"I'd rather ________ than watch another campaign ad."
By CNN's Jack Cafferty:
It's hard to believe that there's still more than three months to go before the presidential election - and it's already turned into a knife fight.
The airwaves are flooded with negative campaign ads. They come at us from both sides and are loud, obnoxious, boorish, and increasingly lack anything resembling dignity. And most of them are irrelevant.
Coming from President Obama and the Democrats, they take aim at things like Mitt Romney's old tax returns and his time at the head of Bain Capital more than a decade ago.
As for Romney and the Republicans - their attack ads focus on Obamacare, the disappearance of "hope and change" and the economy and jobs, which at least resonates with many people.
One Obama ad features Romney singing "America the Beautiful" off-key while a Romney ad includes the president singing "I'm so in love with you." Childish.
The sad thing is these ads don't address our real problems, like the $16 trillion national debt or the rapidly approaching fiscal cliff. Instead they just fill our airwaves, TV screens and computers with noise.
When asked about negative ads, President Obama told CBS News that he's done "a whole slew of positive ads" talking about education, the tax code and how to rebuild America and promote energy development - but that they're not getting news coverage.
Probably true, but without negative ads maybe the media would pay more attention to the positive stuff. Just a thought.
We recently reported in the Cafferty File that negative ads have skyrocketed since the 2008 race, partially due to the growing involvement of special interest groups like Super Pacs.
And unfortunately for all of us there's no end in sight.
Here’s my question to you: "I'd rather ________ than watch another campaign ad."
Tune in to the Situation Room at 4pm to see if Jack reads your answer on air.
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"eat my way across our dried up lawn"
I'd rather go out to the garden and crush tomato hornworms with my bare hands than watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather do a 12 hour trip to Canada in a cage on Mitt's roof.
Jack, honestly, in the age of DVR's and hundreds of television channels, I've learned to tune out all ads. Eventually the money spent there will be a huge waste.
have an enema
I'd rather be......sailing around the Med, or, calling for The Bar Waiter on some warm island resort...
Change one of my grand-kids' dirty diapers, at least the ambiance in my home would improve......but from the sheer number of political commercials lately, I am going to need a bus-load new grand-kids just to to keep up.
. . . get a paycheck . . .
I'd rather hear the whole unbiased truth about the candidates and their positions than watch another campaign ad. And since I am not getting that from the "mainstream media" like CNN either , I guess I will just turn the TV channel to a sporting event......
"I'd rather take a power nap than watch another campaign ad." Fortunately, most TV remotes have a mute button on them and I can do just that; take a power nap.
eat barbed wire
poke myself in my eyes !
It's really too bad negative campaigning seems to be so effective. There are many things I would rather do than watch inflammatory negative campaign ads, including writing in this blog. It make me wish for a third political party.
I'd rather vote today than watch another campaign ad!
"I'd rather ________ than watch another campaign ad."
"ask that the manifold wisdom of God be given these individuals"
See Congress give up their summer vacation & get some WORK DONE...
I'd rather move to Canada...
I'd rather watch Sarah Palin speak at the Republican Convention, no, on second thought, not.
Ralph, Corpus Christi, texas
"I'd rather cut taxes for rich people and pay for it by throwing Grandma off her Social Security than watch another campaign ad."
Of course, that's what the Republicans WANT us to do.
I'd rather live in a dump than watch another campaign ad; America's going to become one regardless if Obama or Mittens gets elected
Ron Paul 2012
I would rather stop watching live TV altogether and just DVR everything than watch another campaign ad.
I would rather go to church than watch another campaign ad of lies and deceptions.
I would rather go back to Viet-Nam than watch another silly campaign ad!!
I'd rather have "a double root canal" than watch another campaign ad ....
for sure the lies/distortions/re-writing of facts the current admin. is putting out.
Jack, I live near Nevada and get mostly Nevada stations... the amount of political advertising is as bad as the Reid v Angle show at its height and we have months to go before it stops. What worse? The faux public service commercials from the oil and coal industry telling us to vote for energy! vote against the EPA! They easily outnumber political ads five to one. I would rather watch PBS.
Go GO President Obama, you hit the nail on the head with Romney tax returns keep up the good work! You got the tea party GOP crying fowl!!!!
