Has it been common practice in the past to buy ads for a supreme court nominee?

[Frustratedlady]

I'm seeing several ads on Kavanaugh. Maybe ads were on and I ignored them, but I sure can't remember any. These Kavanaugh ads are on several times/day in the few hours I have the TV on.

[Meadowoak]

1. The Koch brothers want their boy.

[oberliner]

2. For and against, yes

Ad Campaign Says Roberts Backed Violent Protesters

A prominent abortion rights group launched a television ad yesterday that accuses Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. of siding with violent extremists and a convicted clinic bomber while serving in the solicitor general's office, an accusation that Roberts's supporters immediately condemned as a flagrant distortion.

The ad, sponsored by NARAL Pro-Choice America, focuses on Roberts's role in a case involving whether a 19th-century anti-Ku Klux Klan statute could be used to shut down blockades of health clinics by abortion protesters. The solicitor general's office filed a friend-of-the-court brief siding with the clinic protesters, including Operation Rescue. The high court ruled 6 to 3 against the health clinics in January 1993.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/08/AR2005080801460.html

[Frustratedlady]

5. I haven't seen that ad. Thanks for the info.

[oberliner]

7. You're welcome

There were these as well:

NRA ad takes on Kagan, Sotomayor

Justice Sonia Sotomayor's decision last month to oppose broader individual gun rights under the 2nd Amendment is being cited by the National Rifle Assn. as reason for senators to oppose Elena Kagan, President Obama's second nominee to the Supreme Court.

The NRA released an anti-Kagan ad this week that shows Sotomayor seemingly assuring senators during her confirmation hearing last year that she supports individual gun rights. Citing her vote in June to uphold a handgun ban in Chicago, the ad urges members to call their senators and "tell them not to fall for the same trick twice."

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/14/nation/la-na-kagan-nra-20100714

[Frustratedlady]

10. Well, it's rather obvious I turn off my brain when ads come on.

Now that you mention the NRA, I do recall some of those. NRA ads would definitely be in the category I would ignore whether they were for or against any legislation for guns. I gave up on the NRA a long time ago. It is a relief they are basically hiding after all the bad publicity and Russian connections being exposed.

[hlthe2b]

3. well, I just want to reach through the screen and throttle the woman who talks about how "nice" he

is... no discussion of his horrific opinions (I get the impression she has no clue whatsoever as to his opinions nor probably cares)...

I hate that ad with a passion. It speaks to the worst stereotypes the RW tries to promote about the "superficiality of women"... She really shouldn't worry her pretty little head, after all.

[Frustratedlady]

9. LOL! I hear ya! She is irritating.

No doubt, she is an actress from some agency. I have to admit, they do a pretty good job of selecting actors for their ads. If you are naïve, they'll get ya. I find many Republican women follow their husband's opinions or choice for office. Think for yourself, lady. Grrr!

[SamKnause]

4. Side note:

Every ad I have seen has a woman spokesperson endorsing him.

This is intentional.

Intimating that women want Roe vs Wade overturned.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Yes, I have also noticed that.

What bothers me about Kavanaugh is why the Republicans won't release any of the documents the Democrats have requested. What's he hiding?

[2naSalit]

11. Every evil thing that

he is and does for starters.

[oberliner]

8. That is a pretty smart advertising strategy