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10/24/10

At American Thinker


More Truth in Political Advertising

Brand Recognition

 

By Richard Pecore

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Liberal Democrats and Blue Dog Democrats alike are using an old trick. They're running away from Obama and their party. They're not declaring themselves Democrats in their advertising. They're using red in their posters. They're still telling half-truths and outright lies about their voting records in a desperate attempt to stay in office, and above all -- they're avoiding that poison pill called Obamacare.

While candidates on all sides often fail to state which party they represent because of the negativity associated with political parties (imagine that), a simple campaign reform law could change that.

It would be relatively easy to add an amendment to any campaign reform bill that would make it a federal law compelling every candidate for public office to declare his or her party (if he or she has one). The name of the party should be prominently and clearly displayed or declared in all forms of advertising -- radio, TV, print, billboards, and flyers. This is one simple way to help avoid deliberate attempts by many candidates to confuse voters and hide loyalties. Candidates and parties won't like this law at all, but we are not here for them, are we? They are here for us, and so they must bend to our will.

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I can understand the socialists and the marxists wanting to hide their identities so they can be elected president and all that, but you would think that the democrats would want to show off their new logo: