Only two days until the infernal TV ads end
It would be neat if you had ads like, “Did you know that Candidate Jones once chartered a jet with taxpayer money and took a whole planeload of Hooters girls to the Bahamas?”
Or, “Candidate Smith can’t explain why he took out three life insurance policies on his wife just the week before she had that bizarre mountain-climbing accident.”
A co-worker has for years advocated elections determined by no-holds-barred cage matches. This would, you must admit, at least result in the election of either the toughest or craftiest candidate. I think that’s how political leaders are chosen in Hungary.
But no, it appears America’s elections these days are being won or lost on the boob tube – and there’s a reason television got that nickname.
So, remember: turn on those TV sets, tune in and turn out. And whatever you do, don’t elect the guy that did that… uh, you know. I can’t remember exactly what it was he did, but it sounded bad in one of those ads. No, wait, that was the other guy, the one with the gray hair, right?
Oh, well, vote early and vote often.
Sun Herald
11/2/8
Magnolia Tribune
