well yes. they do unfortunately. my grandparents firmly believe that some lawmakers want to legalize abortions at 8-9 months because of the ads they’ve seen. you’re basically just allowed to spew complete bullshit and many people get suckered into believing it.

Very flawed logic, but people do seem to buy it unfortunately.

The beach around Forks or LaPush.

Most republican ads are projection and gaslighting. Dems can be pretty annoying too though. But I definitely called Smiley a dumb cunt in reaction to some of her ads.

It’s Lewis County, so… yeah.

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Forensic ballistics would wrap that case up pretty quick.

If you want to mail it, your ballot just needs to be postmarked by Election Day.

Colorado has a few GOP campaigns like that too. As example, Lauren Boebert (maybe you’ve heard of her lol), who will more than likely win her race.

It’s a nation wide GOP talking point. In Denver, it really feels like our local police are helping the narrative along.

DPD is basically useless, whilst demanding more money. We’re being held hostage.

Last month, all we heard about was rainbow fentanyl, how drug dealers don’t care how many children/people they kill, it’s the point, yadda yadda, but it’s also somehow all about the money they make. I don’t know, seems like a faulty business model to me.

Yes, this type of campaign does and will work because the Republican Party can’t win on platform and policy anymore, they openly lie, cheat, steal, intimidate on a grander stage than a PNW border towns local race.

It’s planned, it’s purposeful, and the majority of people who vote for them are in on it too. they’ve been promised blood, they’re thirsty for it.

We are in serious fucking trouble.

PS. Just saw my daughter off to UVic. 🥹 she’s having the best time. She visits next week and I cannot wait.

FiveThirtyEight.com has Murray comfortably ahead of Smiley. They are historically very accurate.

She is, in no way, a progressive.

The ads absolutely work. Ads in general work.

I got 3 smear campaign ads from Tiffany Smiley’s campaign. She is trying real hard.

I’ve lived in the same house in Puyallup for 27 yrs; I’m out!

But wait, how many times have you moved in the past three years? Your answer will determine if you are qualified (especially if there were kids in tow)

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The ads don't sway people, but they do work.

Few change their opinion, but quite a lot of people fail to vote because of apathy or laziness or because it's inconvenient. Ads MOTIVATE people. If Smiley spends more, then more people who already dislike Patty Murray will spend the ten minutes it takes to sit down and vote.

So the ads don't have to be so good that they convince opponents to change views. They just have to push the right buttons.

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The Russian bots are glitching

It rained today because the border is open..... if enough people say it, then it's true, if it's true, then it's facts...#newfacts lol

Her entire campaign is almost centered around blaming a U.S. Senator for crime in Seattle.

She is from Pasco and currently lives in Pasco. Went to college at Whitworth University in Spokane. She grew up on a farm and went to a very Christian school for nursing. Yet she has the audacity to act like she knows anything about Seattle or its problems. Fuck you Smiley. You’re full of shit. If you want to run for statewide office and you’re going to target the state’s biggest city and economic hub, you’re not going to win. A good Washington state senator would try to unify the state instead of divide it.

Why does someone who lives in Pasco care about crime in Seattle? Because they want to score vain political points.

Even though Washington's education system is better than most, it's still the United States, and therefore full of willful ignorance and outright stupidity

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Political ads are stupid. I just want a politician that tells me why I should vote for them and what they can do for me and my community instead of just attacking the other person. Those ads immediately turn me off.

Yes!!!