Comments on: Huntsville TV Station Pulls 2 Anti-Griffith Ads

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:00:26 +0000

Okay, he said it. So why can’t they play it. And Wayne Parker has said what he believes (debates, website, commercials, etc), and PG has said what he believes. So its not like we have no idea what each person wants. Also, much of the negative campaigning isn’t done by each candidate. It is outside groups (DCCC, NRCC, Freedom’s Watch). I have seen an Excel Document that shows that the DCCC has run more Ads against WP than anyone else, but the NRCC and Freedom’s Watch have run a bunch of ads against PG. My point is it goes both ways. And if you aren’t voting because you don’t know what each candidate stands for just go to their websites (because they can’t say everything in commercials).

By: mark

mark — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:08:18 +0000

A new film that was recently launched http://thethirdjihad.com/ – I think every American should watch this film to really understand the threats of radical Islam

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:35:11 +0000

television stations that try to be the news, like waay, instead of report the news are the problem with having liberals controlling government. this is so ridiculous, but i bet parker griffith is dancing on those old charts that say he is a terrible doctor. this is the tv version of the fairness doctrine.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:21:14 +0000

Good for this tv station! I wish they would take down the ads against Bright in district 2! They are the same deceptive ads being run in this district!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:55:22 +0000

#10 you are seeing what you want to see. Wayne Parker has a great ad on right now talking about his plans for North Alabama. Parker Griffith has not said anything of substance on his ads that is true – it is easily debunked. Griffith’s voting record cannot be disputed and it does not match his rhetoric.

As for this ad, bring it on. Can’t spin when it’s in your own words and the actual questions say nothing about Christianity.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:41:43 +0000

I’m not voting for either one of these jokers, but clearly Peanut’s lackeys are in the wrong here. They latch on to anything they can to make anyone look bad.

I sound like a Griffth homer, but it’s obvious to any rational person that Wayne Parker is only trying to make Griffth look bad so that he doesn’t have to talk about his own vision for NORTH ALABAMA.

That being said. I urge everyone to not vote for either one. If I was forced to vote, I’d choose Griffith, but thankfully we still live is America. I will pull the lever for McCain, Linda Hall and Fran Hamilton. For the first time ever, I will obstain from voting for Congress. I wish I lived in the Bright/Love district where the choice is clear.

By: War Eagle 34

War Eagle 34 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:55:33 +0000

This ad is horrible, very much like ads run against Bright where he says “yes” when asked about Obama. It is much like the terrorism ads run against Segall. Our political scene is getting out of hand. Scare tactics, I am sure, work. Lying works. What kind of a society have we created.

By: The Sandman

The Sandman — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:54:32 +0000

Once again the cowards at WAAY bend over and take it from Parker Griffith. Absolutely pathetic. Here’s hoping the management at the other three TV stations decide to grow a pair and tell Griffith he can take his threats and stick them where the sun doesn’t shine.

By: Reactionary

Reactionary — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:28:13 +0000

IIRC this is the second (maybe third) ad that WAAY has decided not to run. WAAY and WAFF both declined to run an NRCC ad, but WHNT ran the ad.

http://www.theattackmachine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=101

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:25:25 +0000

That is ridiculous. I guess that station is scared of Griffith’s lawyers and/or they have their own agenda. The ads are fine or the other stations would have protested too.

By: Reactionary

Reactionary — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:17:02 +0000

“we have nothing to fear from radical Islam”

- Parker Griffith

If the context really was Faith, I can see how Griffith’s ‘materialism’ is a greater threat to his personal faith, given that he is alleged (and documented) to have intentionally caused patient suffering for his personal greed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:39:47 +0000

To comment on the above post, it would stand to reason that Griffith’s bullying arm would be aggressively calling the other networks with the press release so they can say, “See! This network pulled it!”

Let’s see if that happens so we can play “predict the bully.”

Oh, and let’s not forget that the ad was airing until Griffith complained. If it was so bad, why did it go on air first?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:20:30 +0000

Nope, or they would have been gone on all 4 networks. Check your facts about the cancer ads and you will see the same pattern.

To follow your logic, there’s also no quote at all from the TV station, just Griffith and his supporter.

Misleading and false citations are the issue, not misleading and false content. But see how the wording is vague enough to be construed by the Griffith people how they want?

That’s bully behavior. Not someone who is honest and straightforward – but someone twisting the facts.

By: Dan R.

Dan R. — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:16:39 +0000

There’s no mention of the sources of these two ads. It sounds like these were pulled down on content alone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:03:18 +0000

The important thing to note here is that there are 4 TV stations in Huntsville. Only one is noted in the press release as having pulled the ads.

What about the other 3?

Griffith has issue with the citations, not the content of the ads. His lawyers did the same thing with the cancer ad and they were found to be factually correct and put back on the air but of course Griffith got his press release just as he is here.

This is typical Griffith bullying and nothing else.