The Democrat Sink gets attacked for being a rich banker and the Republican McCollum gets attacked for being a lifetime public servant.
That's just weird.
I'm not much of a fan of this type of personal negative ad. I question their worth.
The Republican's ad is particularly strange. One of Sink's problems is that no one knows who she is, she has low name recognition. Most people could not even identify her as a woman WHICH IS HER BIGGEST ASSET.
Their commercial gets her name out there, shows she's a woman, and identifies her as a successful business person, something most Americans aspire to. (How many aspire to be a member of congress?)
As Alan Grayson's hilarious poll showed, at this point in time, the big issue is name recognition. All the Republican ad is doing is providing that, free of charge, to Sink.
And that tag line, One of THEM, not one of US. Again, most people aspire to being rich! It's not like she's 10 ft. tall and blue (but now days that would be an asset.)
Maybe they mean she's actually a competent business person who understands marketing, not a bunch of outdated political hacks who keep giving the same stupid advice every year.
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