last election. As reported elsewhere on this site $20,000 is owed the counties. Apparently the GOP deep pockets remain shut until the top 2% know their campaign contributions paid off. So much for the middle class and working poor.
Praise Jebus, God hates helping people, Amen.
Comment posted June 9, 2011 @ 8:34 am
Yeah Republikans!! Lets blame Mark Dayton for your party’s Zero Tolerance negotiation policy..And lets blame him for the States budget woes that Governor T Baggs so generously left the future of Minnesota.. Unscrupulous !!
Comment posted June 9, 2011 @ 9:21 am
Carl – I wish I were as optimistic as you are about people eventually turning on bullies. If that were the case – would we even be having this discussion? It all comes back around again. Negativity seems to work well for the Republicans (and Democrats in their turn) – well enough that they can run us into the ground for a few years before taking a breather, then coming back to do it again.
Comment posted June 9, 2011 @ 9:42 am
We all need to write,email or call Governor Dayton’s office and let him know we are on his side and thank him for standing up against the republican attack.
Let him know he has our support.
Comment posted June 9, 2011 @ 11:25 am
Xtine, You’re probably right.
Interesting how the MNGOP has redefined the top 2% of wage earners as “small business owners.” As if the size of one’s business changes one’s public responsibilities or that all of them fit this definition. Very misleading.
Praise Jebus, God hates shared responsibilities, Amen.
Comment posted June 9, 2011 @ 1:56 pm
Two brothers from Kansas named Koch are calling the shots in Minnesota.
Comment posted June 9, 2011 @ 10:25 pm
I find it interesting that people would contribute money to run these ads:
- they are the 2% that is just saving money by giving it here vs to the state
- they are not the 2% that somehow have been duped by the 2% to give money to save them money
- or maybe it’s all out of state Koch money and why in the hell do they care?
It seems like they would make a bigger statement by saying “Here we will give the money to the state instead of buying these ads and show you that we really aren’t a bunch of greedy people and do still support the state”
Comment posted June 10, 2011 @ 9:22 am
It strikes me that the AFSCME ad uses faces and names while the “Minnesota Majority” ads uses faceless voice overs… is this a redux of the Nixon silent majority theme because that didn’t work out real well in the final analysis.
Jeff Wilfahrt, Rosemount, MN
Comment posted June 14, 2011 @ 7:06 pm
Have many of you figured out yet that it is the middle class that is hit the hardest by taxes either directly or indiriectly? Who do you think buys the products and services that make the richest 2% rich? Do you think that they do not pass on their tax costs onto the consumer? The taxes paid by the richest are collected at the register. Think about it.
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