Announcing the BMG Air Force: make a 30-second spot that explains why the regressive Republicans have failed Massachusetts and why we need new leadership, and post it with a link. You can also use the “Air Force” link at right to make a secure donation to help us buy airtime.
David has already posted a few initial efforts in the “BMG-TV” box at left: check out Extreme and Record.
The BMG community will review the submissions and select a winner. (The Editors have the final say: rank has its privileges!)
We’ll buy time for the best spot to run next week on NewsNight With Jim Braude, NECN’s nightly in-depth news analysis program, or on NECN in general if NewsNight is sold out, and maintain an online gallery with all the submissions.
Spots should be funny, if possible — there has been too little humor in this race so far — but hard-hitting: we’re up against a group that doesn’t condemn skin heads who stake out suburban homes and shout political epithets at 12-year olds getting ready for school, after all.
To follow campaign finance law restrictions, please do not explicitly call for the election or defeat of a specific candidate. Have fun!
May want to consider helping you pay for this ad to play? I’m not sure on the 527 Ramifications, but what the heck if it’s a good ad, maybe it should have some airplay???
Taking the netroots and grassroots to the airwaves!
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Looking forward to the final product!
Maybe a net-branch?
I’ll definitely throw something together! I wish I weren’t so friggin busy this week lol, but I’ll find the time.
…and I won’t give it to you!
My friend Dave Simonds recently made an all-purpose “vote Democrat” ad that he put on youtube the other day. It’s national in its focus and, hence, may not be sufficiently Massachusetts-oriented for the purposes of this BMG contest. But it’s certainly hard hitting, and interesting. So consider this the first entry. Dave asked me to submit it on his behalf, since he’s out of state at the moment and is not registered on BMG. He adds that he’s got a much higher resolution version (too high to post on youtube) that he’d gladly send your way. Anyway: here’s the low-res version of his ad, “let’s fix it”
Well done. The images are dead on. Sorry, but I don’t like the grammar at the end. Either “Vote for a Democrat” or “Vote Democratic” will do. (It is just a pet peeve of mine.)
Here it is…
the new Jimmy Tingle Halloween spot, accompanied by some footage strung together by someone far cleverer than I with these things. It would be excellent.
That spot was hilarious. Let’s see what Jimmy thinks.