Another TV ad -- "A Better Day"

No one can accuse us of taking time off anymore. Using our post about how the city of Washington is better off without Heath Shuler as inspiration, we've done another TV ad.

Comments

[aathomasr]

First off the redskins [euphemism for a sex act that we decided to edit out]! They are a bunch of overpaid pussies and they have put a black mark on the league. Second, what does playing football and poltics have to do with each other. It is ill-informed sites like this that have made politics a joke. Get a life or a girlfriend or something. That is what most of us normal people do.

[JWN]

Did you feel the same way about GW becoming Pres of the USA? Seems he failed miserably at every business he owned & managed, made a lot of money from them, then went on to the highest political office in the land. As far as I am concerned, Shuler would have done a better job than GW. Your hipocracy is laughable.

[K Plu]

"In the end, whether Democrats or Republicans control the House doesn't matter, he said. "The really important thing is football. A Redskins Super Bowl vs. a Democratic Congress? That's not really that hard of a choice."

This is the most selfish and moronic comment I have ever read! Pull your head out of your arse and look around you! If the Deomcrats do not win control over Congress this fall, this country will risk being dragged into a war with Iran and will continue to amass enormous forgeign debt to "Stay the course" in Iraq. Football is a LUXURY not real life. Grow up and join the human race!

[Francis McDonald]

I just want to make a few comments. It is obvious you are a diehard Skins fan and not a Shuler fan. Heath would have been successful if the draft had turned out a bit different. In fact, TWO Qb's would have had vast different careers. Shuler's style was a better fit for Tampa and Dilfer was a better fit for the Skins. Instead, two insane draft guru's thought they could make Orange Juice with apples. Shuler was never a drop back pocket QB, he was more athletic and better on the run, and that was not what Norv was looking for.

As far as being successful, I choose to believe you separate football and reality. Shuler has a good business head and he cares about people. It would be a great change to have that type of person in Washington instead of hate mongers who have websites to air senseless opinions that have nothing to do with character, only a grudge held by a petty immature person.

Regards!

[Kim Wallihan]

How about a little levity folks? I am a die-hard Democrat but still chuckled a few times after viewing this site. If joe-blow ignorant voter really bases his vote off a clearly satirical website, then the Repug Party can have him. I really don't want him in my demographic.

[Adam Vaught]

At first I had no idea what the ad, or your site, was about. I didn't get it. But then I figured it out, and I have to say, I find this site genius. The parties make a mockery of politics, so why can't football fans when a busted draft pick runs for office. The people you complain need to relax. Bravo. (Hell, I'm a Democrat and I love it.)

[James Devitt]

Not sure I see a connection between bad quarterbacking and bad legislating. The converse is certainly not true: Jim Bunning was an outstanding pitcher, but has been an embarrassment in Congress.

[Will Graves]

This is the greatest blog in the history of man. You know the thing about Heath Shuler? He's no Jay Schroeder, that's for sure.

[sf]

wow--cool. make lots more of these and spread them all across the country, quick... one of the most honest ads i've seen in years.

[Fred Gregory]

Hey, Bush was a failure at everything he touched except for the sweetheart deal he got buying the Texas Rangers. He left Texas in debt shambles when he went to Washington. Oh yeah, he was cheerleader not football player. He hid out in the Air Guard during Nam. Bush is President and you are running crap against Schuler? FU

[Barrington Kirven]

I'm not understanding why everyone is so serious about this being a bad idea... I think it's a wonderful idea, I'm only 21 (meaning I was 9 when Heath Shuler was drafted) but I know that Heath Shuler was among the worst in the QB shuffle we had... he couldn't even beat the then-crappy Cardinals the first game of the season, instead we go Gus Ferrotte who runs his head into the wall after the slowest non-Peyton Manning bootleg in NFL history... cost us a MNF tie with the Giants... I hope Heath doesn't pull that same s#!t in Washington this time, and leave Gus slamming into Congressional lecterns if he's unable to legislate once the congressional season starts...

[HM Murdock]

Heath Shuler is to NFL quarterbacks as Steve Spurrier is to NFL head coaches.

Now, where's my dog Billy...?

[Usama]

Heath Shuler was a manchild when he first started with the Redskins ( all of 20 controlling millions?). I recall, as an avid Skins fan and DC resident, Shuler's downfall began with his sitting out training camp. But that was a BUSINESS DECISION stirred by his agent, not a major character flaw.

Moreover, while in Washington, Heath demonstrated himself to be generous in charity, of good character, humility, and genuine caring for those less fortunate then he. He never publicly berated naysayers or haters, as I recall. Now that Heath has matured, married, and settled down, he seems like a genuinely good descent man worthy of representing the good people of NC.

As for this website's attempted character assasination and assistance to a Congressmen far removed from the average mountain country folk Heath identifies with, it is a shame and disgrace.

Should a good descent man worthy of representing the Average Joe be politically assasinated by what appears to be the childish and selfish desires of a myopic malcontent? And who is joining the malcontent's side but Moon's agents, Murdoch's clones, and the GOP neocon establishment protecting their portfolios?

[Usama]

Descent => Decent.
You can tell what reference has influenced my recollection of that word.

[Ben]

What the hell did Heath Shuler do to cause the 400 murders? He wasn't the mayor, and he didn't play basketball. How can you blame DCs problems on Shuler?

