Take your pick
a. This is a brilliant idea, providing an unknown candidate with a cut-through gimmick that helps him be remembered. The campaign strategist is a genius.
b. This is a lamentable idea, making a no-hope candidate look ridiculous, diminish his effectiveness as a Senator and reduce the chances of the only hope he has - that he might make VP on someone's else's ticket. The campaign strategist is a buffoon.
It's b for me.
Well, that would be... um...
It looks like the sort of thing that you used to see on Tarrant on TV.
And I'm still only 80 per cent certain that I get the (really, really bad) joke.
Posted by: Anthony C | 3 Aug 2007 13:40:56
This ad is no more ridiculous than Chris Dodd, himself: Proclaimed Roman Catholic (Latin Rite, no less); married, divorced, years of dating, remarried and the father of a 22 month old (he's 63). How old will he be when that child goes to college? Unfortunately, these are the same people who think up ways to spend our tax dollars.
Posted by: Tony Francis | 3 Aug 2007 15:23:27