Sentence examples for approved this ad from inspiring English sources
Imagine if each of the vicious attack ads staining the presidential campaign had to name the five biggest donors paying for the propaganda, and end with an "I approved this ad" statement from the attack group's chief operative.
"The fact that the regulators have approved this ad for broadcast could have major implications for organisations like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, who were also banned from advertising in the 1990s," said Joel Voysey, the head of supporter recruitment at Amnesty International.
I tend to like to do it in the body of the ad or toward the end, something like, 'I approved this ad because I want to do a, b or c.' " Mr. Potholm and others called the requirement an albatross, a linguistically unappetizing time-waster especially when the candidate's voice is heard throughout the advertisement.
A measure from Senate Democrats would require timely disclosure by self-proclaimed independent groups that spend $10,000 or more on election ads, including the names of their major donors and a personal "I approved this ad" tag on television by the group's chief executive.
When the voiceover comes with the candidate announcing his name and saying, "...and I approved this ad," I want to call the deceit police and have that liar arrested posthaste.
And this year, both Democrats and Republicans are trying to harness the anti-Washington sentiment to push different versions of the same theme: That the nation's capital must change, and with their independent voice and close ties to their home state, the candidate currently approving this ad is just the person for the job.
"I'm Mark Pryor, and I approve this ad because no one from New York or Washington tells me what to do," Pryor said in another ad.
(Whether we like it or not, any Federal candidate who runs their own "I approve this message" ad on TV or radio is free to lie to the public as much as he or she likes. Broadcasters are legally not allowed to vet candidates' ads for fictitious statements, and stations are required to run those false ads over our public airwaves).
He decided not to do the Rose Garden strategy, not to stay above the fray, and to personally begin attacking Kerry in the spring, and to run those negative ads, in which he announced, "I approve of this ad".
She explains how these groups avoid accountability since campaigns are decided by a tidal wave of commercials without anyone saying "I approve of this ad", as she lauds John McCain for attacking the Citizens United decision that spawned a process of donors mattering more than candidates.
