Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:27:20 PM
First, let me state that the only thing I know about the subject is what I saw in the commercial, and I've now seen the commercial six times today.
So that everyone can get in on the fun, I've found a transcript, an
analysis, and the video. If it is "controversial" it is because it will be extremely effective. Quoting the author:
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This is one of the most powerful political attack ads I've seen in years. It's reminiscent of the famous Willie Horton ad in the 1988 presidential race."As much as this guy tried to soft-pedal the analysis, his bottom line is that the ad is true as it appears.
Ritter's ad is a laughable Ozish "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" kind of response:
"NEWSPAPERS CALL ATTACKS ON BILL RITTER'S RECORD AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MISLEADING, DISTORTED, TWISTED."
The newspapers the ad refers to, including the ultra liberal Boulder paper, are so far to the left that they consider Ritter a "moderate," though I have no idea why. They have in no way been friendly to the Beauprez campaign. The
analysis omits that information, although most knowledgable people in Colorado would know it.