Political Ads

[ThreeGGG]

It is way past time that we put restrictions on these political ads that do nothing but attack the opposition. There are so many ads that attack Dan Osborn that,.... if you believe them, you would think Dan Osborn should be serving a long prison sentence. And I have NEVER heard her referred to as "Dark Money Denise" except in the attacking political ad. How about if the candidates tell us what their plan is to help make things better for everyone. Politicians are supposed to work for ALL of the people, not just a select few that can benefit them. I sincerely wish that people would take these attack ads into consideration when voting. When all you have to run on is fabricated attack ads, probably means that you are full of hate and prejudice.

[nativeomahan]

Well I agree. I will say that I saw the ad being run on TV by War Horse Casino where they poke fun at all of the negative political ads, and have actor stand ins for Ricketts and Osborn, dressed like they do in their ads, joining together at a casino gaming table, sharing drinks. It’s funny as all heck.
It’s gotten to the point here in mid September where I can’t stand any more of the insulting negative ads being run by most of the candidates, and especially by the special interest groups. I’m pretty much avoiding local television channels entirely now, and listening to Spotify or watching YouTube videos. But even YouTube has ad slots for this junk!
Christmas ads can’t come soon enough!

[locoluke]

But have you considered that Jim Pillen can ride a horse?

My biggest gripe with so many of these ads is that they are just plain untruthful. They really love to take a quote and just strip it of all context and nuance.

[djc311]

But have you considered that Jim Pillen can ride a horse?

My biggest gripe with so many of these ads is that they are just plain untruthful. They really love to take a quote and just strip it of all context and nuance.

ooh ooh... so can Ricketts! He had an ad where he was jockeying around on a pony, too. Because that's what matters to Nebraskans. Looking forward to this season being over for sure.

[locoluke]

ooh ooh... so can Ricketts! He had an ad where he was jockeying around on a pony, too. Because that's what matters to Nebraskans. Looking forward to this season being over for sure.

Maybe I'm being unfair to my rural fellow Nebraskans, but I'd have to imagine that there's a segment our population to whom that is appealing. Agriculture makes up over 40% of our economic output and takes up over 90% of our land. I just don't think those people are posting on the eOmaha forums.

[Big E]

Honest question... how many Nebraska farmers actually do their farming from the back of a horse?

Like a huge chunk of my extended family in Nebraska grew up on farms. I don't know a single one of them that actually owned a horse, let alone used one for actual farming.

I mean I'm sure they exist but I also feel like ATVs of some mostly phased that out like 45 yrs ago.

[Big E]

But have you considered that Jim Pillen can ride a horse?

Apparently not always...

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/es/news ... rom-horse/

[locoluke]

But have you considered that Jim Pillen can ride a horse?

Apparently not always...

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/es/news ... rom-horse/

I’m pretty sure he actually references this in the ad. Spins it as “getting bucked off and getting back on the horse.”

[WorldStreet]

Well I agree. I will say that I saw the ad being run on TV by War Horse Casino where they poke fun at all of the negative political ads, and have actor stand ins for Ricketts and Osborn, dressed like they do in their ads, joining together at a casino gaming table, sharing drinks. It’s funny as all heck.
It’s gotten to the point here in mid September where I can’t stand any more of the insulting negative ads being run by most of the candidates, and especially by the special interest groups. I’m pretty much avoiding local television channels entirely now, and listening to Spotify or watching YouTube videos. But even YouTube has ad slots for this junk!
Christmas ads can’t come soon enough!

One subscription that I am happy to have is YouTube Premium. I get a lot of news from YouTube including DW and BBC and it is so nice to never have ads. I haven't seen a political ad yet this year.

[ricko]

Well I agree. I will say that I saw the ad being run on TV by War Horse Casino where they poke fun at all of the negative political ads, and have actor stand ins for Ricketts and Osborn, dressed like they do in their ads, joining together at a casino gaming table, sharing drinks. It’s funny as all heck.
It’s gotten to the point here in mid September where I can’t stand any more of the insulting negative ads being run by most of the candidates, and especially by the special interest groups. I’m pretty much avoiding local television channels entirely now, and listening to Spotify or watching YouTube videos. But even YouTube has ad slots for this junk!
Christmas ads can’t come soon enough!

One subscription that I am happy to have is YouTube Premium. I get a lot of news from YouTube including DW and BBC and it is so nice to never have ads. I haven't seen a political ad yet this year.

Those news services are available without a premium subscription (although I’m thinking seriously about subscribing). BBC, DW, France 24, ABC (Australia), Al Jazeera, and others all have streaming 24hr commercial free service. It’s amazing what Americans are not exposed to when it comes to news events around the world.

Locally, the political ads in the DC metro political scene and the local candidates for national and statewide offices are more likely to showcase their support for family leave, semi-automatic gun bans, affordable healthcare, affordable housing, corruption in the administration, and efforts to end the Iran mess. What a difference geography makes. Ads that you see in Omaha wouldn’t fly here.

[WorldStreet]

Well I agree. I will say that I saw the ad being run on TV by War Horse Casino where they poke fun at all of the negative political ads, and have actor stand ins for Ricketts and Osborn, dressed like they do in their ads, joining together at a casino gaming table, sharing drinks. It’s funny as all heck.
It’s gotten to the point here in mid September where I can’t stand any more of the insulting negative ads being run by most of the candidates, and especially by the special interest groups. I’m pretty much avoiding local television channels entirely now, and listening to Spotify or watching YouTube videos. But even YouTube has ad slots for this junk!
Christmas ads can’t come soon enough!

One subscription that I am happy to have is YouTube Premium. I get a lot of news from YouTube including DW and BBC and it is so nice to never have ads. I haven't seen a political ad yet this year.

Those news services are available without a premium subscription (although I’m thinking seriously about subscribing). BBC, DW, France 24, ABC (Australia), Al Jazeera, and others all have streaming 24hr commercial free service. It’s amazing what Americans are not exposed to when it comes to news events around the world.

Locally, the political ads in the DC metro political scene and the local candidates for national and statewide offices are more likely to showcase their support for family leave, semi-automatic gun bans, affordable healthcare, affordable housing, corruption in the administration, and efforts to end the Iran mess. What a difference geography makes. Ads that you see in Omaha wouldn’t fly here.

I actually watch all of the channels you listed: BBC, DW, France 24, ABC (Australia), Al Jazeera
YouTube Premium is not needed to watch these channels, but it is needed to avoid all ads. Instead of spending time watching ads (including local political ads) before videos and again in the middle of the videos, we can spend our entire time watching the videos we are interested in.

Fortunately, I haven't seen any of those ads that are shown in Omaha...