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Dems response: 4 shirtless men, 1 woman in a bra
The advertising tactics in the U.S. Senate race in Ohio took another strange turn on Monday, May 10 when the Ohio Democratic Party released an Internet ad urging workers to take off their shirts and send them to Republican candidate Rob Portman.
The ad features three paunchy, shirtless union men and one bra-wearing union woman talking about how Portman’s trade and economic policies during his time in the Bush administration caused blue collar workers to lose their shirts.
Confused?
Last week, the National Republican Senatorial Committee used a screen-shot of shirtless Democrat Lee Fisher in a sexually suggestive Internet ad that implied Fisher was masturbating.
YouTube removed the ad on Friday over a copyright complaint. The NRSC re-posted it on its website but then removed it over the weekend. The NRSC claimed that their ad was about jobs lost during Fisher’s time as Ohio’s economic development director.
The ad got slammed by critics but it did create buzz.
On Monday, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern called shirtless Fisher ad sleazy, over the top, demeaning and indecent. And then he unveiled the party’s response: www.portmantooktheshirtoffmyback.com and a short ad featuring the shirtless union members standing in an alley and dumping on Portman’s trade policies. The workers urge Ohioans to mail a shirt off their back to Portman.
To see the ad, click here.
Redfern also said that Portman hasn’t done enough to denounce the NRSC ad. “Washington may have the stomach for this kind of sleaze, but it’s outrageous that Congressman Portman would allow these tactics be used on his behalf,” Redfern said.
“Rob Portman spoke out against this ad last week as soon as he saw it, saying it was in poor taste and making clear that he had communicated that to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Chris Redfern and the Ohio Democratic Party know this,” Portman campaign spokeswoman Jessica Towhey.
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By unSonyBloxy
July 1, 2010 1:07 PM | Link to this
Servus that post is amazing are you working as blogger ? Maybe i can pay you to post for my company?
By Cuz
May 17, 2010 8:36 PM | Link to this
NAFTA was signed by President George H.W. Bush, Mexican President Salinas, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1992. It was ratified by the legislatures of the three countries in 1993. The House approved it by 234 to 200 on November 17 and the Senate by 60 to 38 on November 20. It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 8, 1993 and entered force January 1, 1994. Although it was signed by President Bush, it was a priority of President Clinton’s, and its passage is considered one of his first successes. (Source: History.com, NAFTA Signed into Law, December 8, 1993.
By Nobody
May 12, 2010 2:51 PM | Link to this
Pathetic.
By jacksquatt
May 12, 2010 1:06 PM | Link to this
Please send the nicer shirts to me. I wear an XL.
By paul
May 11, 2010 11:45 PM | Link to this
Clinton is absolutely responsible for Nafta. And you can blame greedy unions for putting companies out of business, too. Its pretty black and white.
By Quentin
May 11, 2010 8:58 PM | Link to this
So Portman did the right thing, helped have the ad removed and apologized though he had nothi9ng to do with it. The response by the dems is he didn’t apologize enough so they want to up the ante with serious sleeze instead and I see it supported by the left who were livid about the other ad.
By L Berry
May 11, 2010 10:23 AM | Link to this
I find it interesting that the article talks about jobs lost during the Bush Administration. How quickly the Dems forget who passed NAFTA. It wasn’t Pres Bush, it was the cigar guym Bill Clinton. He was the best President the Dems could buy. So why is Portman being targeted as the NAFTA Guy? Place the blame where it belongs…with the Dems themselves.
By Portman's a sleaze
May 10, 2010 7:17 PM | Link to this
Portman could have put a stop to the ad by insisting they not run it in the first place. What a dirty sleazeball he is. I’m not gonna send him my shirt but my dirty underwear instead.
By Stedman
May 10, 2010 4:28 PM | Link to this
However, it still runs fine on Columbus Dispatch website….hmmm.
By Ad Games
May 10, 2010 3:21 PM | Link to this
Well, they changed it again. Yes, it seems to be gone. I wanted to bookmark it but when I re-clicked your link, I got something quite different and could not find the 4 shirtless men ad at all. What’s up?
By GreatComeback
May 10, 2010 2:28 PM | Link to this
A very appropriate response to the other (‘shirtless Fisher’) ad and more tastefully done!
By Rodney
May 10, 2010 1:30 PM | Link to this
I think it is pretty bad when we have politicians that are so worried about fiflth that they don’t talk about the issues facing Ohioans. I don’t care what they think of each other, or how the national committees think about the other parties canidate. Lets talk about the issues and let the people decide who is the best canidate.