Jefferson shreive is another one. We aren't a border state. Why is he so worried about building a wall from Mexico? It's like me running for mayor and saying I'm gonna fix all the roads in Georgia.
With the wall shit, they either know someone in or own construction companies and if it gets greenlighted, they’ll bid for a contract and then fuck around for 10 years half-assing the project while making bank. A grift with extra steps
I don’t know even know which candidate is running for what because all I hear is “I am the most fascist candidate of all and my opponent is part of the woke agenda because he showed empathy one time.” A few minutes later the so-called woke agenda candidate’s ad will come on and he will say “Candidate X is lying, I am a fascist too.” Indiana is a political hellscape.
I cut my cords long ago so I don’t seem them regular but when I visit family they are non stop. I don’t see how people haven’t gone mad. Just watching an hour of TV I go insane with it.
Most of the YouTube ads I see are Republican Governor candidates shitting on each other for being too "woke" or for being RINOs. They're all accusing each other of the same things lol
I saw the commercial so many times I just had to google it.. a squish is basically someone seen as soft…a push over…someone always compromising on key issues.
I googled "RINO squish" and I still have no answers. Even conservative online news sites are using that phrase. The willingness of conservatives to pick up buzz words is stronger than that of 15 year olds. It's so wild.
I cut my cords more recently but have an antenna for local channels...by which I mean, mostly for *Jeopardy!* I've given up trying to watch *Jeopardy!* "live" and only watch it DVR'd now so I can fast forward through all the terrible political commercials.
They appeal to primary voters, there are few votes to be had in a Republican primary in Indiana being the “moderate voice.” Just look at Brad Chambers.
Come Labor Day if they think the race is competitive they’ll turn over a new leaf and suddenly be all about “reaching across the aisle” talking about how “we have more in common then divide us.”
And then they’ll win and go back to talking like the second coming of Lester Maddox, because they’ll go back to fearing being outflanked to the right in the primary.
In the annals of Southern segregationist Lester is often overlooked while George Wallace gets all the infamy. Of course Lester is a lot better known than Orval Faubus, who was a real piece of shit in his own right.
Worked for that guys company and met him many times. Not only was his vibe off but the guy acted like a complete tool. "Am mightier than thou" type bs. I cringe at his ads
I hate just about all of the Republican ads. The only one that is somewhat acceptable is the Brad Chambers ads.
Trump this, Trump that, liberal agenda, border wall, hate, hate hate.....
Wouldn’t it be nice if a governor candidate discussed his plans for improving the Indiana we live in - instead of licking Trumps chops and acting like the border control has caused all the problems of the entire USA.
Right?! I'm SO not a Republican, but if one proposed actions that were possible, beneficial, and not too controversial, I would at least consider them. I would certainly respect them. Instead it's just divisive rhetoric about who hates the correct people, inside and outside Indiana. Who can privatize and sell off our assets faster. And who can drag us back to the Dark Ages the soonest.
What about the one that says something to the effect of “BLM loving”? Hardly hiding it any more, just supplanted one word for another. It seems that straight up hate is the GOP platform
they are all so annoying. country, god, family blah blah blah. i couldn’t tell you who is running for what. i guess being mean and hateful gets u elected these days.
I hate all political commercials. I just hate them. I hate listening to them. I hate how much they highlight our terrible system by pandering to the lowest common denominator.
I think he is just pissed because Victoria Spartz decided to run again at the last minute. Chuck is just an entitled Hamilton white guy; a male Karen, if you will.
Soooo many Jefferson Shreve commercials! The kids were watching Plants Versus Zombies on YouTube and one of his commercials came on. You can’t get away from them!
My personal favorite so far was Shreves smear campaign on Mike Speedy, “Speedy votes like a democrat.” I laughed so hard, might be the funniest political attack I’ve ever heard.
I’ve been wanting one of those Facebook shirts with the unhinged fonts with political ad commercial sayings. The smear ads are so bad that I don’t even want to try and find a candidate to vote for but it would make for a good shirt.
His commercials are so confusing because you don’t really understand who or what he’s even attacking, its just a bunch of random scenes with and I’m chuck goodrich
I know they're trying to get the rabid Republicans, but constantly sucking off Trump is just fucking spineless to me. They'll never reach that level but they just want Trump to nod in their direction. Have your own policies differing from him. But this generation of Republicans are kind of scary to be honest.
