# why does every thread have "democrats suck" as the google ad

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/21 "2007-03-06T00:18:11Z")

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Well, we now have “DUI info for drunk driver”. Possibly an instruction manual.

This thread seems to have completely confused poor Google.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/22 "2007-03-06T15:35:16Z")

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[QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net]  
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.  
[/QUOTE]  
Like posting to a thread about them? 🙂

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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/23 "2007-03-09T16:41:10Z")

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In broadcast media advertisers can buy ads Run-of-Station (ROS) at a relatively low rate. The ads will be salted in at various times of the day, filling the interstices that the ads at a higher rate for placement at specific times (like the morning drive) leave. I would imagine Google has a similar deal with the addition that someone can pay a bit extra to be the most common default ad.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-thread-have-democrats-suck-as-the-google-ad/394367/24 "2007-03-10T04:29:24Z")

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I think Desert Dog has probably described what’s happening; Google has some sort of default and right now that’s it.

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