Billboard of Burning Towers And 'Please Don't Vote for a Democrat' Causes Controversy

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@ Gar Swaffar
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You really do not think that using 9/11 in a ad like this is, at the least, bad taste?

Just asking.

That's a mockery of all the people who's lives were lost in New York. It's appalling what lengths people will go to to support their political cause.

Good article Sue!

@ Julybug
That's a mockery of all the people who's lives were lost in New York. It's appalling what lengths people will go to to support their political cause.

Good article Sue!

Thanks JulyBug. Maybe I am still just touchy about 9/11, as many are and I think for good reason, but this was an attack against the country and I would bet that Democrats as well as Republicans,and Independents lost their lives that day.

I found the ad distasteful, yet just as I have said multiple times about offensive things... they have the right of free speech, I just think some people take that right and use it without regard to other folks.

@ Sue D.
Thanks JulyBug. Maybe I am still just touchy about 9/11, as many are and I think for good reason, but this was an attack against the country and I would bet that Democrats as well as Republicans,and Independents lost their lives that day.

I found the ad distasteful, yet just as I have said multiple times about offensive things... they have the right of free speech, I just think some people take that right and use it without regard to other folks.

Oh I agree 100% 9/11 was about terrorists attacking America. American's shouldn't belittle this tragic event by using it to attack other Americans in a petty, little election. People's lives are more important than this election. I'm sure the families who lost loved ones could/might be offended by this ad.

Crass, but I can understand the concept behind this.

I also find it distasteful and totally agree with this,

"blatant exploitation of that terrible tragedy for political and, perhaps even worse, personal gain."

@ Julybug
Oh I agree 100% 9/11 was about terrorists attacking America. American's shouldn't belittle this tragic event by using it to attack other Americans in a petty, little election. People's lives are more important than this election. I'm sure the families who lost loved ones could/might be offended by this ad.

I imagine they will be as well.

@ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
I also find it distasteful and totally agree with this,

Not going to see me disagree with that and I am glad that Republicans denounced it quickly and in no uncertain terms.

@ Mr Garibaldi
Crass, but I can understand the concept behind this.

I understand the concept, I just think it is wrong to use the burning towers in that type of ad.

Then again, wrong is one thing, but they do have the right to do it, it just seems so uncaring, unfeeling and tacky.

The best way to stand up for your moral rights outside of a person's constitutional rights (which don't always mix) is to hit them in the pocket.

@ Sue D.
You really do not think that using 9/11 in a ad like this is, at the least, bad taste?

Just asking.

Raw, but not offensive.
Bad taste? No, in poor taste? perhaps.
But easy to understand why it was used. The controversy of using the Towers will generate the buzz which drives the message.

@ pbrite
The best way to stand up for your moral rights outside of a person's constitutional rights (which don't always mix) is to hit them in the pocket.

Agreed, but if the man that bought this ad could afford a billboard sign for months to last until the end of the elections, I am doubting that refusing to buy his CD is going to hurt his pocket book very much.

Inappropriate? Don't you love that word? Rather, downright slimy - along with the person that concocted the ad, no doubt.

sad.

I support the individual freedom to speak his mind.

Is this any worse than what Reverend Wright said?

Is this any worse than Cynthia Mckinney stating that President Bush was behind the attack on the twin towers.

I think that this ad is an attempt to capitalize on the 9/11 tragedy.

Also, I know that the intent of the billboard is probably something along the lines of..."if you let a Democrat in office, look what will happen."

BUT

A Democrat was not President when this happened. Ha...LOL

Disturbing find Sue *groan*. Unfortunately, tragedy is used all the time to "sell" an opinion, concept, or product: e.g. "heroin chic" in fashion, those horrid visual ads on our Canadian ciggies, doe-eyed orphans and waifs in every children's aid ad.

Oh btw - your header video is "no longer available"; I suspect YouTube has pulled it.

I agree that this ad is in extremely bad taste. However, given that the 10-gallon Tinpot from St. Cloud is also selling CD's of his "music" containing the same lyrics (his true purpose, imo), he can do whatever he can pay for.