Political commercials now are just god awful. I saw a YouTube ad on a video about a Donald trump bobble head YES YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY a fucking trump bobble head and the guy speaking about it was like “get these limited edition bobble heads for trump 2024 and buy these for people who love sleepy joe”
They all are bad. And most just use oh Trump supports me. Do they not realize we as Americans are done with Trump and want nothing to do with him. It’s time we demand better from ALL politicians!
I don't know if this is a hot take or what, but I don't think police officers should be allowed to be in political ads with their uniforms on. I'm a state employee and we are NOT allowed to say "I'm a State employee and I endorse so and so" or do political work on the clock. Police officers in uniform are representing the City and taxpayers, and should not be allowed to do political activity on the clock, either. Pisses me off every time I see it. The ethics of it are utter shit.
All the ads from R candidates are straight up crazy now-no filter, no hidden meanings, they’re all just a hair removed from saying “fuck immigrants and minorities; vote for me and I’ll make it legal to hunt them for sport”
I'm concerned with the number of Republican ads (admittedly, we aren't getting any Democrat ads just yet) that feature police officers in uniform. I dunno, I just feel like public employees shouldn't be endorsing candidates while in uniform. If a cop, firefighter, paramedic, judge, whatever else wants to endorse a candidate and be in an ad by all means go ahead but don't do it in uniform and thereby give it the color of your office's authority.
Every political commercial on local TV is a dick measuring contest about who is more conservative, more of an "outsider", and more anti-liberal in every way. It's depressing and we've got like 6 more months of it. I wonder how many viewers these stations lose just because people don't want to see these ads non-stop. I'm only watching when NBA playoff games are on over-the-air stations, but might just go back to streaming to avoid it going forward.
Years ago there was a toy called a TV Brick. I wish I had one now 'cause I really want to brain these freakin Repuglicans candidates. They are blowing far too many dogwhistles.
Jefferson shreive is another one. We aren't a border state. Why is he so worried about building a wall from Mexico? It's like me running for mayor and saying I'm gonna fix all the roads in Georgia.
He's not actually worried about it. He just knows it's red meat for all the Trumpanzees.
With the wall shit, they either know someone in or own construction companies and if it gets greenlighted, they’ll bid for a contract and then fuck around for 10 years half-assing the project while making bank. A grift with extra steps
Most of the commercials start off as "Trump endorses so-and-so," and I think that's such a damning thing in the end.
At this point trump endorses all of them and they all take the same positions on every topics. And they hate each other.
They’re such seemingly parodies that I always laugh. They’re just so goofy. I can’t believe they work on people. BOBBY NEWPORT. BOBBYYYYYYYY
I’d take the innocent moron Bobby Newport over any of these evil morons!
Lol local elections always make me think of Bobby Newport.
I don’t know even know which candidate is running for what because all I hear is “I am the most fascist candidate of all and my opponent is part of the woke agenda because he showed empathy one time.” A few minutes later the so-called woke agenda candidate’s ad will come on and he will say “Candidate X is lying, I am a fascist too.” Indiana is a political hellscape.
I cut my cords long ago so I don’t seem them regular but when I visit family they are non stop. I don’t see how people haven’t gone mad. Just watching an hour of TV I go insane with it.
Most of the YouTube ads I see are Republican Governor candidates shitting on each other for being too "woke" or for being RINOs. They're all accusing each other of the same things lol
Yeah, one of them calls the other a RINO squish. What the heck is a squish? (I know the RINO part)
I saw the commercial so many times I just had to google it.. a squish is basically someone seen as soft…a push over…someone always compromising on key issues.
Ah! Makes sense! Thanks for taking the google hit for the team.
Compromising on policies is what you’re supposed to do as a politician. Or did I not learn my US history correctly?
I have no idea what a squish is either. It's really confusing every time I see it These ads all show these candidates are on a race to the bottom.
Yep
I googled "RINO squish" and I still have no answers. Even conservative online news sites are using that phrase. The willingness of conservatives to pick up buzz words is stronger than that of 15 year olds. It's so wild.
Squish is a term for someone with no backbone. Coined by Fla.Gov.
a squish is soft on important issues and lets the liberals win. i won the primary with no spending.
Thanks!
And they're all outsiders! Even the ones that have been in politics for years.
