It's an uphill climb to get out an incumbent. The best thing Katcher has going for him is that there is nothing on the ballot to bring out voters in meaningful numbers. It will come down to whose voters actually show up and vote.

Anonymous wrote:“Victims rights” = racist dog whistle.

It's smart marketing, dog whistle or no dog whistle. Josh can't help how people hear and subconsciously think about a common phrase in criminology circles. Plus if he wins we all benefit. So if Parisa doesn't like it let her figure out how to come up with a similarly effective term.

Anonymous wrote:Not really that great of an ad. What does it mean that the incumbent didn't listen to this crime victim? Super vague and unhelpful. Would have been better if the ad said that the incumbent advocated for a certain light sentence, and that type of sentence is something he will not allow if he is elected.

OP here. This far out from Election Day Josh technically couldn't really have her say that, because the judge imposed a lesser sentence than the incumbent Commonwealth's Attorney sought. Better to have the imagery, music, and the person bashing the Soros stooge so that people THINK she pushed for the lesser sentence. Let them make the connection in their own minds. Let the ad fly around Facebook and Twitter and Telegram and NextDoor and 'Gram so that she has to play whack-a-mole. Then a couple of days before Election Day say the incumbent prosecutor wanted the weak sentence before she has a chance to respond.

You can debate but it's checkmate. You have an attractive older white woman mourning the loss of a clean-cut W-L athlete, and blaming the Iranian incumbent for not being solicitous enough to them for her taste. All with really dark imagery and music when Parisa herself is discussed. That moves people and lets them make their choices. Parisa can only get liberals. Josh can get people who want better reform, and people who want to see our police allowed to protect us and wall off Arlington from DC the way they want to do it. Two groups beats one. Josh wins handily.

Except that he's on record saying he would have made the same choice during that prosecution as Parisa did in that case.

Not the smoking gun you seem to think it is.

“Victims rights” = racist dog whistle.

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Anonymous wrote:The ad is pandering and misleading, but it's what you'd expect given that Parisa has a large lead.

Large lead? I'm sorry, the people I was talking with at my daughter's practice at Overlee Pool were ranting against Parisa. My husband said his foursome at Washington Golf & Country Club on Saturday were all bashing "that woman" when they had a drink after their round. So too friends of mine and their friends when our family attended Mass with them at the Cathedral this week. Not to mention all the Katcher signs I see when I take my kids to their events at Yorktown and Williamsburg. So I'd love to know who these people are giving Parisa such a supposedly large lead when all I see is hatred towards her and affection for Katcher.

We all get it. Kehoe has rallied a mob of local Catholics against Parisa. But, guess what, you are not representative of most Democrats in the area.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ad is pandering and misleading, but it's what you'd expect given that Parisa has a large lead.

Large lead? I'm sorry, the people I was talking with at my daughter's practice at Overlee Pool were ranting against Parisa. My husband said his foursome at Washington Golf & Country Club on Saturday were all bashing "that woman" when they had a drink after their round. So too friends of mine and their friends when our family attended Mass with them at the Cathedral this week. Not to mention all the Katcher signs I see when I take my kids to their events at Yorktown and Williamsburg. So I'd love to know who these people are giving Parisa such a supposedly large lead when all I see is hatred towards her and affection for Katcher.

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Anonymous wrote:The ad is pandering and misleading, but it's what you'd expect given that Parisa has a large lead.

Large lead? I'm sorry, the people I was talking with at my daughter's practice at Overlee Pool were ranting against Parisa. My husband said his foursome at Washington Golf & Country Club on Saturday were all bashing "that woman" when they had a drink after their round. So too friends of mine and their friends when our family attended Mass with them at the Cathedral this week. Not to mention all the Katcher signs I see when I take my kids to their events at Yorktown and Williamsburg. So I'd love to know who these people are giving Parisa such a supposedly large lead when all I see is hatred towards her and affection for Katcher.

Anonymous wrote:The ad is pandering and misleading, but it's what you'd expect given that Parisa has a large lead.

Large lead? I'm sorry, the people I was talking with at my daughter's practice at Overlee Pool were ranting against Parisa. My husband said his foursome at Washington Golf & Country Club on Saturday were all bashing "that woman" when they had a drink after their round. So too friends of mine and their friends when our family attended Mass with them at the Cathedral this week. Not to mention all the Katcher signs I see when I take my kids to their events at Yorktown and Williamsburg. So I'd love to know who these people are giving Parisa such a supposedly large lead when all I see is hatred towards her and affection for Katcher.

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Anonymous wrote:Not really that great of an ad. What does it mean that the incumbent didn't listen to this crime victim? Super vague and unhelpful. Would have been better if the ad said that the incumbent advocated for a certain light sentence, and that type of sentence is something he will not allow if he is elected.

He’s trying to target the “parent’s rights” people.

OK so what does that mean in the context of crime victims? I really am not following.

The ad is pandering and misleading, but it's what you'd expect given that Parisa has a large lead.

Anonymous wrote:Not really that great of an ad. What does it mean that the incumbent didn't listen to this crime victim? Super vague and unhelpful. Would have been better if the ad said that the incumbent advocated for a certain light sentence, and that type of sentence is something he will not allow if he is elected.

He’s trying to target the “parent’s rights” people.

Not really that great of an ad. What does it mean that the incumbent didn't listen to this crime victim? Super vague and unhelpful. Would have been better if the ad said that the incumbent advocated for a certain light sentence, and that type of sentence is something he will not allow if he is elected.

Did they have an election, and I missed it?

Paris is stuck trying to explain why the judge wouldn’t follow her recommendation for a heavier sentence and why she wouldn’t pander to the victim’s family. And when you’re explaining, you’re losing.

Checkmate !!!