Tonight may be possibly the last night that I will get a full night's sleep for the next year. But instead of sleeping, I have insomnia...
To honor that occasion, here is the new round of celebrity ads. The first is by John McCain and it is quite funny in that 1980s movie promo kind of way. I would not vote for a candidate to allow that ad, especially with the blatant lies in it, but it made me chuckle. It is no way to run a presidential candidate but I guess McCain is attempting to stop the youth vote turning out for Obama-- at least this is the only guess I have over the campaign's strategy because it is an incredible stupid strategy as tax increase line would not hit that audience. Or maybe it is trying to create a generation crisis in that the fans of the teenagers in love have parents and those parents will see how stupid their kids are acting and do the opposite. Instead of people voting on policy issues or even values, we get vote this way because your kids will vote another way.
The second ad is Obama's response, "Emcraced." While McCain's ad is the campy 1980s movie trailer, Obama's style is Oceans Twelve. The ad just attacks McCain's hypocrisy since McCain is the real celebrity in the campaign. Its strategy is to argue that with McCain it will be the same old crap. At least there are some nice photos with McCain and Bush.
While these ads are humorous, the level of discourse in the election hit a new brand new low. Sigh. Listen to Harrogate gently whimper.
1 comment:
So much depends on how we define "high" and "low."
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