What's REALLY lame, Jack, is that your political questions always tilt the wording and the responses against Obama and for Romney – check the wording of today's question. Why don't you just move to FOX News? Regarding today's question, I don't like attack ads, but let's not forget that the Republicans have been attacking Obama NONSTOP for over four years now, and he has every right to both defend himself and fight fire with fire. ALL Presidential candidates SHOULD release their tax returns – if they don't, they're hiding something. It's that simple, and I'm GLAD the Dems are making an issue of it.
I'd rather "campaign for and donate to GOV Gary Johnson's Presidential run" than watch another campaign ad (coming from either of the two corrupt parties). Too bad CNN is ignoring a candidate who will be on the ballot in all 50 states and has qualified for matching federal funds for his campaign.
Jason in Colorado
"I'd rather go on a date with Michelle Bachmann than watch another campaign ad."
"I'd rather see Mitt Romney quietly go away than watch another campaign ad."
"I'd rather help Alan West count communists in congress than watch another campaign ad."
I rather read a book or maybe watch those negative ads with Mr. Jack Cafferty on it!
I'd rather watch paint dry !!
"I'd will watch Ronmey and the GOP lose big time come election day than watch another campaign ad."
I'd rather go fishing drink beer and munch on the can of worms I brought along.
I'd rather pluck every blade of grass out of my septic drain field with tweezers on a 100 degree day than watch another campaign ad.
"I'd rather __________ than watch another campaign ad." Difficult question. I can watch them and their political pundents giving opinions on the candidates but, when the R's insinuate that the President is "a foreigner, not one of us, a president who somehow made it to the White House illegally", that crosses the line. They do not have the guts to say they are furious that an African-American Democrat sits in the White House. They show no respect for the office of the presidency and no respect for the country.
I'd rather not watch television or listen to the radio than watch or listen to another attack ad.
Mr. Cafferty, these ads have no effect on me. Any clear thinking voter should recognize that Obama makes Jimmy Carter look competent. His record is pathetic, he is a terrible leader, and the people who support and vote for this simpleton are as foolish as he. The job has been too big for him, and he has proven to be an ineffective, bumbling empty suit.
I use a DVR for all programs. I do not watch any commercials. The few I do see I mute. No ads for me.
I'd rather watch old women squabble than watch another campaign ad.
Id Rather Make OIL SPILL Containment NEts that Isolate SPills from Under Water Currents and SInk the Arcitc bound Driller and convince u.s. market to stop buying consumption malfunction miles per gallon auto imports based on copying 20th century production plants in order to dial down Barrels of OIL Per day than watch another hippocritical campaign ad, that doesnt solve the Trade Policy Problems that presently undermine our lives .
Change the channel. Which, let's be honest, is what most of us are doing. Campaigns on both sides are wasting a lot of money on ads that make people reach for the remote. But, not to worry CNN, I change back after the commercial break.
Are campaign ads anything more than an opinion filled with vitriol? Slanted facts are always used, and often just wrong. People who vote based on TV ads are too lazy to read facts and are too willing to have make up their mind, or what they have left. Most probably tune in the channel of hate...you can guess the channel.
Stick my head in a jar of tarantulas, the damage to my head from the spider bites could not compare to the pain of listening to the continual lies and half-truths being spread by these ads. The worst part is that we all know that the economy is bad and the President and his supporters seem to deny it. WAKE UP!
Have a colonoscopy. The preparation for it is not as unsettling as campaign ads are and I am relieved when it is done and over with.
I would rather see Jack Cafferty off the air!
Who's running the ads? Erm.....the media? The truth is that the fourth Estate of the realm needs to accept responsibility for the deluge of negative political ads.
I'd rather have all my teeth pulled at one time with no anesthesia than watch another campaign ad...
Seriously...I'm sick of the whole process anymore...and to think, I used to want to work in politics...HA! Get rid of the tea party, and maybe I'll feel that way again.
sleep and save myself the disgust with american politics
I'd rather have all my teeth pulled at one time with no anesthesia than watch another campaign ad...
Seriously...I\'m sick of the whole process anymore...and to think, I used to want to work in politics...HA! Get rid of the tea party, and maybe I'll feel that way again.
"I'd rather watch grass grow than watch another campaign ad."
I'd rather not watch any campaign ads because they don't say how the candidate intends to address our real problems. Maybe the impending economic smack down will open people's eyes to what has been going on in Washington for decades. I think we're about to get a wake-up call.
