This will all end poorly...

According to Drudge, David Zucker (of Zucker Brothers - Airplane, Police Squad, the Naked Gun, etc etc) did a campaign add for the Republican Party.

Naturally, it's made its way onto YouTube. Take a peak...



Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed and the ad won't be used by the GOP.

Wait though, it gets better.

Zucker's apparently a "reformed" democrat who's become a Republican since the 2004 presidential election. He actually did an anti-Kerry ad for "The Club for Growth", one of those conservative 527 groups. Of course, that one's on YouTube too...



There's apparently a third ad, talking about taxes, but I haven't been able to find that one yet.

And the Commonwealth is not immune from asshat ads either. We've got an independent running for Governor who's running an ad regarding cost increases on the Big Dig:



Christy's ad guy is the same one who did Jesse "the Body"'s ads in Minnesota. Unlike Jesse, however, Christy has yet to pass 6% in the polls...

(of course, what Christy doesn't tell you is that he used to be a member of the Turnpike Board that oversaw the Big Dig, so this is all a bit disingenuous... Truth is, he got kicked off the Turnpike Board when the Governor at the time, Jane Swift, wanted the Pike to raise tolls to pay for the Big Pig, and he refused. Where he was going to get the money to pay for the thing, well, who knows... But Christy's a sweetheart, his own brother and sister have donated money to Lt. Governor Healey's campaign[his opponent], if that tells you anything...)

Now, these may be asshat ads, but I love them... Makes mundane political seasons all the more interesting.

And who do I blame for these ads?

Well, YOU. You, Mr. Voter. I blame you. I've worked on a campaign. I've stayed up until three in the morning putting together mailings of 14 position papers on issues as dry as Nursing Home Tax Credits. Campaigns try to talk about issues, but you know what happens? Well, I'll tell you what happens. Let's say it's the third week in October and you're making voter ID calls, or doing door-to-door literature drops, or holding a sign at an intersection and you talk to your average voter. You ask them, "Well, what's the most important issue for you in this election?" What do you get? Blank stares. You say you're calling on behalf of so-and-so, someone who's held high office for four years, and people say: "who?"...

People don't pay attention. It's theses ads that grab people's attention in between handfulls of peanuts while they're watching Judge Judy. Most politicians would looove to run on the issues, believe me. And every politician I know would love to run a race where the issues were about character and qualification for office, because every politician I know thinks they're the cat's ass... Frankly, they don't like attack ads either -- with the American public the way it is today, the risk is an attack ad just raises your opponent's profile.

Alright, I'm going to say something really, really intemperate here... I'm not quite sure encouraging people to vote is a good thing. Think about it. In Massachusetts, prisoners can vote. Do you think prisoners have the best interest of the general public at heart? In Massachusetts the mentally retarded -- no matter how retarded -- can vote. I personally know people who work with the retarded, and they're allowed to go into the booth to "help" these folks vote. So certain social service workers in Massachusetts in essence get two votes. This is a good thing?

You deserve what you get, I guess. The same electorate that voted Ted Kennedy back into office passed a term limits law (Teddy's been our Senator since 1962). The electorate is capricious and flighty. Sometimes hitting them over the head with a mallet is the only way to get their attention...