Im shocked at what depths people stoop to.

This ad IS in poor taste, and just sooo wrong on many levels.

@ Sykos Masters
Disturbing find Sue *groan*. Unfortunately, tragedy is used all the time to "sell" an opinion, concept, or product: e.g. "heroin chic" in fashion, those horrid visual ads on our Canadian ciggies, doe-eyed orphans and waifs in every children's aid ad.

Oh btw - your header video is "no longer available"; I suspect YouTube has pulled it.

I agree that this ad is in extremely bad taste. However, given that the 10-gallon Tinpot from St. Cloud is also selling CD's of his "music" containing the same lyrics (his true purpose, imo), he can do whatever he can pay for.

I am replacing it with another video now, thanks for mentioning it.

Video replaced and I agree with most of your comments. It is in bad taste and yet the man has the right to pay and have his "voice" heard, so to speak.

It is supposed to be until after the elections.. I wonder if the controversy will change that?

A Democrat was not President when this happened.

Very true, but a democrat president and his appointees could have prevented it. However, they were too busy smoking cigars in the vulva orifice and gutting the intelligence services.

@ sumdume
Very true, but a democrat president and his appointees could have prevented it. However, they were too busy smoking cigars in the vulva orifice and gutting the intelligence services.

yes, people love to ignore the basic fact that the majority of information Bush had in the first year was handed down from the previous administration.

@ Christine Mattice
I think that this ad is an attempt to capitalize on the 9/11 tragedy.

Also, I know that the intent of the billboard is probably something along the lines of..."if you let a Democrat in office, look what will happen."

BUT

A Democrat was not President when this happened. Ha...LOL

That argument may be the first to come to mind if you look at the surface and too easy to make, therefore, I think you need to look deeper. My guess is that the idea was to remind us "why" we're at war (or at least what took us there) and that the democrats want our troops out of there (regardless of the potential effects of doing that immediately). I also believe that it was done with the dual purpose of bringing enough attention to it to bring people to his website to purchase his CD.

@ Sue D.
Agreed, but if the man that bought this ad could afford a billboard sign for months to last until the end of the elections, I am doubting that refusing to buy his CD is going to hurt his pocket book very much.

Well, it could hurt, at least his ego. It wasn't just the cost of the billboard, but the production of CDs (professionally done) and the video (which is really just a promo). If he hoped to draw enough people, he could potentially make a killing selling those CDs (provided the song had actually been good.)

While it may not hurt him much, it could at least be a business failure for him.

@ Sue D.
yes, people love to ignore the basic fact that the majority of information Bush had in the first year was handed down from the previous administration.

I also believe that hindsight is always 20/20. Who knows if it could have been prevented without having had everything spelled out beforehand. This tragedy was more devastating than most of us at the time could have even begun to conceive. Look at how we gripe about the prevention steps that have been implemented since it happened. Would we have stood for them before it happened?

Blame shouldn't be passed around and thrown at any specific party. It happened, it woke us up, and I deeply hope that we don't forget and allow it to happen again.

@ Melissa29
Well, it could hurt, at least his ego. It wasn't just the cost of the billboard, but the production of CDs (professionally done) and the video (which is really just a promo). If he hoped to draw enough people, he could potentially make a killing selling those CDs (provided the song had actually been good.)

While it may not hurt him much, it could at least be a business failure for him.

I certainly wouldn't buy them after using the most tragic event for that kind of gain.

@ Melissa29
I also believe that hindsight is always 20/20. Who knows if it could have been prevented without having had everything spelled out beforehand. This tragedy was more devastating than most of us at the time could have even begun to conceive. Look at how we gripe about the prevention steps that have been implemented since it happened. Would we have stood for them before it happened?

Blame shouldn't be passed around and thrown at any specific party. It happened, it woke us up, and I deeply hope that we don't forget and allow it to happen again.

I like the way you phrased that but as you mentioned people "gripe about the prevention steps that have been implemented since it happened", which means many have turned right back over and went to sleep.