I don't consider Romney's ads to be really negative. They point out the fact that President Obama has been a complete failure on a host of issues, namely the economy. What is wrong with pointing out the fact that he promised he would turn the economy around in 3 years and halve the deficit by the end of his first term and he hasn't even come close on either. Obama's ads are simply desperate. As candidate Obama said in his 2008 Democratic acceptance speech at the convention, "If you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone people should run from." Wow, that sounds like exactly what the President is trying to do to Governor Romney. Barack Obama has failed. Period. I hope people see through this bologna that he is putting on TV, and make an informed choice in November: Mitt Romney.
Joe V.
Illinois
An episode of Two and a Half Men without Charlie Sheen. #notwinning
Steve
Philadelphia
The castration of a sexual dievant. Then at least you know that they won't be screwing anyone else over.
I`d rather watch a CHICK FLICK MARATHON than watch another campaign ad from either side, i`M A MAN.......
I'd rather be stewed in wet noodles than watch another campaign ad.
"I'd rather HAVE A ROOT CANAL than watch another REPUBLICAN campaign ad."
Jenna
Roseville CA
I rather read seven years of Romney's tax returns them watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather spend an evening trying to explain the Supreme Court's decision in Citzens United than watch another campaign ad. Yes, negative ads have been around forever and the always congenial Karl Rove turned them into an art form. But at least our exposure to them was limited by the relatively high cost of TV advertising. Now the lid is off and there's nowhere to hide. The best defense is simply to not watch television. All you'll miss are non-reality shows, Fox propaganda and The Cafferty File. So what?
I'd rather have a colonoscopy than watch another political ad!
A surgical procedure – and I get dizzy at the sight of blood and guts.
Joi
West Palm Beach, FL
Watch M.A.S.H. or Golden Girls re-re-re-re-runs.
Go through another 16 hour labour without anaestic.
"have to read Romney's tax returns and Obama's birth certificate" ( The former would probably keep me enthralled, while the later would leave me confused.) It would be like reading non-fiction and fiction at the same time.
I'd rather shower with Jerry Sandusky than watch another campaign ad.
Jack,
Get Citizens United reversed and a big chunk of those ads go away. Let's deal with the cause of the disease first and not just the symptoms.
"I'd rather watch FOX News than watch another campaign ad." Maybe.
Thom Richer
Negaunee, MI
Jack: I'd rather go to the Dentist than listen to a Romney attack ad. They lack imagination and smarts. Do you have a Swiss Bank account? Do you have offshore accounts in Cayman's? What is Mitt hiding? Why is he hiding it? I wonder if Mitt paid all his taxes on the offshore accounts. Why invest in Europe with Swiss Bank accounts? I know why, Mitt outsourced everything, not just jobs, but his money, too.
I'd rather have a Root Canal AND a Bikini Wax simultaneously. If I wanted to hear BS I'd listen to my teenagers
"I'd rather HAVE ROOT CANAL...." I recently had to have three done and it was not only painful, it was expensive.
BUT I did enjoy to recent "dancing horse" DNC ad. thought it was VERY funny AND wait until you get a gander at the Move On ad where Romney morphs into Nixon. YIKES!!!
Go to the library and study Economics.
I hate to break the news to you, Jack, but Romney's tax returns and record at/with Bain ALSO "at least resonates with many people". Here's a simple fact of life – when people hide something, it means ...they have something to hide! If Romney's tax returns for the past 10 years were "clean", he'd be PROUD to display them. Instead, he hides them because he's ashamed of them. Same with his years at Bain, hence the ex-owner and CEO refusal to discuss/defend his company's actions and records. You can't defend the indefensible, so instead you hide from it and change the subject. Mr. Transparent..........riiiggghhhttt. Remember Mr. I'm Not A Crook Nixon???
Some people will say, I'd rather go to the dentist but I'd like to see each of them tell America one thing every day what and how they plan to make things better in America. I know that's wishing for a star and especially since most things are really out of their control due to Congress or other countries.
Jack, I'd rather EAT BROCCOLI than watch another campaign ad.
Gary in Scottsdale, Arizona
"I'd rather go outside and eat worms than watch another campaign ad."
I'd rather have a root canal with no freezing than watch another campaign ad. But ... there's always the mute button.
Vote for Mitt Romney now and deny Obama the chance of him in office for a second time
My 70 year-old parents get it on.
The ads are disgusting. Lies/distortion of truth/rewriting of history to suit the current administration's agenda. It did McCain no good to be a "gentleman" in the last election and now we're in a mess that a lot of people choose to "not see" ...
