# Your Campaign Ad Ideas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-campaign-ad-ideas/606558>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [December 17, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-campaign-ad-ideas/606558 "2011-12-17T19:28:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-campaign-ad-ideas/606558/1 "2011-12-17T19:28:28Z")

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Here’s my idea:

Barack Obama in a jacket walks across a grassy field and says the following:

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> I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Democrat, but you don’t need to be a party faithful to know there’s something wrong in this country when presidential candidates are more obssesed about gays in the military than with improving our economy or reducing our debt  
> If I’m re-elected I will focus on what matters rather than divisive nonissues  
> Tolerance and bipartisanship made America strong. It can make her strong again.  
> I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-campaign-ad-ideas/606558/2 "2011-12-17T19:34:57Z")

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Your posting style is overwhelmingly annoying. Either say something or don’t waste our time.

For the unaware, that was essentially Rick Perry’s last campaign ad. Putting it in Obama’s mouth can work as a pit thread but posting it without comment in Elections is baiting people.

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-campaign-ad-ideas/606558/3 "2011-12-17T19:37:22Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Your posting style is overwhelmingly annoying. Either say something or don’t waste our time.
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> For the unaware, that was essentially Rick Perry’s last campaign ad. Putting it in Obama’s mouth can work as a pit thread but posting it without comment in Elections is baiting people.

No I hated Rick Perry’s campaign ad, I’m just showing how Obama could make an excellent parody of it.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-campaign-ad-ideas/606558/4 "2011-12-17T19:39:49Z")

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If you want to try again, spelling out what your actual point is, feel free. I’m going to close this thread, though.