Have you seen Joni Ernst's new ad, "Shoot"?

[Skidmore]

I just saw it and went immediately to her FB page to let her know that this offensive piece was not acceptable. It just isn't. I won't post the ad here to give her bandwidth. It does involve her pointing a gun a lot, talking tough Teabagger talk, and there is an implication that she wants to go to DC to take the President out. Yuk. Yuk. Yuk. It is a despicable ad and deserves some pushback.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Now, if she could mix hog castration...

with guns, she'd have something.

But, complaining on her FB page likely won't have the effect that coming in last in the primary would. An embarrassing loss might signal the others that this sort of thing is in really bad taste.

[madaboutharry]

2. She's a politician.

This type of ad is like any television commercial trying to sell a product. Riding up on a motorcycle, shooting a gun…its all Madison Avenue bullshit. She comes off like a typical republican female politician trying to act like John Wayne. The sad thing is that I just saw the first lawn sign for her in my neighborhood. Ugh.

[Skidmore]

3. We still need to push back on the tone and tenor.

Sure it is an ad, but all advertising, regardless of product, shapes expectations and reinforces attitudes. This is why the Teabaggers have gotten so much traction. They have only recently started receiving push back. I refuse to let Iowa become part of Teabagger nation. We are better than this.

[madaboutharry]

4. I agree with you 100%.

Don't get me wrong, I think she and her commercials are horrible.

[rurallib]

5. Joni Cutyernutzoff

Crazier than Clovis, Jerkier than Jacobs

[cyberswede]

6. I thought she seemed like she was trying to be Sarah Palin.

Needless to day, it made me

[47of74]

10. Well of course, considering the head Alaskan Snow Grifter endorsed her.

[IADEMO2004]

7. She is shooting at every Iowan that has or is one blood test away from needing the ACA protections.

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Her new billionaire friends have made her into something I no longer recognize.

[HuskiesHowls]

8. Just saw it tonight, and noticed the target

To me, it appears that they're showing the target from the backside, or possibly those aren't even bullet holes. Talk about truth in advertising!!

One other thing about her ads, and ALL the Republican ads, is the way they talk about "good conservative sense" here in Iowa. Iowa and "conservative" in the same sentence?? That's not the state that I've grown up in!! From what I've seen in my life, and learned about our history, Iowa has always (until recently) been pretty darned progressive. We don't need her, and her ilk changing that!!

What we all do need to do, is help GOTV this fall, and get a good Democrat representing the 3rd district, and Bruce Braley taking Harkin's Senate seat!!

[Skidmore]

9. After watching Joni terrorize the state, we are then treated to that

Texas oil man who won't even admit he's running as an R. Thus far his credentials appear to be that he was a good paperboy when he was a kid.