I'm not going to beat this thing to death – this question was posted yesterday but didn't get on the system with replies – I think I said I'd rather have "root canal" than.... actually I would rather do "anything" than sit thru it....
I WOULD RATHER...Sleep with Barney Frank...THEN LISTEN TO ANOTHER AD.....I just pictured Barney naked..Give me the ads'.
If Romney won't share his information Then Obama is our only hope. Even republicans are getting tired of the Republicans holding America hostage. They understand full well that the rich Capitalist provide jobs, once here and now over seas. Eight years of war, death, debt and nearly four years of the Republican sitting on their hands to make President Obama a one term President. We have had enough! Now their candidate will bully us by refusing (stubborn) to show the 30 years of his income tax papers. HA! I don't rust him. I'm a conservative but bulling, holding the government hostage and punishing the middle class (jobs) is not my idea of how to win votes and influence a sick country. We may be taxed to death to pay for the Elite life style but we are not all stupid, I pray.
I'll be watching Old movies from now till November. We have a mute and off button on our TV. I"ll probably read the Cafferty file to release my frustration between movies.
Hey Jack, these campaign ads are better then most of the other reality shows on tv these days. And they make me laugh, unlike most of the so-called sit-coms on tv.
Turn off the TV. Although this appears to be the logical answer, it is apparently beyond the ability of most Americans. A national disgrace, political ads are a reflection of the lowest common denominator in politics; the money. Not the country, not the people, the money.
I'd rather keep watching campaign ads. It shows us our great experiment, democracy, is still a little frazzled, but functioning.We have to get real, we don't like each other, so be cool and wait a few thousand years, and those ads may go away,
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it's about time Pres. Obama started fighting back. He has been treated worse than any president I ever remember and I hope he goes after Romney and the Republicans and makes them look like the fools they are. If Romney gets elected he'll cater to the Michelle Bachmann nut jobs. I say go all the way. Don't let up.
I'd rather watch Michelle Bachmann and her husband eat corn-dogs, as Sarah Palin reads from the book "Fifty Shades of Grey" than watch another campaign ad. On second thought, maybe not.
Sleep with my ex-husband
"I'd rather stare in to the sun until it looked like the face of God than watch another campaign ad."
I would rather go out to dinner with George W 'Bush than watch another campaign add. The U.S. Election campaigns
are tooooo long. Ours run for approx 6 weeks.
I'd rather listen to my mother-in-law tell me how to cook than listen to the the political ads.
I would rather turn the TV off and avid these two idiots. Neither has done or can do anything for me or anyone else. they are in the game for themselves and that is all they care about.
I'd rather vote for Ron Paul or Sarah Palin.
Geez Jack, can you be any more anti-Obama? I hear there's an opening at FOX for you.
As for negative ads: I never saw such negativity as the Romney ads in the primaries...until he started taking President Obama's words out of context when the Pres was quoting McCain. And, now Romney's doing it again, with the whole out of context 'business' quote. Funny thing though: Romney made the President's point yesterday, when he conceded that business people have had help from parents, teachers, police, infratructure construction, etc.
As for the tax ads: hey, Romney hasn't even released the 2 years of tax returns that he claims he has! His accountants are still getting them...ready..for viewing. And, those special forms for overseas accounts are conspicuously missing from the 2010 returns he's supplied. Whatcha hiding there, Willard?
I'd rather go to sleep and have someone wake me up after the election.
I'd just add this: Thank God for the "mute" button. What we need now is a "skip
the damned commercial entirely" button.
I'd rather eat raw horseradish.
be beaten with a pillowcase full of bars of soap a la Full Metal Jacket
eat rat poison
I'd rather listen to you, Jack, than look at another campaign ad!
I would rather watch white paint dry.
I'd rather have my candidate of choice lose than listen to another campaign ad.
"I'd rather watch replays of the emergency broadcast system testing than watch another campaign ad."
"have a government I can be proud of"
"I'd rather wach a Keeping Up with the Kardashian marathon than watch another campaign ad."
Throw a ball into my huge TV
I'd rather get spat on by Typhoid Mary than watch another campaign ad!
I'd rather cut out my own gall bladder with an oyster fork
...drink Kool-aid ...
Alvaro
Tampa, FL
I'd rather "repeal Citizens United" than watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather shave my chest with a rusty razor than watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather poke out one of my eyes.
