Every two years ....
It's that time again. Every two years in the US a new House of Representatives in the Congress (plus 1/3 of the Senate seats) is elected. This giant political free-for-all brings out the best in the two party system, as now in modern politics it is deemed acceptable to have your party hacks run TV ads that do their best to put your opponent in a US Army tank smoking a big fattie with Dukakis and Willie Horton.
The actual election is eight weeks away, but traditionally in America the campaign ads come fast and furious after the Labor Day three day weekend. Some clever word play and voiceovers go into these ads. A good case in point is the Ohio Senate race between Mike DeWine (Republican) and Sherrod Brown (Democrat). DeWine's camp has run a series of ads showing Mr. Brown making a speach with a senior citizen with a face like a bulldog staring intently from behind him, and when they perform the "fade to black and white" that they love to do as the voiceover makes an overly dramatic point, they manage to keep the perma-grumpy audience member in the frame, all the while running and stating "Brown let us down" with a seriously sad tone.
Entertaining for now, but ask me in about six weeks time and I think you will find that I will be borderline pyschotic by that time.....
Another winner ad is one run by Republican Geoff Davis of Kentucky. A very large soldier in standard issue camo states that when they were deploying to Iraq that they would not be supplied with the Armored Humvees that thought they were receiving. He made a call to Geoff and Mr. Davis got them the equipment they needed. Which is all well and good, but is there a congressman out there somewhere from ... lets say Missouri... who is being barraged by calls from his deployed National Guard units because their Armored Humvee's were taken away in the middle of the night??? Did Geoff Davis actually hijack the Armored Humvee's himself?
All I know is that if my brother sayes he doesn't have enough armor on his vehicle, I'm calling Geoff. ...
The actual election is eight weeks away, but traditionally in America the campaign ads come fast and furious after the Labor Day three day weekend. Some clever word play and voiceovers go into these ads. A good case in point is the Ohio Senate race between Mike DeWine (Republican) and Sherrod Brown (Democrat). DeWine's camp has run a series of ads showing Mr. Brown making a speach with a senior citizen with a face like a bulldog staring intently from behind him, and when they perform the "fade to black and white" that they love to do as the voiceover makes an overly dramatic point, they manage to keep the perma-grumpy audience member in the frame, all the while running and stating "Brown let us down" with a seriously sad tone.
Entertaining for now, but ask me in about six weeks time and I think you will find that I will be borderline pyschotic by that time.....
Another winner ad is one run by Republican Geoff Davis of Kentucky. A very large soldier in standard issue camo states that when they were deploying to Iraq that they would not be supplied with the Armored Humvees that thought they were receiving. He made a call to Geoff and Mr. Davis got them the equipment they needed. Which is all well and good, but is there a congressman out there somewhere from ... lets say Missouri... who is being barraged by calls from his deployed National Guard units because their Armored Humvee's were taken away in the middle of the night??? Did Geoff Davis actually hijack the Armored Humvee's himself?
All I know is that if my brother sayes he doesn't have enough armor on his vehicle, I'm calling Geoff. ...
posted by Rich in Cincy | 6:35 AM
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