tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4927755339790602529.post3196634470919878423..comments2024-03-08T09:33:41.443-08:00Comments on Unite the Fight: VIDEO: New NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality Ad - Are We Too Much on the Defense?Phillip Mintonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06680426451733583939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4927755339790602529.post-29877012983530621742009-10-09T05:37:47.240-07:002009-10-09T05:37:47.240-07:00My recommendation would be a straightforward ad, p...My recommendation would be a straightforward ad, preferably narrated by a highly respected figure, that simply say equal rights under the law is the promise of the American constitution and that Maine intends to honor that promise. It doesn't have to be warm and fuzzy. No hearts and flowers. It needs to be direct and unyielding with no apologies.Jay Jonsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4927755339790602529.post-91825979415584200572009-10-09T00:55:52.711-07:002009-10-09T00:55:52.711-07:00You are right. We need to be on the offense, NOW a...You are right. We need to be on the offense, NOW and always!Mark D. Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508873047127283895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4927755339790602529.post-1488634750138570702009-10-08T14:08:11.911-07:002009-10-08T14:08:11.911-07:00Steven, I must point out that I've been saying...Steven, I must point out that <a href="http://unitethefight.blogspot.com/2009/09/video-do-you-feel-no-on-1-ads-in-maine.html" rel="nofollow">I've been saying this from beginning of the campaign</a> and not just because of this one ad. So I feel my assertions do hold. I predicted what the Yes on 1 was going to say and that we should've been able to undermine them before it got to this Phillip Mintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680426451733583939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4927755339790602529.post-28496159375038073842009-10-08T13:47:54.159-07:002009-10-08T13:47:54.159-07:00This criticism could be valid if it applied to the...This criticism could be valid if it applied to the whole campaign. But you just single out one ad - the purpose of which is to respond to a Yes ad - and then declare that the whole campaign is defensive. <br /><br />Of *course* a responsive ad is going to be defending against a charge. If No on 1 ignored the Yes ad, then it would be (rightly) accused of making the sort of classic error that Stevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4927755339790602529.post-48067280008429126402009-10-08T13:31:55.847-07:002009-10-08T13:31:55.847-07:00You are no doubt right that we are playing defense...You are no doubt right that we are playing defense in the ad and that we need to also be running positive ads as well. But I do like the ad, and I like the No on 1/Protect Maine Equality campaign in general. <br /><br />We may lose. I am nervous about the polls because I suspect that a lot of voters will tell pollsters that they are going to vote for equality but will change their minds in the Jay Jonsonnoreply@blogger.com