Id rather Juggle Cats or shoot pool with dogs, than watch another ad campaign
Stop watching TV altogether
I'd rather Have my campaign donations returned to me! Big waste of My dollars! than to watch another campaign add that I paid for!
I'd rather be water boarded than watch another obama ad whining about romney not filing more than 2yrs of income taxes or outsourcing of jobs by bain in 1999. Every major corporation now outsources to save money on labor costs, taxes, and regulations. GE and Exxon paid 0 tax last year, at least romney paid 15% and the dems are still whining. If obama and the dems don't like outsoucing why didn't they change the law when they controlled congress for the first two years of obama's term, or during the 8 yrs clinton controlled the white house.
I would rather watch an episode of Jersey Shore (Ugh) than watch another campain add.
I'd rather VOTE NOW than watch another campaign ad; this way, hopefully, Obama can keep pushing Keynesian economics to rebuild the middle class(good for most Americans), and Romney can go back to hiding his money and escaping his tax obligations (good only for him)
I'd rather act out the things they do on the movie Jackass than watch another campaign ad. At least those guys know they're acting like idiots.
I'd rather lay my head on the railroad tracks than watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather stick needles in my eyes. We need a revolution in this country. Get back to truth and integrity, which obviously is missing in Washington DC.
I would rather watch Wolf Blitzer for 3 months straight. He's far more entertaining than any campaign ad, singing or no singing.
I'd rather watch another "Call Me Maybe" skit than watch another campaign ad.
"I'd rather vote for Ron Paul and not have to worry about any of these childish games than watch another campaign ad."
I'd rather watch you and Wolf for the next 3 months, Jack. At least you guys keep it classy and entertaining at the same time.
read a book. There really is not a candidate who represents me. I like all the democrat freebies they offer, but unfortunately I agree with the republicans that they have to be paid for. How about someone talk about fixing the economy? Do that and we can have our welfare state and pay for it too!
Id rather have a job, then see another dumb ad.
I'd rather see the candidates do something useful and positive with the millions they spend, like stimulate the economy.
keep Obama.
I'd rather watch Barney and Curious George with my niece for the umpteenth time than see another campaign ad.
Have a job!
I'd rather be at a formal dinner and have an itch that can't be scratched than watch another political ad.
"I'd rather change the tv channel and watch something else or go outside and build a fire in the firepit as it would be more interesting to watch than watch another campaign ad."
"I'd rather push a scorpion uphill with my nose than watch another campaign ad."
(Albuquerque, New Mexico)
I'd rather eat a big juicy steak and I've been a vegan for 30 years than watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather *sit with the dentist in the movie MARATHON MAN" (dustin hoffman) than watch another campain ad...
jeff
meriden, ct.
I'd rather listen to Mitch McConnell give a dissertation on political ethics than watch another campaign ad.
Elect a barking dog into office, is my answer.
Several U.S. towns have elected dogs or cats as Mayor rather than put up with local politicians. It's time this movement went main stream!!!
Bark, Bark Woof Woof (no offense to your buddy). Howl at the moon and scratch...howl Yep, sounds better to me
Watch a slide show of Boehner's crazy colored ties.
Id rather have dinner with President Obama then watch another campaign ad.
.... walk on hot coal
go to antarctica because watching these ads gives me frostbite and the tea party sucks
I'd rather put a campfire out with my face than watch another campaign add.
I rather skydive naked with no parachute into a fiery volcano than watch another campaign ad."
quit you whining Jack. You don't like it, move to a non-swing state like Texas where the only ones showing negative presidential campaign ads are the national news outlets like CNN. You made your choice, now live with it.
I'd rather listen to former Vice President Chaney explain the assamine reason we went to war in Iraq!
wait to hear Rick Perry's 3rd agency he plans to cut...Oops
I'd rather slide down a razor blade into a pool of alcohol than watch another campaign ad!
I'd rather be working for minimum wage than watch another campaign ad.
I would rather STICK 1,000 NEEDLES IN MY EYES than watch another champaign ad! The ad people should be put in a movie sequel called SAW the PACs into bits and feed them to the sharks!!
Jack, since there is little if any truth in political ads, I'd rather watch big time wrestling. Both are fake and at least there is some entertainment in wrestling. I wish all candidates were given the same small amount of money and ads couldn't be aired sooner than a month before the election. By the time the election gets here I'm sick of both candidates and vote against the one I hate most.
I'd rather see Romney's tax returns for the last ten years than hear another negative attack ad.
