Oh No, (So And So) Ran (Such And Such) Political Ad
I'm a good sport when it comes to politics. Up and until a certain limit. My limits pretty clearly rub up against the foundation of the nonsense known as political ADVERTISEMENTS, at which time I feel like any sane, intelligent person should realize that whatever is being plattered is most certainly refined bullshit being presented in highly digestible form by an ivy league-er with a doctorate or masters in -- refined bullshit.
It's simply not high art. It doesn't deserve equal analysis.
The more I see people whining about political ads, the more I start to wonder if the type of person who's seriously impacted by ANY political ad is really just completely insane and/or bordering on mentally retarded. No offense to the mentally retarded, given I'd honestly much rather spend the day with their honest and kind interpretation of American reality than the vast majority of this nation's voters.
What I'm saying is the analysis of the impact and/or morality of these ads kind of pointless, since you're talking about pure mathematical entropy, really.
Will idiot A be swayed by Lie C? We have no idea! Let's analyze this further! Will an idiot in Ohio, already a painful victim of Reagan's decade old "trickle down economics" marketing myth, be futher impacted by Lie F, which panders to his inherent racism, or lie D, which pretends to sympathize with his blue collar difficulties?
Who knows? It's utter, and complete bullshit, from the advent of the advertisement, to the reaction of this nation's idiot army, to the post-advertisement political analysis, to ultimately the polling, which tracks the jerking. lethargic head movement's of the nation's intellectually stunted, as their glazed, lobotomized eyes drift from one inane, politically superficial firework to the next.
You're almost better served trying to predict the trajectory of a leaf as it falls from a tree (how lamely Zen of me).
I guess what I'm saying is don't drink pale ale and blog about politics. And in the words of the now-deceased George Carlin, it's all bullshit. And it's all bad for you.