{"id":2984,"date":"2011-04-24T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2012-05-29T16:58:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:58:38","slug":"ad-watch-lets-celebrate-the-gst-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2984","title":{"rendered":"Ad Watch: Let&#8217;s celebrate the GST cut!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a commercial very <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/election-08-ad-watch-subtle-micro.html\">reminiscent<\/a> of what this blog&#8217;s readers voted <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/election-08-ad-watch-here-come-our.html\">the third best ad<\/a> of the 2008 campaign, a woman frets about paying the bills and worries about the tax hikes a Liberal (or NDP!) government might bring in.<\/p>\n<p> Yes, <em>we <\/em>all know Ignatieff won&#8217;t raise the GST, but <em>she <\/em>doesn&#8217;t. So no one tell her.<\/p>\n<p><object style=\"height: 293px; width: 480px\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GOpJjxlSm8w?version=3\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/GOpJjxlSm8w?version=3\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"480\" height=\"293\"><\/object><\/p>\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/www.yourfreepoll.com\/vote.php\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"vsvvhadg\"><\/p>\n<table align=center style=\"font-family:Tahoma; font-size:12pt\" width=296 border=1>\n<tr>\n<th align=center>How would you rate this ad?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input type='radio' name='vote' value='1'> A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input type='radio' name='vote' value='2'> B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input type='radio' name='vote' value='3'> C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input type='radio' name='vote' value='4'> D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><input type='radio' name='vote' value='5'>F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=center><input type='submit' value=' Vote ! '><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=center style='font-family:Tahoma; font-size:10pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourfreepoll.com\/vsvvhadgsr.html\">See Results<\/a><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/form>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>You can rate other campaign ads <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/ad-watch-iwontstopuntilthejobisdone.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/ad-watch-mmmmpancakes.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/ad-watch-subtle-attacks.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/ad-watch-my-name-is-steve-and-i-am.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/ad-watch-ignatieff-gets-personal.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/ad-watch-going-after-tim-hortons-crowd.html\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/liberals-on-air.html\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/calgarygrit.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/ad-watch.html\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commercial very reminiscent of what this blog&#8217;s readers voted the third best ad of the 2008 campaign, a woman frets about paying the bills and worries about the tax hikes a Liberal (or NDP!) government might bring in. Yes, we all know Ignatieff won&#8217;t raise the GST, but she doesn&#8217;t. 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