Crass Commercialism

August 30th, 2004 / #politics, #television

I’m sick and tired of it all. Note that this is not some melodramatic wane of teenage angst that is so common in blogging these days. What I’m upset about is being pummeled constantly for about a month every two years with political ads – on television, on the radio, and in print. It’s almost too much to bear. Tomorrow is the Republican Primary, where GOP candidates will be weeded out to make for probable Republican victory in November.

I don’t consider myself to be a Republican, but if I were, this guy would be my choice for Senate.

All the other commercials say pretty much the same thing:
“I am a conservative. President Bush likes me. I hate the terrorists. Don’t you? You don’t? Then you must be a terrorist. Here, you can absolve yourself by putting one of these nifty ‘God Bless America’ bumper stickers on your fender.”

But this fellow, he knows how to appeal to me aesthetically: Lawyers dropping into an endless watery abyss, his two major opponents in M&M form bouncing onto the screen, and a well made-up face to boot. (Listen closely when his opponents come onscreen and you can hear a squishy, bouncy noise. Brilliant!)

In closing, this Web site would like to officially support Doug Gallagher for one of Florida’s Senate seats in the Republican Primary election tomorrow. Now won’t that be print worthy on future ads?

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  1. Angus spoke up on October 15, 2005.

    God Bless America…you terrorist…KERRY IS A COMMUNIST…THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GIRLY MEN ECONOMISTS…KERRY’s PLAN OF ACTION AGAINST TERRORISTS IS SPIT-BALLS…that’s all I got to say about that.

    Paid for by the swift-vote foundation.

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