I'm not sure how many people are going to base their decision between Sherrod Brown and Mike DeWine based on a cartoon. I realize many people are doing this sort of thing on their own, the recent cartoon that featured Ohio Republicans and Tom Noe as one example. The attempt to bring up visions of the John Kerry Swiftboating with the image of John Kerry on the TV screen in the room where you can have Sherrod "Chill" is kind of hard to miss. As with most campaign ads, the information listed is used in what can only be viewed as "cherry picking" but that's nothing new. I think we can all agree almost anyone who has been in office can have individual votes presented in a positive or a negative manner and their opponents will try to use that to their advantage as well as the candidate will do the same presenting their record in the best possible light to that particular audience and vice versa. That's why it's so important to take most of this stuff with a grain of salt, the ability to check facts and a sense of humor comes in handy...
While I enjoy some of the cartoon satire as much as the next person, I do really have to wonder though about the waste of dollars in what is sure to become the cartoon wars, especially now that it has moved on beyond individuals doing this sort of thing for "fun" and is being used by organizations that seek political donations. I'm also old enough that to me saying someone is "Far Out" means they are cool, awesome, neat, groovy and a few other lingoisms of that time period.
I don't often post about my other daughters but, a picture I think is pretty "Far Out", of Megan and Erin, yesterday brushing up on how they will celebrate if Sherrod and Ted win:
Now you'll have to excuse me...I'm going to look for a VW Bus and some love beads...
:-)
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Don't forget the incense ;-)
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