Fun for everyone...Hitler has entered the campaign...

[Red Harvest]

Some of you have probably seen this. Virginia governor's race ad invokes Hitler It reminded me of a Jon Stewart segment about politicians using Hitler references to attack their opponents. I think he closed with something about it trivializing their arguments and at the same time trivializing Hitler.

Anyway, ignore the party affiliations and enjoy this one for all of its absurdity. What's next, a counter ad saying that the other guy would have executed Jesus after his appeals failed?

[master of the puppets]

sometimes i really hate being human, we're just so damn stupid at times

this is completely absurd, i would like to see 1 campaing where people only tell of there own deeds and never point a finger at the oposition. plus i'm pro death-penalty.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Heh...Hitler wasn't executed, that's the problem with his ad.

[master of the puppets]

but if you had him captive would you kill him?
let me answer that for you YES

[Kaiser of Arabia]

but if you had him captive would you kill him?
let me answer that for you YES

Probably.

[master of the puppets]

Probably.

good man, now lets go find bin laden.

[Kraxis]

Anyway, ignore the party affiliations and enjoy this one for all of its absurdity. What's next, a counter ad saying that the other guy would have executed Jesus after his appeals failed?

You know I would be very tempted at using such an argument if my opponent had gone down that road. Not becasue I would be serious but becasue I would make a "come on... be serious now."

[master of the puppets]

oh oh i got one that you people may remember.

"Master of the puppets for pope" and my slogan will be "don't vote for benedict, he was a nazi youth"

its not the same thing but its funny.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

And every teacher tells you, "Humans are the smartest creature on the land."

We're the only species that terminates millions...

[Seamus Fermanagh]

As a resident of the Commonwealth, I've been priviledged to watch this campaign unfold.

Both of these guys are pretty honest politicians, they didn't bother with positive stuff at all after the first week or two of the primary season and went straight to the "my opponent is a skunk" ads. At least they saved us the usual platitudes about "I only wanted to talk about the issues...."

The situation:

Virginia is normally split about 53/54% GOP and 46/47% Dem. Since both candidates are pretty much standard representatives of their party (fiscal conservative dem/law and order rep), this would normally mean a modest but hard to overcome lead for Kilgore. This year, a State senator named Potts is running as a right-wing independent and taking about 5% from the GOP and 1% from the Dems. Kaine is, therefore, running toward a solid win. Potts is very definitely willing to run to the bitter end, so Kilgore has little hope of turning this around unless he can hammer a hole in Kaine's image.

So if this ad smacks of desperation to you, award yourself an attaboy/attagal as appropriate.

[Ianofsmeg16]

And people say democracy is peaceful....I say we should all go back to absolute monarchies, its the way foreward!

[The Stranger]

yeah so you can be hanged cuz you arent nobility and you couldnt pay the 80% taxes

[Fragony]

sometimes i really hate being human, we're just so damn stupid at times

Humanity isn't that bad, there are always a few billion that ruin it for the rest.

[Spetulhu]

yeah so you can be hanged cuz you arent nobility and you couldnt pay the 80% taxes

Don't forget that the monarch rules by divine mandate, so you're a heretic too!

[The Stranger]

how could i've overlooked that

[Duke Malcolm]

yeah so you can be hanged cuz you arent nobility and you couldnt pay the 80% taxes

If anyone who isn't nobility was hanged, then not an awful lot would ever get done -- including the hanging...

[The Stranger]

whatever U want, whatever you like

[Crazed Rabbit]

We're the only species that terminates millions...

Except for ants of course.

And I think medieval taxes on peasants were pretty low, relative even to the USA today, coming in at about 25%.

Crazed Rabbit

[Seamus Fermanagh]

yeah so you can be hanged cuz you arent nobility and you couldnt pay the 80% taxes

...Ah, Stranger, you hit the mark cleanly. You see, nobody advocating such policies imagines they'll be on the peon side of the equation. Tugging the forelock ain't half so fun to think about.

[BDC]

Except for ants of course.

And I think medieval taxes on peasants were pretty low, relative even to the USA today, coming in at about 25%.

Crazed Rabbit

I imagine it depended on where you lived and who your lord was.

Unlike now, where everyone pays stuff. There is no escape. *cries*

[TinCow]

As a fellow VA resident I must say this race is a bit ridiculous. It's been a hate-fest from day one. The race for attorney general has been rather delightfully civil though.

[drone]

I am also being bombarded with the campaign ads for this race. They are really throwing a lot into this campaign, I have gotten lots of calls from the Virginia GOP, and over the weekend they were canvasing the neighborhood. Northern VA (basically DC suburbs) tends to vote Democratic, while the rest of the state usually votes Republican, so unfortunately I am in a contested area. The litter of campaign signs up and down roads is bad enough.

I think the best attack was the gas-tax crack that Kilgore's campaign blew out of proportion. TinCow is right, the mudslinging started real early in this one.

The best part is that we get this every four years, because Virginia law doesn't allow back-to-back terms by a governor.

[edyzmedieval]

Sometimes I look at the big blue sky and wonder, who is more intelligent?!

The primeapes
OR
The man

??!!

Very intriguing....

[BDC]

Sometimes I look at the big blue sky and wonder, who is more intelligent?!

The primeapes
OR
The man

??!!

Very intriguing....

Bonobos have it best.

Get up, eat something. Have sex. Eat something. Have sex. Have a fight. Have sex. Eat something else. Have sex. Go to sleep.

[Weebeast]

Politicians look like they hate each other but they play golf together.