He may have been a pretty shitty QB, but he had nothing to do with the 400 murders. That add sucks. At the same time it makes me laugh

[Denton Tipton]

Jason,

Just read about this site on the AP wire. This is some funny shit. And it really hit me hard. I'm a lifelong Skins fan and I grew up in Tennessee and graduated from UT. Shuler almost killed my love of the game and my favorite team. It's payback time. I can't believe how many of the posters here are attacking you. They have no sense of humor, man. BTW, I live in SD now. We should grab a beer and watch the Skins struggle to beat the lowly Vikings on Monday night. PB good for you?

[Shawn]

I cant believe that I actually viewed this site. I found a blog that gave this website. I am now less smart than I was before I logged on.

For anyone to acually takes the time to post this crap is beyond me. I guess it takes a Redskins fan who has been on the losing end of the NFL for years to incorpoarte politics with his personal stance. Oh wait, their murder rate is down 50%. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! Your facts are wrong and your education is limited by your posting of something you know nothing about.

This person has no idea what he is talking about. He has no idea of the charity work, education, and stand up attitude that this person has. Di he post this. NO. These are attributes that we want in Washington. It is retards like this that have to put people down for any reason. I think you are the same as a tablod newspaper. If you base his NFL career, and your cities ignorance to hire a crack smoker as mayor, than more power to you.

It is not the fact that you posted the blog, it is the fact that in this day in age any idiot can make the news. YOUR CITY and OUR CONGRESS, in your city, has let us down for the last 10 years. Why should we listen to you, who obvioulsy is a fat slob you thinks football has anything to do with politics.

Pay attention to your family, or betetr yet, go help a good cause in WASHINGTON D.C instead of posting this crap. Use you city instead of putting it down. Because that is what you did by posting this moronic shit.

Although this post will get you of, because people looked at your site. Hell, you more than likey have your friends over to see the blogs. Just know this.....

Your site is what this country does not want. Idiots telling people what to do.

[Adam]

No one points out that while this site will have virtually no impact on the race, what little it does will probably help Shuler. The criticisms toward him are all about football and nothing about what kind of congressman he'd make. But every time he brings up Taylor ("You're not helping us keep Shuler out of Washington"), it points out what a corrupt, right-wing douchbag he is. The "whoops, wrong site" link to the anti-Taylor site was a nice touch.

[Lyle C. Rashorta]

Heh. A nice touch indeed!

Speaking of attack ads, someone in NC-11 (I wish it was me, but I don't have that kind of talent) did a really sweet anti-Taylor ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK85bcRP-A0

THAT'S how an attack ad should be done.

Cheers,
Lyle C. Rashorta
Webmaster, TaylorSucks.org

[Pat Whalen]

Football - Politics is like church and state the two shall not mix. why not get a life and join a real team backer like Bush and Cheney. Yea like they did not FUMBLE to the people. Weapons of Mass Destruction. what a lie. What would you rather have, an interception which is recoverable or more military men and women losing their lives over a FUMBLE!!! GET REAL

[Pat Whalen]

Football - Politics is like church and state the two shall not mix. why not get a life and join a real team backer like Bush and Cheney. Yea like they did not FUMBLE to the people. Weapons of Mass Destruction. what a lie. What would you rather have, an interception which is recoverable or more military men and women losing their lives over a FUMBLE!!! GET REAL

[Dave Washburn]

This is the greatest cause of my time. I hate Heath "The Evil-Doer" Shuler , He destroyed many lives. Thank you for this wonderful cause.

[Screwy Hoolie]

Funny.

Have you seen the latest guerrilla ad about Charles Taylor?

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: http://scrutinyhooligans.blogspot.com/2006/09/guerrilla-admaker-begins-internet.html

There's also a rumor that Congressman Taylor had some sort of radical love pact with Norv Turner. I don't know the details...

[Phil]

JWN says: "Seems he failed miserably at every business he owned & managed, made a lot of money from them..."

Hmmmm...let's try to see the logic behind this statement...how exactly does someone "fail miserably at every business" he owns and manages, but then is somehow able to make "a lot of money from them"?? How does miserable failure in owning/running businesses lead to making lots of money from them? Can anyone explain this to me?

[Sam Haldi]

Democrats and liberals are shocked, shocked(!) at this light-hearted attack against Shuler. We are then subjected to the same nutty, tiresome loony-left tirades against out president and leader in a time of war.

Perhaps they prefer the halcyon days of Sandy Berger, Madeline Albright and the Boy Wonder himself, Bill Clinton. They long for the days of our secreatry of state dancing with Kim Jong Il after signing a non-proliferation treaty; which he proceeds to begin breaking the next day. They cry for the days when the former head of the NSA nixes taking out Osama and, in 2004, stuffs classified material emabarressing to the Clintonistas down his trousers and attempts to walk out of the National Archives; a crime he lated pleded guilty to. They wistfully drream of a return to the policies that brought us the 1993 WTC bombing, the bombings of our African embassies, the USS Cole attack, the Khobar Towers attack, the abandonment of US Rangers in Somalia and, the culmination of the enlightened policy of Democrats, September 11, 2001.

Ah, to have such a stalwart leader as Harry Reid who brags of defeating the Patriot Act. To hear the shrill braying of Nancy Pelosi and her ilk. It must truly be a pleasure to be a Democrat and a liberal.

Why, I'll bet they are even still buying the "religion of peace" nonsense endlessly espoused by the mainstream media.

Ah, to be a liberal...life is so peaceful and wonderful.