# why does every thread have "democrats suck" as the google ad **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 2, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367 "2007-03-02T23:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/1 "2007-03-02T23:23:33Z")
even if the thread is about brain swapping or parking brakes the ad is still the demos suck one? I thought they were supposed to taylor to the theme of the thread ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/2 "2007-03-02T23:32:06Z")
Off to ATMB. **samclem** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/3 "2007-03-02T23:37:17Z")
The ones I’m seeing here are for Michael Savage t-shirts, brake pads and rotors, brake repair articles and braking systems. All of which seem to be more or less keyed to words you used in your OP. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/4 "2007-03-02T23:38:33Z")
lol ok why am I seeing demorcrats suck in every OTHER thread…strange but funny, its like they are on to us!!! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/5 "2007-03-02T23:44:59Z")
Now I’m seeing **Choose Jesus**. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/6 "2007-03-02T23:48:57Z")
You actually get a different ad depending on your political persuasion. How they do this, I don’t know. OK, I lied. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/7 "2007-03-02T23:56:00Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] You actually get a different ad depending on your political persuasion. How they do this, I don’t know. OK, I lied. [/QUOTE] Aha! So you do know! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/8 "2007-03-03T00:16:44Z")
Google has a number of default ads. If the keywords in the thread can’t be classified for specific ads, or if the thread is new, the defaults will show. That’s one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/9 "2007-03-03T01:49:55Z")
All those threads contain secret messages about democrats and/or sucking. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/10 "2007-03-03T02:10:32Z")
fnord ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/11 "2007-03-03T02:26:04Z")
Cover Hillary’s face! With what, exactly? :o ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/12 "2007-03-03T03:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=Critical1] even if the thread is about brain swapping or **parking brakes** the ad is still the demos suck one? [/QUOTE] I’m getting “HEL brake lines” and “zero gravity brakes”. Sounds like they switched from politics to fantasy and science fiction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/13 "2007-03-03T03:46:25Z")
I use Firefox, so So I don’t ever see these ads at all. Which is fine, as I have better things to spend time on. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/14 "2007-03-03T07:06:06Z")
Gaudere’s Law, corollary: any thread about the Google ads will contain at least one person who says “I use Firefox so I never see them.” 😉 But seriously, now that the ads mostly seem to be for “Democrats suck” and “Cover Hillary’s Face!” and “Scientific proof that atheism requires a belief in miracles” and “Impeach Bush now!” and other controversial stuff, it’s very handy. Your post inspired me to start using Firefox again after a long hiatus with Opera; I’m looking forward to ad-free threads now. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/15 "2007-03-03T07:57:22Z")
My theory (totally unsubstantiated) is that it has something to do with one’s username. So maybe since your username is **Critical1** , then the ads are about democrats because it picks up something about being critical as a keyword. It seems whenever I post, the ads change to criminal background checks. I don’t know what Heffalump or Roo did to warrant that, but those ads sure did follow me around for a while every time I posted. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/16 "2007-03-04T06:46:07Z")
Improved AI? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/17 "2007-03-04T07:33:49Z")
Well, I’ve got brake ads FYI, AND I’m on Firefox!! > [@](#): > > Upgrade from EBC Discs > The new upgraded Rossini drilled & grooved disc- compare- buy at trade Nothing about how how democrats suck alas. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2007, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/18 "2007-03-04T08:39:20Z")
Firefox extensions, in cases like these ads, rule. Never see 'em, never worry about 'em. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/19 "2007-03-05T03:43:35Z")
I think that the discussion has veered away from the real question which (it seems to me) should be “why is one of the default ads so rabidly political?” My memory is a bit hazy, but when the Google ad phase of our little board started the default ad (when the thread doesn’t contain anything relevant to the ad pool or is just too new to be spidered) was “Donate to Katrina Relief.” My feeling is that this is innocuous enough that it works as a default ad. Giving money to charities is something that more or less everyone can get behind, even if you don’t actually do it. The Democrats suck ad is somewhat different, in that it is (rabidly) partisan in nature. I realize that tPTB neither can nor should send objection slips about political ads, but it does seem a little crass to have attack ads across the bottom of threads in MAN LANDS ON MOON sized text. sinjin ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/20 "2007-03-05T23:14:55Z")
> [@current Google ad](#): > > Compare Democrats Prices > Shop Online and Find Great Deals on Brand Name Democrats. You can’t make this stuff up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367.md?page=2)