Happy End of Political Ads Eve!
It’s almost 24 hours from my favorite time of the season. No, I’m not talking about election results. I’m talking about the end of the tiresome political ads. You know the ones I’m talking about.
Kinda like this one:
You know the real message here, don’t you? “It doesn’t matter what I voted for when I was your Congressman. It really matters that you don’t vote for my opponent. After all, he’s a slimy lobbyist. Nevermind that I’m a politician. We’re slimy too. And we meet with lobbyists all the time. But I’m less slimy than him. So vote for me.”
I almost expect him to pull out an ad like this tomorrow:
Yeah. I’m kind of sick of these ads. You really want me to go to the polling place and vote? Then give me a reason to vote for you. Not a reason to vote against the other guy. Can any candidate do that? Please?!? I haven’t seen that happen yet this election cycle.
I know this is nothing new. It’s as old as the political process in the United States. But what ever happened to the new direction and the new spirit we were supposed to have in this new millennium?
I ain’t seeing it. Are you?
So, in honor of all this mudslinging nonsense quieting down (for a few days at least), I’m gonna celebrate the end of the political ads season by donning the red, white, and blue tomorrow. I might even listen to some John Philip Sousa (just to annoy my family :D).
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