Comments on: Secret Memo Scandal Rocks NOM http://equalityontrial.com/2012/04/03/secret-memo-scandal-rocks-nom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=secret-memo-scandal-rocks-nom Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Scott Wooledge http://equalityontrial.com/2012/04/03/secret-memo-scandal-rocks-nom/#comment-276580 Scott Wooledge Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:26:00 +0000 http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/?p=16077#comment-276580 I can't help thinking a 30-second ad that explains to voters this "divide and conquer" strategy for marriage equality opponents would be effective at discrediting their own ads and strategies with some key people. (With the requisite booming "scare" voice, close up mugshots of Maggie and Brian and close-ups of the actual memos.)

End with a tagline like, "Can you trust NOM to tell you the truth about (Amendment one, Referendum 74, etc…)?"

]]> By: Scott Wooledge http://equalityontrial.com/2012/04/03/secret-memo-scandal-rocks-nom/#comment-276579 Scott Wooledge Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:21:39 +0000 http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/?p=16077#comment-276579 Really good focus Matt. I too was struck at who many of their nefarious plans failed (like rolling back progress in Iowa and NH).

Also how many never transpired, like their "victims of marriage equality" initiative, that would be the flip side of Courage Campaign's very successful personal stories strategy. Sure, they roll out the occasional "victim" like the psychology student who wouldn't counsel gays and unsuccessfully sued the University of Georgia to give her a degree anyway. (She lost in trial and appeal.)

And their celebrity recruitment has been a fail, although they successful found a few "non-cognitive" ones, like Carrie Prejean and David Tyree and Steven Baldwin.

They, to my knowledge never managed to recruit any children of same-sex parents to denounce them on camera, fortunately. That would have been really, really low for a "family values" group to meddle in a families' personal relationships that way for the sake of politics. They probably couldn't find any.

Overall, if you read the memos you see a lot of fail.

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]]> By: AnonyGrl http://equalityontrial.com/2012/04/03/secret-memo-scandal-rocks-nom/#comment-276570 AnonyGrl Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:49:42 +0000 http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/?p=16077#comment-276570 We laughed and laughed at 2M4M, and had fun explaining what that means in 'singles ad hookup speak'. I think a total of about 17 people signed up for it… or something thereabouts. :)

]]> By: John D http://equalityontrial.com/2012/04/03/secret-memo-scandal-rocks-nom/#comment-276565 John D Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:07:37 +0000 http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/?p=16077#comment-276565 Perhaps when they named it "Two Million for Marriage," they were thinking of an initial price tag. They just never got around to renaming it $3M4M.

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