an ad
I am hearing this advertisement from “Freedomworks” on KPOJ, Portland’s home for the bakrupt Air America network and some other liberal talk show broadcasting. We could also refer to it as “Thom Hartmann Radio” based on its 6 hour Thom Hartmann spot of 6 am to noon.
This ad opens with the spokesperson describing himself as a right-winger, but “You wouldn’t believe what we have in common.” And we go on to define a piece of legislation we all need to oppose because it will gut Oregons initiative process, and the Democrats and Republicans are opposing it to snuff the People.
And he provides names of the liberal lions that the typical KPOJ listener is supposed to sympathize with, the strange bedfellows in the room for this cause. Two names that will nothing to you unless you either have Oregon ties or you run in the very distinctly defined political circles: Lloyd Marbot and Dan Meekes. Fair enough. I don’t know if they were properly contacted for this advertisement, or if they were added as a matter of course, but it makes sense.
But then our friendly “right-winger” adds “Even Ralph Nader” with the entreaty to remember how the Oregon politicians went out of their way to keep off the ballot, suggesting shenanigans upon shenanigans.
Ralph Nader is the star attraction of this appeal to the liberals. By reminding the liberals listening of a cause that the liberals listening here were by and large complicit in: keeping Ralph Nader off the ballot in 2004.
There’s something a little off in the Freedomworks’ appeal, something to do with the disappearing vote total for Nader from 2000 to 2004, something to do with the evolution of the pro-Nader group “Billionaires for Bush and Gore” of 2000 to the anti-Nader group “Billionaires for Bush” of 2004, something to do with the odd opinion liberals have of Ralph Nader.
Well. Good luck to it.