Michigan GOP releases ad bashing Detroit.

**iheartthed** · October-09-12, 05:06 PM

LB Patterson requests it to be removed from the airwaves. GOP refuses:

Matt Frendeway, Michigan Republican Party spokesman, said the party does not consult with candidates before running ads and feels strongly the ad should continue its run on cable TV.

"It's factual and we think it's an important message to convey to voters — that you have Oakland County, where things are going well under Republican leadership," Frendeway said.

As for objections from candidates being promoted in ads, "We respect that and appreciate their thoughts, and at the end of the day we remain independent, and we will continue to be," Frendeway said.

The 34-second TV piece says Detroit is "a place known for outrageous spending and crushing debt, for blight and decay, corruption and incompetence. That's hard on business and terrible for jobs."

It shows multiple images of decrepit buildings around the city and footage of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick being escorted out of police cars and courtrooms during his criminal trials.

Then it dovetails into the merits of Oakland County and its AAA bond rating, saying: "We do things differently … we are open for business and always creating jobs."

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...#ixzz28qGSCHal

**detroitsgwenivere** · October-09-12, 05:19 PM

Is anyone really shocked about this ad? It's affirming a message regularly spoken outloud by many mi residents.

Maybe one day the political consulting hacks will tell us something we haven't heard yet. But I won't hold my breath.

**Detroitnerd** · October-09-12, 05:21 PM

Only the Michigan GOP would be brilliant enough to dis the state's major city right in its own market. What's next from these guys? A bombing campaign?

**Cinderpath** · October-09-12, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by Detroitnerd

Only the Michigan GOP would be brilliant enough to dis the state's major city right in its own market. What's next from these guys? A bombing campaign?

I see the circular firing squad has been re-inacted. It'll be a real knee-slapper when Romney has to spend his next years doing something besides running for Pres, when Obama gets re-elected.

**jmcguire30** · October-15-12, 07:05 PM

Two types of republicans--millionaires and morons.

**313WX** · October-15-12, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by jmcguire30

Two types of republicans--millionaires and morons.

And moronic millionaires.

**Zacha341** · October-15-12, 08:55 PM

Hmm, don't forget the millionaires in the democratic cache of folk...

Originally Posted by 313WX

And moronic millionaires.

**Jimaz** · October-15-12, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Hmm, don't forget the millionaires in the democratic cache of folk...

Your slip is showing.

**Det_ard** · October-09-12, 05:26 PM

Oh no, think of all the Detroit votes the GOP will lose now!

**Detroitnerd** · October-09-12, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Det_ard

Oh no, think of all the Detroit votes the GOP will lose now!

No, I think of the businessperson staying at a hotel going over a deal he's going to seal tomorrow morning, looking at this kind of infighting, and considering doing his business anywhere but in metro Detroit next time.

**MidTownMs** · October-09-12, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by Det_ard

Oh no, think of all the Detroit votes the GOP will lose now!

I don't think the GOP was counting on any votes from Detroit.

**brizee** · October-09-12, 08:07 PM

Cutting off your nose to spite your face and shitting where you eat.

WHY do this

Why go this route?

I can't wait to move to Chicago.

**j to the jeremy** · October-10-12, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by brizee

Cutting off your nose to spite your face and shitting where you eat.

WHY do this

Why go this route?

I can't wait to move to Chicago.

tell me bout it

**Cincinnati_Kid** · October-16-12, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by brizee

Cutting off your nose to spite your face and shitting where you eat.

WHY do this

Why go this route?

I can't wait to move to Chicago.

Like the Big Windy is any better. They have their share of problems too, like a murder rate that's just as bad as Detroit, granted it's much bigger.

**brizee** · October-16-12, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Cincinnati_Kid

Like the Big Windy is any better. They have their share of problems too, like a murder rate that's just as bad as Detroit, granted it's much bigger.

And?

Any big city is gonna have problems.

Chicago and Philly are violent as hell.

NYC has the stop and frisk bullshit.

I won't have live around these arrogant hypocritical fucks in their shitty little feifdoms anymore.

**Zacha341** · October-10-12, 05:07 AM

There may be one or two repub votes in varied areas of a given ballot even in the D! I've worked at the elections centers and have handled a few 'spoiled' ballots due to people trying to vote both dem and repub in areas on the ballot where you cannot mix the two - such as in the primaries.

We had to issue a new ballot in those cases, so I know more people are not doing the default straight dem option.

Originally Posted by MidTownMs

I don't think the GOP was counting on any votes from Detroit.

**erikd** · October-13-12, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by MidTownMs

I don't think the GOP was counting on any votes from Detroit.

I'm sure that is exactly what the far right Repubs were thinking when they aired this ad. Contrary to popular belief, there are Republicans in Detroit, although they are certainly a minority.

What they forget is that there are a lot of Democrats and Independents in Oakland County, many who do not hate Detroit, and would really like to see things improve in the city. This type of anti-Detroit ad isn't going to turn Democrats and Independents into supporters of the Republican Party. If anything, it will cause them to be less likely to support Republicans.

**detmsp** · October-09-12, 07:19 PM

Maybe we should focus our outrage on the fact that our city is F-ed up as opposed to being outraged that people have noticed.

**ejames01** · October-09-12, 08:10 PM

These people are too idiotic to understand that doing this makes them look bad too.

**antongast** · October-09-12, 08:20 PM

You know your party has gone totally off the rails when L. Brooks freaking Patterson is your voice of moderation.

**brizee** · October-09-12, 09:12 PM

Wait a second.

Hold the phone.

Do not pass go.

I just read some of the comments in the news about the idiot behind this ad.

PLEASE somebody confirm this cocksucker owns delapidated property in the city!!!

Pretty please.

It'd be Christmas, my birthday, and cherry popping day all wrapped up at once!

**DetroiterOnTheWestCoast** · October-09-12, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by brizee

Wait a second.

Hold the phone.

Do not pass go.

I just read some of the comments in the news about the idiot behind this ad.

PLEASE somebody confirm this cocksucker owns delapidated property in the city!!!

Pretty please.

It'd be Christmas, my birthday, and cherry popping day all wrapped up at once!

Don't give us cocksuckers a bad name by associating us with him.

**Bham1982** · October-10-12, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by brizee

Wait a second.

Hold the phone.

Do not pass go.

I just read some of the comments in the news about the idiot behind this ad.

PLEASE somebody confirm this cocksucker owns delapidated property in the city!!!

Pretty please.

It'd be Christmas, my birthday, and cherry popping day all wrapped up at once!

Are you referring to Schostak? I know him personally, and I seriously doubt he owns dilapidated properties in the city [[or in any city, for that matter). Their investment focus generally doesn't really fit with urban anything.

And, while I wouldn't run the ad, because it's divisive, it's also 100% true.

**iheartthed** · October-10-12, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by Bham1982

And, while I wouldn't run the ad, because it's divisive, it's also 100% true.

Is it?

The Packard Plant, which was shown in the ad as an example of Democrats mismanaging Detroit, closed in 1957. Detroit had two Republican mayors in 1957, Albert Cobo, who died in office, and Louis Miriani who replaced him and remained in office for 4 and a half years.

**Melocoton** · October-10-12, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Bham1982

And, while I wouldn't run the ad, because it's divisive, it's also 100% true.

It's amazing that anyone can seriously believe that Detroit spends "outrageously." Every service has been cut for years--our parks department budget is probably less than many suburban county towns with a fraction of the population. Firehouses are understaffed when they're not closed completely. If you really think Detroit is "overspending" you are totally delusional.