I saw *a lot* of the advertising, TV & print, for both sides. IMO, the 'no on 8' campaign threw the kitchen sink at the populace & got a split vote. The 'yes on 8' campaign hammered home two lies -- school indoctrination & churches losing nonprofit status -- & those resonated a little more strongly with the ppl who came out to vote.
The 'no' campaign also overestimated/misread the Obama effect: Dems did not overwhelmingly vote against 8.
You can nitpick a few ads & say they needed more, but this was the costliest ballot measure the U.S. has ever seen (on both sides), so I don't think more ads with different messages would have been the perfect thing.
Outreach into foreign territory? Yeah, that would helped, but that's extremely difficult unless you have authenticity. Where are these multicultural & religious leaders who are powerful & charismatic enough to carry some weight & truly bridge between the evangelical communities & the LGBT communities?
I can't go knocking the campaign bec. they at least tried & harder than anyone has tried in any state on any similar measure. I lay the blame squarely on the people of California who voted for that hateful prop., who didn't pay attention, who sucked up the lies, who let their religious views taint their participation in government. The biggest excuse I've heard in various news sources for voting 'yes' was Biblical. Fighting that takes a lot more than some well-crafted ads.
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Date: 2008-11-11 02:39 am (UTC)The 'no' campaign also overestimated/misread the Obama effect: Dems did not overwhelmingly vote against 8.
You can nitpick a few ads & say they needed more, but this was the costliest ballot measure the U.S. has ever seen (on both sides), so I don't think more ads with different messages would have been the perfect thing.
Outreach into foreign territory? Yeah, that would helped, but that's extremely difficult unless you have authenticity. Where are these multicultural & religious leaders who are powerful & charismatic enough to carry some weight & truly bridge between the evangelical communities & the LGBT communities?
I can't go knocking the campaign bec. they at least tried & harder than anyone has tried in any state on any similar measure. I lay the blame squarely on the people of California who voted for that hateful prop., who didn't pay attention, who sucked up the lies, who let their religious views taint their participation in government. The biggest excuse I've heard in various news sources for voting 'yes' was Biblical. Fighting that takes a lot more than some well-crafted ads.