I would rather watch buzzards fornicate than watch another campaign ad
I'd rather........swim naked across the piranha infested Orinoco with a paper cut on each nipple......than watch another campaign ad
i would rather give snooki a sponge bath than watch another campan ad
"I’d rather go through a black hole than watch another campaign ad.”
I'd rather remarry my first wife{shudder} than listen to another political ad.
I'd rather hear Rosie O'Donnell sing the National Anthem.
i would rather be Boehner personal spray-tanner
visit a senior citizens nudist camp
I would rather go see the new Batman movie with Rush Limbaugh
I'd rather wipe my behind with a hornets nest than listento another political ad.
I'd rather "WASH MY HAIR" (movie quote) than watch another . . . .
I'd rather run for political office myself than watch another political ad. (I would be much less pushy and much more positive.)
I would rather go hunting with Dick Cheney that watch another political ad.
Unfortunately negative ads are more memorable and have a greater impact than positive ads. People don't remember the positive ones because that is what they want and expect. The negative ones tend to shock people because they either don't like the criticism, don't think they are telling the truth or believe the ad and get angry a candidate would do that.
If we're speaking frankly here, I'd rather dive head first into a pool of vomit than listen to another political advertisement on tv.
I rather skydive into a fiery volcano with no parachute then watch another stupid campaign ad.
I'd rather "ride a horse with Hemorrhoids," than Watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather watch Congress drink colonoscopy prep than watch another campaign ad.
I notice that you glossed over the media response to POSITIVE ads.......Like the rest of Americans, you blame the politicians and refuse to accept responsibility.........If there are positive ads--how about a spotlight on the POSITIVE???? I am so fed up with people in this country blaming politicians for their own laziness and stupidity. Talk about the positive ads, talk about the plans for the future. As long as you are locked and loaded-the campaigns will continue to compete to one up each other for press coverage. You guys can change the subject if you want to,,,,,,,the tone in Washington is NOT just fed by the politicians, is it? I would rather watch the best each campaign has to offer than listen to them or you trash each other......
I'd rather "live through a year of uncontrollable bowel movements produced by a years supply of aged tacos" than watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather... watch MSNBC...than watch another campaign ad.
To his credit, my man Chris came up with this without even hesitating.
look like Linda Tripp
I'd rather give myself an enema with a fire hose, than watch anther campaign ad.
From Walnut Creek, Ca.
Attempt a conversation with Michelle Bachman than watch another campaign ad. PERIOD!
I would rather "hear Obama's policy positions" than watch another campaign ad "about Romney's short-comings."
Oh, come on, Jack. Why spoil the fun of the Ignorant American Public. Much more fun to watch these two idiots go after each other tooth and nail. I mean the public can actually feel a little bit superior to them both! Besides...who wants a solution??? There might be responsibility involved in that....remember this is about entertainment not substance! Americans love this stuff...just another reason to complain.
Thomasville GA
I'd rather clean an outhouse, than to watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather watch reality TV......oh wait, same thing!
Larry in Tuscaloosa
Jack, I'd rather have Wolf Blitzer waterboard John Boehner than watch another attack ad. I'm looking for entertainment.
Why does Wolf Blitzer say Obama saved the auto industry. Sounds like a campaign ad for Obama, and it is just not true. The taxpayers saved the auto industry with their tax dollars. The real thing that saved them, is when they filed bankruptcy, The way Mitt Rommney said they should do. It should be against the law to use my tax dollars to bail out a private company. No one bailed me out last year when i was forced to file bankruptcy.
Jack I ratther have the big donars like Adelson, give the money to feed the children in America that don't get enough to eat.
Spend the week with my ex wives, gulp
barry heflick
south bend, indiana
I'd rather watch Sarah Palin and former Vice President Chaney talking about the rational of the Iraq war, in a bikini and speedos on the beach.
I'd rather listen to more Limbaugh conspiracy theories about Batman villains than listen to another campaign ad
Nick Jackson
Cordova, TN
I'd rather list all the things Democrats and Repubublicans have done to halt the progress of America with their ignorrant and close-minded views. Inserting religion where it should never be and the (laughable) "war" on drugs, LGBT/feminist extremists and making rich people poorer just because you are jealous (OH, BOO HOO! Deal with it.), where is a middle ground?
i'd rather take a trip to syria than watch another campaign ad and i must say, i am highly disappointed in Obama during this campaign season. Im not really into politics, but this is just ridiculous
I get just as sick of them as much as anyone else. Here's a thought.......Why doesn't congress pass a law that simply says ALL persons running for office or those speaking in an official capacity MUST be attached to a polygraph that shocks the person in the event of a lie. Now, THAT would make for an interesting debate.