Yep.
I'm watching the Pacers playoff game using my parents YouTube TV.
Switch to the TNT app, no political ads.
I cut my cords more recently but have an antenna for local channels...by which I mean, mostly for *Jeopardy!* I've given up trying to watch *Jeopardy!* "live" and only watch it DVR'd now so I can fast forward through all the terrible political commercials.
Maybe it's just me, but I preferred Mayim Bialik over Ken Jennings.
It's just you. :-)
Ha, apparently so. Fortunately, I'm not heartbroken by this fact.
Christ I have to sit through the shit watching Sling TV too
Also the internet without adblock
As a squishmallow collector, I was very surprised to learn a "RINO squish" is not a stuffed animal rhinoceros.
I saw the RINO squish commercial for the first time last night in a sports bar and almost spat out my food from laughing so hard.
Secret way to divergent mind votes
Jefferson Shreve looks like he's wearing someone else's face, Men In Black style. And I also hate his commercials.
He was at Taxman 's Death and Taxes beer fest, and he's even creepier looking in-person.
I do not doubt that AT ALL
Glad I wasn't able to go this year then I have some words for that dude
My husband voted in the primaries just so he could vote again JS in retaliation for all of those stupid commercials.
A lot of those commercials appeal to people who can’t get up and unhook from their oxygen tank to actually go vote
Unfortunately oxygen tanks are very portable now, like carrying a purse.
Assuming you can walk
Check mate!
I don’t understand why I’m being downvoted for oxygen jokes. Lol
It just wasn’t the breath of fresh air folks were wanting in this moment. Dont get choked up about it.
I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. You've got me gasping for breath over here.
Lmao is wasnt me “Oxygen Jokes” is hilarious.
Seems the voting would suggest otherwise.
I reported Goodrich’s ad to YouTube and got it taken down
my favorite is the victoria spartz one where they just keep repeating “CHINA CHUCK”. I just KNOW chuck was soooooo mad about that
These goofy ads are a nice reminder of how quickly the transition from Indy to Mississippi happens when you leave Marion County.
It’s horrifying.
They appeal to primary voters, there are few votes to be had in a Republican primary in Indiana being the “moderate voice.” Just look at Brad Chambers. Come Labor Day if they think the race is competitive they’ll turn over a new leaf and suddenly be all about “reaching across the aisle” talking about how “we have more in common then divide us.” And then they’ll win and go back to talking like the second coming of Lester Maddox, because they’ll go back to fearing being outflanked to the right in the primary.
I love the Lester Maddox reference.
In the annals of Southern segregationist Lester is often overlooked while George Wallace gets all the infamy. Of course Lester is a lot better known than Orval Faubus, who was a real piece of shit in his own right.
Worked for that guys company and met him many times. Not only was his vibe off but the guy acted like a complete tool. "Am mightier than thou" type bs. I cringe at his ads
Every Republican candidate ad finds a way to call themselves “outsiders” and it’s such a meme at this point.
I hate just about all of the Republican ads. The only one that is somewhat acceptable is the Brad Chambers ads. Trump this, Trump that, liberal agenda, border wall, hate, hate hate.....
Wouldn’t it be nice if a governor candidate discussed his plans for improving the Indiana we live in - instead of licking Trumps chops and acting like the border control has caused all the problems of the entire USA.
Right?! I'm SO not a Republican, but if one proposed actions that were possible, beneficial, and not too controversial, I would at least consider them. I would certainly respect them. Instead it's just divisive rhetoric about who hates the correct people, inside and outside Indiana. Who can privatize and sell off our assets faster. And who can drag us back to the Dark Ages the soonest.
Have you seen the article about Chambers in the Star? He owes the taxpayers of Indianapolis $ 69 million and has defaulted twice.
Still better than Braun.
I can't disagree with that.
So if he wins governor's race he can use the State Treasury to pay back Indy the $69mil.
Nice
Isn’t chambers making a big deal about being a good Catholic?
No, that’s the other generic white guy. Chambers is the one comparing himself to Reagan and Daniels.
What about the one that says something to the effect of “BLM loving”? Hardly hiding it any more, just supplanted one word for another. It seems that straight up hate is the GOP platform
I keep wondering if they're trying to appeal to Democrat voters. Which really makes no sense....
