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If it's Friday, it's time for another First Read Top 10 list. Today's is our look at what we consider the top TV ads of the cycle, so far:
10. Pamela, Get Your Gun: This ad shows Arizona congressional candidate Pamela Gorman (R) delivering fire -- not at her opponent, but rather at a target range.
9. Kirk vs. Giannoulias, Part 1: In what might be the most heated general election campaign right now, Illinois Senate Mark Kirk (R) went up with this TV ad hitting opponent Alexi Giannoulias' (D) family bank.
8. Kirk vs. Giannoulias, Part 2: And then Giannoulias fired back -- though not Pamela Gorman-style -- with this ad blasting Kirk's misrepresentations about his record.
7. Meet Alan Grayson: No one has ever accused Florida Rep. Alan Grayson (D) of being shy, and this Grayson TV ad sums up Grayson well: provocative, liberal, and not holding back.
6. Bradley Byrne Believes In Evolution! This TV ad blasted Alabama gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne (R) for believing in evolution -- and not believing that everything in the Bible is true. This run-off is July 13.
5. Lowden's Scientology Hit: The TV ad Sue Lowden ran against Sharron Angle (R) in Nevada's GOP primary -- criticizing her support for a Scientology-backed program to give massages to inmates -- is something Harry Reid (D) will certainly use in the fall.
4. The "Dang Fence": John McCain's tough-on-immigration TV ad -- even though it's a reversal for him (in either tone or substance) -- is one of the reasons why he remains the front-runner in his GOP primary against J.D. Hayworth.
3. "Gather Your Armies": It's not every day you see a congressional candidate run a TV ad suggesting taking up arms against our government, but that's what Alabama's Rick Barber does here. Note: This TV ad hasn't run on Alabama TV; it was instead an Internet sensation.
2. Dale Peterson: In a cycle of colorful -- and over-the-top -- Alabama ads, this one by Alabama ag commissioner candidate Dale Peterson (R) is our favorite. Peterson didn't win his race, but he followed up with this endorsement.
1. Demon Sheep: The one and the only… And by the way -- as crazy as it might sound -- it helped Fiorina beat Tom Campbell for the GOP nomination in California.
***UPDATE*** This week's First Read Top 10 poll temporarily disappeared due to a technical glitch.
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My vote goes to 'Pamela Get Your Gun'!
The quality is not even 'cell phone video' worthy and her 'guns a blazing' told me was she couldn't hit the side of a barn if her life depended on it!
Oh that's right - accuracy doesn't count when you're a Christian Conservative! lol
Gather Your Armies. I laughed my backside off when I saw this one here on First Read. I remember you guys trying to figure out if it was Geo. Washington the actor was portraying. You said something like- who may or may not be Geo. Washington. Too funny.
I'd put McCain's second, just for the sheer hypocrisy of it.
Not here since it wasn't an ad, but the "chickens for health care" comment to me may be the funniest of them all. Everybody had a great deal of fun with that one.
Only Braindead Beckerheads would love Gun Scam Pam Gorman's idiotic ad. Only the old uptighty righty whitey geezers would get all hot and bothered and lathered up watching some rightwing Painted Strumpet shooting guns. Any coward, criminal or moron can pull a trigger. I'm surprised that with her massive Mount Rushmore nose she didn't carve Ronny Raygunz's face into it to show her repugnant one's cred. With a massive schnoz like hers she could make a career out of being a Jimmy Durante impersonator. All Gun Scam Pam is is a prostitute for the NRA!
I like Alan Grayson's ad as he is a great Liberal Democrat who pegged the party of sore losers perfectly last week as he said on MSNBC tv that the GOP = Greed Over Principle"!
There's an oxymoron for you - great and Democrat in the same sentence!
Racist much?
Just a note to Grayson. Wrote him, but couldn't get an answer-of course if I had it would probably have had vulgarity in it. I questioned him on his thoughts about Obamacare not being able to insure many sick folks. Yep, that's right - they don't have the money. Well, I guess the line forms to the right with apologies made to Sarah Palin. She was right all along-there are indeed "Death Panels" in this monstrosity of a health care bill. I can't wait to write these words: " I TOLD YA SO". If anyone hears from Alan, please let me know what this simpleton had to say about it.
Yeah. I like Grayson too. He's still got some hot blood flowing into his brain. Too soon to say if he'll gain any communication strength/clout.
The sheeple and gun totin' bimbo ads are my two favs fwit.