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@ Sue D.
Video replaced and I agree with most of your comments. It is in bad taste and yet the man has the right to pay and have his "voice" heard, so to speak.

It is supposed to be until after the elections.. I wonder if the controversy will change that?

I doubt (hope) that this will have much of an effect. From what I've seen, most people are offended by the idjit's ad and see it for what it is. Chances are he was to old for American Idol.

@ sumdume
Very true, but a democrat president and his appointees could have prevented it. However, they were too busy smoking cigars in the vulva orifice and gutting the intelligence services.

Exactly! Thank you for stating the obvious. The towers didn't happen in the nine months that Bush was in office, it was several years in the making, during Clinton's shame-filled years.

People, Clinton had a few different times when he could have taken out Bin Laden, but was too busy golfing, committing adultery, having people pay to sleep in the White House, etc., to pay attention to the needs of our national defense. While he was anhilating our military, Bin Laden was planning his strike. For a real eye-opener, read the book by the guy that carried the nuclear football during Clinton's administration.

Yes, the towers are a horror people don't want to remember, but they are also something we should never forget. I, personally, am glad that the billboard will be up until after the elections. It is a truthful message. And you know what? The truth IS offensive. Why?

People don't want truth-- they would rather stick their heads in the sand and pretend that all is fine. "Oh, don't talk about what happened." "Oh the poor families of those who were killed in the tower collapses."

Are you people CRAZY? Don't you think those families want JUSTICE? REVENGE? ASSURANCE? That it won't happen again?

I darn tootin' would! I would be so fighting mad that my loved ones were taken out that way that I would hound the administration day and night, ride 'em like a pony to make sure that those who were responsible for my loved ones death were caught and made to pay for what they had done.

I would want a billboard reminder up -- not for just one town in Florida -- but in every town across the U.S. that we need to finish the job. Hurtful? Yes. Necessary? YES.

@ ProudMarineMom
Exactly! Thank you for stating the obvious. The towers didn't happen in the nine months that Bush was in office, it was several years in the making, during Clinton's shame-filled years.

People, Clinton had a few different times when he could have taken out Bin Laden, but was too busy golfing, committing adultery, having people pay to sleep in the White House, etc., to pay attention to the needs of our national defense. While he was anhilating our military, Bin Laden was planning his strike. For a real eye-opener, read the book by the guy that carried the nuclear football during Clinton's administration.

Yes, the towers are a horror people don't want to remember, but they are also something we should never forget. I, personally, am glad that the billboard will be up until after the elections. It is a truthful message. And you know what? The truth IS offensive. Why?

People don't want truth-- they would rather stick their heads in the sand and pretend that all is fine. "Oh, don't talk about what happened." "Oh the poor families of those who were killed in the tower collapses."

Are you people CRAZY? Don't you think those families want JUSTICE? REVENGE? ASSURANCE? That it won't happen again?

I darn tootin' would! I would be so fighting mad that my loved ones were taken out that way that I would hound the administration day and night, ride 'em like a pony to make sure that those who were responsible for my loved ones death were caught and made to pay for what they had done.

I would want a billboard reminder up -- not for just one town in Florida -- but in every town across the U.S. that we need to finish the job. Hurtful? Yes. Necessary? YES.

wow....I hadn't thought about it in that light before ProudMarineMom, thanks for giving us your view.

Forgive me for posting this if it is redundant. I think it speaks toward the motives for posting the billboard.

The Orlando media showed a clip of the billboard and mentioned that the person who paid for the billboard could not vote in the election because he is a Canadian citizen.

@ Sue D.
wow....I hadn't thought about it in that light before ProudMarineMom, thanks for giving us your view.

Thanks. And yeah, the guy is a slimeball for offering a CD at the same time, but the message needed that particular image. In my heart I can hear those families saying, "Don't forget about our loved ones. Give us justice, not just a settlement."

You know, I just made my very first trip through the area yesterday on route through New Jersey, and could see the New York City skyline across the harbor. It was amazing, and I couldn't help but think how much more impressive it must have been when the twin towers were still standing.