Since I am currently preoccupied with rebuilding a small part of our deck (unskilled non-trades person that I am, the work is proceeding slowly), I shall take the easy way out this morning and embed some political ads that are making the rounds on You Tube and inviting commentary from
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Politics and its Discontents: The Search For Authenticity
In their bewilderment over the staunch following that Toronto mayor Rob Ford continues to enjoy amongst ‘Ford Nation,’ some pundits have advanced the idea that it is his ‘authenticity’ that accounts for his traction, no matter what drugs he ingests, no matter how many criminal elements he consorts with, no
Continue readingImpolitical: Snapshot of the U.S. campaign
Checking in on the U.S. campaign. Here is how it’s going, in a nutshell. A new Obama ad: A new Romney ad: Which one do you find more compelling? Krugman yesterday: The conventional wisdom — which I too bought into — was that Democrats were going to support Obama, but
Continue readingImpolitical: Nice help if you can get it
Hey ho, the gang is all back together. Bridget Mary McCormack, sister of West Wing alumnus, Mary McCormack, is running for Michigan Supreme Court and the above is her ad highlighting the tricky ballot that may affect her support. A few thoughts…best ad ever? Longish but for fans of the
Continue readingImpolitical: Late night
UK Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg with his very own version of a Checkers speech. He offers an apology for supporting massive tuition fee increases when he and his party had promised not to during the election campaign. It was probably timed to go in advance of a Lib Dem
Continue readingImpolitical: New Mulcair ad
It’s a Mulcair day on the blog, it appears! How on earth did that happen… I find it hard to get too excited about this. Released just after the parliamentary session has ended, what’s with that? Come now, Conservative war room, timing is everything. Unless it is part of a
Continue readingImpolitical: Tom in the boardroom
A corporate leader for the NDP? In a subliminable way? Can’t help but highlight what stood out in the ad, “Tom,” not Thomas, chose to deliver his intro in a modern corporate boardroom looking place. There are no accidents in advertising, after all. Tom is in the skyscrapers with the
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