speaking of ads…

this is the best example of my last post.

its completely famous.

cost: 7 million dollars.

now that you’ve soaked up this freak show gloriousness, let’s talk about it. you know, to sustain the momentum.

fact: elizabeth dole was voted 93rd in effectiveness for the 2008 cycle (that’s out of 100 for you non-political junkies). she has also voted with president bush 92% of the time (and that’s out of 100% for those of you who…don’t do math?).

allusion: elizabeth dole is not 92 years old. she is a chipper 72.

in an interview with katie couric, kay defended the ad by saying that everyone knows kay is not 92/93 (age). elizabeth (rightly) identifies that yeah, that’s what the ad was meant to do, but she responds gracefully and ends up looking more honourable than kay, who denies reality. since honour is a rare sighting in this camaign, it really stands out. overall, however, most people are into this “snarky” ad, and it certainly gets the message out.

plus, old men in rocking chairs are really adorable.

 

 

plus, HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

and if you don’t celebrate for religious/personal/unknown reasons, then please spend tonight thinking about who you’ll vote for.

don’t forget to early vote!!!!!!!!!!

loopholes in the law

surprise surprise, both kay and elizabeth have taken full advantage of the loophole in contribution limits.

under federal election law, individuals can give no more than $4,600 to the campaign of a senatorial candidate. this law was designed to prevent large donors from unfairly influencing the election. after these donors max out on their candidate’s campaign, however, they just turn around and throw money at the national party committees, who, as we have seen throughout “the catfight of carolina,” put that money into attack ads and advertising for the candidate.

let’s check the stats on this years senatorial loopholed contribution fund: (per group of donors)

$200,000 to kay’s campaign + $1.7million to the national democratic senatorial committee

$400,000 to liddy’s campaign + $1.5million to the national republican senatorial committee

this is, obviously, legal. but it does bother those that don’t want the rich (like, billionaires) to have more of an affect on the results than “regular folk”

but where would politics be without the filthy rich?

the quick answer is: without hilarious and muddy attack ads…. think about it.