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Monday, October 26, 2009

Politics The New McGinn Ad

Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:49 PM

Money and music:

It's a good ad. But not nearly as devastating to Joe Mallahan as that hit piece Dan posted earlier.

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Wow, that smirking photo of Mallahan is priceless. Just not worth $15k.

Posted by Your Name Hear on October 26, 2009 at 2:09 PM

thing is, netiher one of them is going to be mayor when cost overruns hit.

Posted by beef on October 26, 2009 at 2:16 PM

@2 is correct.

It's always about ribbon cutting at the start. And letting the other guy take the fall years later when the city's bankrupt.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on October 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM

I like the Eroll Morris-esque music in the background.

Posted by Jk on October 26, 2009 at 3:06 PM

good ad. if only mcginn had stuck to his gun and be anti-tunnel instead of this kerry-esque finesse of "i'm against it but will not stop it."

Posted by will on October 26, 2009 at 3:44 PM

Great ad!

Posted by passionate_jus on October 26, 2009 at 4:43 PM

OK visuals, but the voiceover doesn't really hit the right note.

Posted by Mr. X on October 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM

piece of crap - not clear what the hell they are talking about - all conjecture - and just bogus negative crap

poor voice and really offers no reason to vote for Mc Ginn except a vague future negative.

By the way, Sound Transit bids in THIS ear are coming in LOW, not over.

Remember the depression, folks need work. Construction is at a stand still, tons of bidding.

Waste of money to use this ad.

Posted by Coffee Boy on October 26, 2009 at 11:35 PM

Not sure if they understand statistics. They said that the cost over-runs would cost the average family $15,000? That raises a lot of questions. 1) What's an average family? 2) Do they mean it would cost an average of $15,000 per family in Seattle? 3) That assumes that we're not paying for it using sales tax, hotel taxes, or restaurant taxes - which do pretty well in the city.

I'm not opposed to negative ads (they have their time and place) and I am not opposed to McGinn. This is a poorly constructed ad.

Posted by theguy on October 27, 2009 at 10:58 AM