Trust Tennessee To Give Us a Giggle
Gotta love politics, it is just too funny. And you gotta love the folks in Tennessee for trying to have fun with it.
Apparently there is this Senate race over there wherein the guys running the campaign are trying to be funny. And they are succeeding and of course the other party is extremely annoyed by this. The guy running is a Democrat currently serving in the House named Harold Ford Jr.
Those "bad" Republicans have been running an ad featuring mock voters giving silly reasons to vote for him. Including such things as he "looks nice... isn't that enough?", "so he took money from porn movie producers... who hasn't" and closing with a pretty blonde who says she met him at a party and the Playboy mansion whereupon she winks at the camera and gushes "Harold, call me".
C'mon guys isn't this more fun than the usual mud slinging? Sure it is a little muddy but instead of the sweet old lady saying how she doesn't trust Senator Whatever and you shouldn't either because he is a liar and a cheat, or claiming that he/she is anti-American, beating the wife and kicking the dog we are laughing.
When was the last time somebody tried to use humor to get a point across in politics and actually had it work (sorry Senator Kerry but you really do not have a sense of humor so stop trying).
I actually get a giggle over the ad that AARP is running with the slick politician singing and dancing and going on about how great he looks and how perfect the wife is. The tag line is something about not falling for the same old song and dance and making sure you know where the candidates stand on the issues before you vote for them. Makes the points. No mud slinging involved.
I hear too that Lamont in Connecticut is spoofing an attack ad that is running against him by countering with: "Met Ned Lamont, he can't make a decent cup of coffee" Now not having seen the ad being spoofed I don't know if this is really funny but it has potential. Then there is Kinky (I kid you not that's the name he goes by) Friedman in Texas who is promising to keep us out of a war with Oklahoma.
So thank you Tennessee for trying to be funny. In the last days of the mess of politics, it is nice to be able to read about this and have a giggle.
Apparently there is this Senate race over there wherein the guys running the campaign are trying to be funny. And they are succeeding and of course the other party is extremely annoyed by this. The guy running is a Democrat currently serving in the House named Harold Ford Jr.
Those "bad" Republicans have been running an ad featuring mock voters giving silly reasons to vote for him. Including such things as he "looks nice... isn't that enough?", "so he took money from porn movie producers... who hasn't" and closing with a pretty blonde who says she met him at a party and the Playboy mansion whereupon she winks at the camera and gushes "Harold, call me".
C'mon guys isn't this more fun than the usual mud slinging? Sure it is a little muddy but instead of the sweet old lady saying how she doesn't trust Senator Whatever and you shouldn't either because he is a liar and a cheat, or claiming that he/she is anti-American, beating the wife and kicking the dog we are laughing.
When was the last time somebody tried to use humor to get a point across in politics and actually had it work (sorry Senator Kerry but you really do not have a sense of humor so stop trying).
I actually get a giggle over the ad that AARP is running with the slick politician singing and dancing and going on about how great he looks and how perfect the wife is. The tag line is something about not falling for the same old song and dance and making sure you know where the candidates stand on the issues before you vote for them. Makes the points. No mud slinging involved.
I hear too that Lamont in Connecticut is spoofing an attack ad that is running against him by countering with: "Met Ned Lamont, he can't make a decent cup of coffee" Now not having seen the ad being spoofed I don't know if this is really funny but it has potential. Then there is Kinky (I kid you not that's the name he goes by) Friedman in Texas who is promising to keep us out of a war with Oklahoma.
So thank you Tennessee for trying to be funny. In the last days of the mess of politics, it is nice to be able to read about this and have a giggle.
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