Ban Political Commercials after Debates

[Norquist Nemesis]

Last night, right after the debates, guess what commercial was aired...just guess!

That's right. The newest swiftvetsforbush spot with the wives calling Kerry a traitor. Also, a couple of Bush ads.

I didn't see any Kerry ads. I don't know whether the Kerry campaign bought time or not...still.

I'm thinking that there should be something like a 12-hour ban on any political advertising (both parties, all candidates, all 527's, etc.) following a presidential debate. (period) Put up the BP, Merrill Lynch, Lexus, Wal-Mart, whatever they want but NO POLITICAL SPOTS.

Anyone else???

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. guess I'm alone on this one...

:shrug:

[LowerManhattanite]

2. I too saw the Sh*t Boat vets ad...

...but (pun intended) "that boat has sailed". They are well into their sixteenth minute of fame and all folks can say now is Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

[DaveinMD]

3. you can't ban political commercials

that would be a huge conflict with the first amendment. The answer to bad speech is more speech, not restrictions on speech.

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. How so?

It's restricted in other ways dealing with election events. JMO, but I don't see how having a short period of time free of paid political advertising designed to influence the voters is a 1st amendment violation. Once the (proposed) 12 hours is up, they can run at will.

527's already have restrictions on how they can say things and when they can say them. Candidates have restrictions on their activities on election day. Corporations are allowed to refuse advertising (moveon.org ad during SuperBowl) as they see fit.

[Forkboy]

5. Disagree

we dont ban things just because we dont like them.