RockyTheFlyingSaucer t1_iwsycpq wrote on November 18, 2022 at 2:46 AM

Reply to comment by Jicama_Minimum in Democrats win control of Pennsylvania state House · Spotlight PA by dotcom-jillionaire

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/us/politics/doug-mastriano-campaign-pennsylvania.html this article says Shapiro spent 400k to help lift mastriano in the primary

Long term this is a terrible idea. Resources should be used to support your message not radicalize the base of the opposition, Hilary tried a similar strategy with trump

burritoace t1_iwu7jy4 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 11:34 AM

This article is wildly misleading. They were attack ads, not promotional and not directed at GOP voters. This whole stupid story is manufactured.

BugMan717 t1_iwugqw6 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:11 PM

The absurdity of politics now means that attack ads and promotional ads are the same ad just for different sides. I know the attack ads for Fetterman we're highlighting things I want haha.

burritoace t1_iwuiwqe wrote on November 18, 2022 at 1:31 PM

Even still, the intended audiences are pretty different so I don't think it's hard to tell what each side is going for

DoctorSteve t1_iwv03v9 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 3:41 PM

I said this all the time. Any attack ad against a Republican looks like a Republican ad. "This candidate will ban abortion". How does that sound?

IrrumaboMalum t1_iwtf54c wrote on November 18, 2022 at 5:15 AM

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/07/democrats-spend-millions-on-republican-primaries/

"In Pennsylvania’s race for governor, Democratic gubernatorial candidate and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro dropped $840,000 on TV ads highlighting the stances of Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Doug Mastriano — more than double what Mastriano spent on his own ad buys."

tyrael459 t1_iwu74qk wrote on November 18, 2022 at 11:29 AM

I agree. “It’s easier to light a candle than curse the darkness.”