How can I describe the smell of this mailer Jane? Let me see, it smelled like a skunk climbeded up a guys rear end and thenna died and hadda beena there for a month!
Posted on 10/30/2010 9:17:33 AM PDT by Libloather
Scratch 'n Sniff Mailers: Loretta Sanchez Smells Bad
Oct 25 2010, 1:40 PM ET
The Hotline reports that, in the ethnically charged race for California's 47th congressional district, scratch 'n sniff mailers are being deployed to insinuate that incumbent Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D) is smelly:
Assemb. Van Tran (R) "is sending out a scratch-and-sniff direct mail piece attacking" Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D) "that features a hideous odor emanating from it."
The mailer: "Open for a fragrance sample of 'Loretta, The Scent Of Washington.'" The mailer, on the inside: "Something smells rotten about Loretta. It's the stench of Washington." "Below that is the scratch and sniff panel."
**SNIP**
UPDATE: A GOP aide informs me that "it is a horrible odor--like a combination of 5 or 6 of the worst possible scents you can imagine."
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Candidate Sends Out Scratch-and-Sniff Mailers That Smell Like S**t
Sanchez Opponent Distributes Stinky Mailer to Portray Insider Politics
The Buzz: Van Tran mailer raises big stink about Loretta Sanchez
Tran sends out 'stinky' flier against Sanchez
Calif. candidate mails scratch-and-sniff attack ad
Funny ... but a serious waste of cash, but as it will mostly just make folks annoyed with Mr. Tran, it will probably backfire.
I wonder how this kooky idea will play with the average voter in her district?
I would’ve preferred something that was much more simple–if you want higher taxes vote for Loretta Sanchez (fake name)
If you want medical care that you can’t afford, vote for Loretta Sanchez
If you want electrical bills that you can afford to pay for, vote for Obama and Loretta Sanchez
etc
I wonder how this kooky idea will play with the average voter in her district?
I would’ve preferred something that was much more simple–if you want higher taxes vote for Loretta Sanchez (fake name)
If you want medical care that you can’t afford, vote for Loretta Sanchez
If you want electrical bills that you CANNOT afford to pay for, vote for Obama and Loretta Sanchez
etc
How can I describe the smell of this mailer Jane? Let me see, it smelled like a skunk climbeded up a guys rear end and thenna died and hadda beena there for a month!
You never know about the subliminal stuff. They may just unconsciously associate a bad odor with Sanchez. Who knows? But the whole idea, to me, stinks.
And - it will be deemed racist before the end of the day as well.
They all stink anyway.
“If you want electrical bills that you can afford to pay for, vote for Obama and Loretta Sanchez”
Uhh, I dont’t think Obama and Sanchez will lower your electric bill;) , although they might make the trains run on time/s;)
Somehow, I think Loretta’s a big-time smoker anyway, maybe cigars...I could picture her reeking of stale smoke....
Only whites can be racist, Van Trahn has not yet recieved his honorary whiteness degree from the Left, yet.
True ‘dat - he will first be accused of attacking a fellow minority - like a white would do and then be charged with being a racist - just like a white person.
There is the greatest commercial running out of the twin cities it shows kids having candy taken out of their bags it then shows a state trooper who says thats what will happen to your money if dayton is elected he says dayton thinks he and his wife who is a nurse are rich and they are not. I tried finding the video but wasn’t able to it is just a really good one. Anyone know how to find it? Would love for all to see it.
Stupid idea, and it will be called racist.
Typo
Corrected 30 seconds later
Sorry!!!
The person who discovered it, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, described how, after thoroughly washing the glass vessel in which he had prepared the compound, and then letting it "air out" outdoors for six months, the flask still smelled of cacodyl.
Talk about snatching defeat from a decent opportunity for victory, this has got to be the worst expenditure of campagin cash and one of the all time stupidest ideas I’ve ever heard. “Hey, let’s annoy the hell out of any undecided voters by mailing them something foul-smelling at the last minute. Yeah! That’s the ticket! Of course that’ll make them vote for me!” Are you kidding me? This alone would make me question his judgment as a congressman. The consultant who came up with this idea should be fired.
No one’s going to smell it anyway. Like all political mailers, it goes directly into the trash.
In terms of getting the spotlight on the candidate, it appears to be wildly effective. Isn't that what the campaign is spending money on? Who doesn't think the current bunch in D.C. stinks?
Vote #1 Cap-and Trade Bill (American Clean Energy and Security Tax H.R. 2454)
Sanchez Voted: YES
A vote in favor of this bill established a “Cap-and-Trade” regime to reduce carbon emissions to slow “global
warming.” Also known as “Cap-and-Tax,” the bill would impose a new national energy tax costing each family
$3,000 per year on average. It is estimated to increase unemployment by 1,105,000 jobs per year.
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Vote #2 Obamacare Private Health Care Takeover (Affordable Healthcare for America Act H.R. 3962)
Voted: YES
This Obamacare bill slashed Medicare benefits by nearly $500 billion for Seniors who paid into the system their
entire working lives, while increasing taxes $565 billion. The bill requires private insurers to add applicants with
pre-existing conditions and children to the age of 26, raising private health insurance costs for most working
Americans and small business. Bill mandates that 30 million Americans buy private insurance or receive free
government care. Bill provides for “rationing” for life-saving medical procedures. The Congressional Budget Office
estimates Obamacare will add $1 trillion to federal costs over the next decade.
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Vote #3 Obama-Pelosi Stimulus (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act H.R. 1)
Voted: YES
A vote in favor of this bill approved $819 billion for President Obama’s stimulus program. One third of the
stimulus provided for funds to state and local government to keep public employees employed. Since passage of
the economic stimulus, unemployment has increased to 9.6%, the highest unemployment rate in 26 years.
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Vote #4 Election of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House
Voted: YES
The first and most consequential act of Congress, a vote in favor of Nancy Pelosi (Democrat-San Francisco) to be
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for the 111th Congress.
Vote these sleazeballs out of congress!!!
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