Comments on: Code Talking: The Reason I Don’t Write Political Marketing Ads

By: Roberta Rosenberg

Roberta Rosenberg — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:10:45 +0000

@Tom – I don’t think things were any nicer back then at all. If you read some of the political pamphlets used against Jefferson, Jackson – wow, makes our stuff look tame.

@Graham – I loved “Speechless!” Local candidates pay even worse. I’d rather give my $20 toward a candidate than get stiffed for $2000.

By: Graham Strong

Graham Strong — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:21:43 +0000

I think national politics is a little higher charged than local. I can’t see doing any marketing at the crucial levels, but working with a local candidate that I believed in would not be out of the question.

Reminds me of that movie “Speechless” with Michael Keaton and Geena Davis. Very underrated movie in my opinion, though perhaps you have to be a writer to appreciate it. It was funny watching them compete for the best sound bite, fooling with each other’s teleprompter, and coining a name for the friendship ditch.

Yes, funny to watch, but actually doing it myself doesn’t appeal to me…

~Graham

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By: Tom Chandler/Copywriter Underground

Tom Chandler/Copywriter Underground — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:53:35 +0000

Ogilvy famously wrote that he wouldn’t take on political advertising because politicians weren’t good credit risks, and also because he believed in truth in advertising, yet political campaigns clearly didn’t.

And hell, that was back when things were nicer.

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