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You May Have Screwed up in Your Job, but Have You Ever Aired Attack Ads in the Wrong State? (www.jezebel.com)
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A pro-Susan Collins PAC in Maine accidentally spent thousands of dollars airing attack ads in ... Portland, Oregon.

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[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 35 minutes ago

But the military contractors' checks all arrived at Collins' super PAC when they were supposed to, and that's all that really matters to Senator Collins.

To read how her campaign is talking about the error, $25k on ads spent in the wrong place is nothing.

Maybe that's how it is when your campaign is funded by kickbacks made of taxpayer cash to be paid down the line, along with extra trillionaire dollars thrown your way for the election because your seat's a bit hot these days.

Those pearls won't clutch themselves, Susie. Best get to it.

[-] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Probably because the buyer isn't from either.

[-] Yew@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

I get political attack ads for the wrong state all the time.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I'm in Vancouver, Canada, and i get soooo much trump email. Got on a mail list somehow and haven't been able to get off. Fortunately they accept email changes. Just not unsubscribes. So it's easy to filter with an email tag.

Also i get the odd phone poll from Georgia about my politics. I like to make up a new persona every time.

[-] don_kiedyck@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Same. I’m in Kansas and got some from California last night. Don’t vote for that person outside of my state? No problem.

[-] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 12 hours ago

Pfft, what a waste of money, we’d feed that POS Troy Jackson his own entrails 15 minutes after stepping foot in Oregon

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

Jezebel still exists?

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

Yeah, they're the ones who paid Etsy witches to curse Charlie Kirk, who certainly escaped any fictional curse but coincidentally died a couple days later from a gunshot wound.

I have no further comment, just leaving that there for anyone who's wondering how and why Jezebel is still around: we just don't know.

(/s for anyone who needs it)

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

Geez

[-] GonzoAtBarstow@lemmy.world -1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

wrong Portland is my guess

Portland Maine is Portland #1 according to Jon Stewart

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

Knew a guy who found a smoking deal on a flight to St. Petersburg Russia. It took him a few weeks to realize it was for Petersburg Alaska.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

the bigger question is why russia though?

[-] PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Well, how was his trip?

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago

What, like the article immediately and clearly states?

[-] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Id be surprised if even 5% of internet comments were made by people who actually read the article/watched the full video

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

It's very clear browsing threads that you are still overestimating, I think. heh. It's very frustrating.

[-] GonzoAtBarstow@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

yea guilty

[-] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

At least your guess was correct :)

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

And according to... history

[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 8 hours ago

But now we get to wonder who it was that made the mistake: somebody's unpaid intern, or somebody's AI assistant?

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