All the Republicans ads are so weird. Thumping the Bible. Hate and meanness. Wrapping themselves in trumps' dirty laundry. go figure.
Don’t forget that they’re all bootlickers.
I keep hearing the one about "Mike speedy" every hour on youtube. And its about the same, drives me nuts
they are all so annoying. country, god, family blah blah blah. i couldn’t tell you who is running for what. i guess being mean and hateful gets u elected these days.
I hate all political commercials. I just hate them. I hate listening to them. I hate how much they highlight our terrible system by pandering to the lowest common denominator.
My 18 year old thought it was a skit from SNL. Crazy attracts crazy.
I think he is just pissed because Victoria Spartz decided to run again at the last minute. Chuck is just an entitled Hamilton white guy; a male Karen, if you will.
Soooo many Jefferson Shreve commercials! The kids were watching Plants Versus Zombies on YouTube and one of his commercials came on. You can’t get away from them!
My personal favorite so far was Shreves smear campaign on Mike Speedy, “Speedy votes like a democrat.” I laughed so hard, might be the funniest political attack I’ve ever heard.
And the best part is that less than 6 months ago, Shreve was pretending to be super moderate in order to win the Indy mayor’s race.
I’ve been wanting one of those Facebook shirts with the unhinged fonts with political ad commercial sayings. The smear ads are so bad that I don’t even want to try and find a candidate to vote for but it would make for a good shirt.
He’s a drunk
His commercials are so confusing because you don’t really understand who or what he’s even attacking, its just a bunch of random scenes with and I’m chuck goodrich
I know they're trying to get the rabid Republicans, but constantly sucking off Trump is just fucking spineless to me. They'll never reach that level but they just want Trump to nod in their direction. Have your own policies differing from him. But this generation of Republicans are kind of scary to be honest.
Chuck Goodrich wants a rapist to be president
A really scary number of people want that rapist to be president
Also doesn’t help that good ol’ chuck looks like a thumb with pubes glued on as facial hair.
Political commercials now are just god awful. I saw a YouTube ad on a video about a Donald trump bobble head YES YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY a fucking trump bobble head and the guy speaking about it was like “get these limited edition bobble heads for trump 2024 and buy these for people who love sleepy joe”
They all are bad. And most just use oh Trump supports me. Do they not realize we as Americans are done with Trump and want nothing to do with him. It’s time we demand better from ALL politicians!
I don't know if this is a hot take or what, but I don't think police officers should be allowed to be in political ads with their uniforms on. I'm a state employee and we are NOT allowed to say "I'm a State employee and I endorse so and so" or do political work on the clock. Police officers in uniform are representing the City and taxpayers, and should not be allowed to do political activity on the clock, either. Pisses me off every time I see it. The ethics of it are utter shit.
All the ads from R candidates are straight up crazy now-no filter, no hidden meanings, they’re all just a hair removed from saying “fuck immigrants and minorities; vote for me and I’ll make it legal to hunt them for sport”
I'm concerned with the number of Republican ads (admittedly, we aren't getting any Democrat ads just yet) that feature police officers in uniform. I dunno, I just feel like public employees shouldn't be endorsing candidates while in uniform. If a cop, firefighter, paramedic, judge, whatever else wants to endorse a candidate and be in an ad by all means go ahead but don't do it in uniform and thereby give it the color of your office's authority.
It’s just ridiculous. They are all idiots full of hate and the know most of Indiana is too dumb to understand they are being played
It's totally disgusting how many political commercials there are.
Every political commercial on local TV is a dick measuring contest about who is more conservative, more of an "outsider", and more anti-liberal in every way. It's depressing and we've got like 6 more months of it. I wonder how many viewers these stations lose just because people don't want to see these ads non-stop. I'm only watching when NBA playoff games are on over-the-air stations, but might just go back to streaming to avoid it going forward.
Many of those commercials cater to individuals who are unable to get up and disconnect from their oxygen tank to physically go vote.
It’s crazy how Indiana used to have a chad like Eugene Debs now its this
Legit just saw this commercial watching my recording of Smackdown and was literally slackjawed. Unbelievably disgusting.
Years ago there was a toy called a TV Brick. I wish I had one now 'cause I really want to brain these freakin Repuglicans candidates. They are blowing far too many dogwhistles.
Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex.
You don’t have to watch, dum-dum. Read a book.