I'd rather eat gain weight than watch another campaign ad
JJ
San Francisco
date Linda Tripp
I would rather move to Greece than watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather believe that the Obama administation could actually do anything with a House of Represenatives and a Senate spending all it's time stone walling everything that the president has put forward to help the economy. I also rather believe there is no hope if people don't know this.
Shoot my self, root canal, you know the routine. I am going to do something different, and I wish many others will do the same. I am going to vote for the candidate with the least amount of negative ads. Economy, unemployment, deficit etc.. are all secondary right now. The assault on my mind must stop.
Have a job on Obamas jobs council! They never meet and i get a government job! With benifits! And early retirement! And i can never be fired! And have a bottomless budget!!! Woohoo!!!
I'd rather believe that the Obama administation could actually do anything with a House of Represenatives and a Senate spending all it's time stone walling everything that the president has put forward to help the economy. I also rather believe there is no hope if people don't know this is impossible.
Watching CNN for breaking news and seeing the "Etch-a-Sketch" Republican nominee put his foot in his mouth.
Let me correct my self, I'd rather attempt an earthbound conversation with Michelle Bachman than watch another campaign ad!
i'd rather create my own ad , as follows; black unemployment-14%, latino unemployment-11%, white unemployment,-etc. president obamas solution- he pulls out his magic wand and says; i grant 1 million illegal immigrants the right to keep you from getting 1 million jobs....
I rather watch Michele Bachmann and her conspiracy theories than watch another campaign ad on TV because she's become rather amusing.
I'd rather eat glass than watch another campaign ad.
Orlando, FL
"I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than watch another campaign ad."
Unfortunately negative campaign ads are more memorable and have greater impact than positive ads. When we see positive ads you don't notice them as much because it is what you expect or you don't believe they are true so you ignore them. They are "just another ad." Negative ads stick in your mind more because they hit you emotionally. You believe them and you get angry that a candidate would do something like that. You get angry because you think the ad is lying. You are shocked that someone would say that in an ad. And that emotion makes it more memorable. There aren't many positive ads that really hit you emotionally.
I'd rather watch Obama and Romney square off in a boxing match than watch another campaign ad.
Fredericksburg, Va.
feed Limbaugh
I rather travel around the world in a cardboard box with a hot air ballon
Listen to Barney sing with Elmo doing backup. I feel like we are being tortured in the swing states. If I have to listen to Mitt sing America the Beautiful any more I am going to go insane before the election. Between the candidates and the super pacs, there is no relief from endless ads and it is only going to get worse. I am wearing out the mute button on my remote.
Also, I'd rather list all the things that WON'T change no matter who gets elected. The pointless "war" on terror in the middle east, the economy, the unemployment rate... all empty promises just like every presidental election before this one. When will the American people realize they really have no chance to change their country no matter who they elect? America needs a intense make-over.
1. Be waterboarded.
2. Eat raccoon entrails.
3. Live in a septic tank.
4. Watch every episode of My Super Sweet 16 back-to-back.
5. Spend one hour in Arizona in the dead of summer wearing a parka and mittens.
6. Sponge-bathe Newt Gingrich.
I'd rather swim in a river of piranhas and carnivorous earwigs than watch another campaign ad.
The most hateful thing is that you can't even change channels because the other 157 channels are all advertising at the same time. If the Corporations ,you know those other people as defined by the Supreme Court, spent as much money hiring people as they do on all these political ads the unemployment rate would be about .05%
I'd rather go ahead and vote for Obama and silence Romney, the GOP, and their Tea Party offspring than watch another campaign ad.
Campaign ads will be gone on November, and a new family will move into our house.
I'd rather have an automatic mute button that works like the spam filter for my email.
vote for Mickey Mouse
...have electrolysis...
"I'd rather _______ than watch another campaign ad."
... have an un-anesthetized colonoscopy
I'd "WATCH PAINT DRY" than watch another campaign ad.
I'd rather____ live in a country where people read and studied our countries problems and our "leaders" responses than believing anything they see in a 30 second spot brought to you by anonymous, greedy old white men who hate average Americans and only care about making another billion dollars. But, I live here. So, I'm screwed. As screwed as screwed can be. cy from arlington, va