Comments on: Slow News Day Roundup http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/ Politics in Iowa from a progressive viewpoint. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Lee http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-150 Lee Tue, 09 May 2006 20:18:11 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-150 Cable isn't anti-Fallon, expensive is anti-Fallon. I kinda liked the ads; it is good that someone is doing an atypical spot. As an Iowan, I have seen so many slow-walking-in-a-field-while-delivering-a-monologue ads, that I’ll watch these <i>at least</i> all the way through once. Cable isn’t anti-Fallon, expensive is anti-Fallon.

I kinda liked the ads; it is good that someone is doing an atypical spot.

As an Iowan, I have seen so many slow-walking-in-a-field-while-delivering-a-monologue ads, that I’ll watch these at least all the way through once.

]]> By: Hannah http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-151 Hannah Tue, 09 May 2006 20:27:01 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-151 Atypical good. Lack of substance bad. They should have made the cute part the get your attention opener and then done a little monologue. When Ed came to Grinnell he elaborated on how the money issue effects every other issue-healthcare, environment, etc. He can't just say "I'm not for sale" and expect folks to get it. Besides, his monologue isn't your run of the mill monologue anyway. Does the one with subtitles w/ him mouthing the words even make sense? Isn't his whole thing that he's the only one with a voice left? Also, lots of people (the kind of people who would probably be interested in Fallon) don't have cable precisely because it is expensive. When my roommate's boyfriend saw the ad, he exclaimed "Iowa doesn't want that hat!" But I won't go there. Atypical good. Lack of substance bad. They should have made the cute part the get your attention opener and then done a little monologue. When Ed came to Grinnell he elaborated on how the money issue effects every other issue-healthcare, environment, etc. He can’t just say “I’m not for sale” and expect folks to get it. Besides, his monologue isn’t your run of the mill monologue anyway.

Does the one with subtitles w/ him mouthing the words even make sense? Isn’t his whole thing that he’s the only one with a voice left?

Also, lots of people (the kind of people who would probably be interested in Fallon) don’t have cable precisely because it is expensive.

When my roommate’s boyfriend saw the ad, he exclaimed “Iowa doesn’t want that hat!” But I won’t go there.

]]> By: Chris Woods http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-152 Chris Woods Tue, 09 May 2006 20:53:39 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-152 As Lee alluded to, the cable buys for Fallon, while impressive, are simply required for his campaign because it costs soooo much more to run ads during the local news and on the basic channels. Advertising on cable is much cheaper, not to mention it reaches some people who don't normally see the ads and who might be more impacted by the cutesy ads than folks who watch the local news. As Lee alluded to, the cable buys for Fallon, while impressive, are simply required for his campaign because it costs soooo much more to run ads during the local news and on the basic channels. Advertising on cable is much cheaper, not to mention it reaches some people who don’t normally see the ads and who might be more impacted by the cutesy ads than folks who watch the local news.

]]> By: Hannah http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-153 Hannah Tue, 09 May 2006 21:00:14 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-153 Just saying it's a 2-way street. I've never had cable in my life, and plenty of candidates run ads. It'd be a shame to miss out. Just saying it’s a 2-way street. I’ve never had cable in my life, and plenty of candidates run ads. It’d be a shame to miss out.

]]> By: Drew Miller http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-156 Drew Miller Wed, 10 May 2006 07:12:05 +0000 http://iowaprogress.com/2006/05/09/slow-news-day-roundup/#comment-156 100% agree about the hat. Seriously. 100% agree about the hat. Seriously.

]]>