This rant is about a minor irritation. It’s not really worthy of being called a rant, but it has been bugging me for a while now and, well, it’s been fucking bugging me, O.K.? It’s been bugging me about 7 or 8 times an hour-- which is how often Tom Golisano’s stupid commercials play here in the city.
You see Tom Golisano is running for governor of New York. He took 3000 dollars and turned it into 7000 jobs. Did you hear that? He took 3000 dollars and turned it into 7000 jobs. Just in case you missed it---- he took 3000 dollars and turned it into 7000 jobs.
But that’s not the stupid part. You see, Tom Golisano doesn’t accept campaign donations from the fat cats which means that he can get jobs to the state. Tom Golisano doesn’t accept fat cat money, so he can create new jobs. There will be no fat cat contributions to Tom Golisano’s campaign so that means he can create new jobs.
No fat cat money=new job creation.
3000$=7000 jobs.
Got it?
Ah yes, the joys of political campaigns. All the subtlety of a baseball bat to the skull. Find one sound bite, repeat ad nauseam. Wouldn’t want you to forget
My additional comments on New York Gubernatorial campaign ads:
Tom Golisano – What Biggirl said, plus you have no frigging chance to win, or even do anything more than get yourself on a very minor party ballot. Quit bugging me.
Andrew Cuomo – Your stupid commercial has people discussing your prior positions and what you did. That’s very nice. But you have the guy who employed you in a car repair shop when you were young saying that you were “a pretty good mechanic.” That’s cute the first time, and maybe the second, but not the 700th. You’re the son of Mario Cuomo, which eased your political journey mightily, and that you worked in an auto shop when you were a kid doesn’t nearly humanize you or make you a man of the people as much as your handlers may think.
NO! You’re forgetting the whole thing(which is not really a problem)!
Its 3000$=7000 jobs=A billion dollar company!
And that’s why he’s qualified to run N.Y. If he can run a company, he can run a state. I mean, it’s not like it’s that different, really according to him.
We all know it’s about profit, really.
Dammit, my earlier post got eaten. What I said was:
No fat cat money? That guy’s a billionaire! He is a big, fat cat.
How did rich guys who want to buy elections convince the public that having no job experience in the field is a good thing? Imagine: “I have no experience in business whatsoever, and that’s why I should be CEO of your major corporation.” “Geez, you’re perfect for the job!”
I did think the Cuomo ad was cute, at least compared to the Golisano ad.
Mullinator, based on your sig I think you’ll like this ad for the California guv’ner’s race.
[sub]and thanks for spoiling my first link grumble grumble.[/sub]
Thank God I leave in 32 hours, no more of those ads. That race is going to be Schumer-D’Amato nasty (which was worse than Clinton-Lazio because Lazio was such a lightweight), especially if Cuomo wins the nomination. Hopefully that won’t happen though.
When you limit an individual citizen’s right to financially support the candidate of his/her choice this is what you end up with.
Self-financed politicians (sometimes running as independents because they could never win a primary) who became bored with earning money and decided on a career change.
[ul][li]Bloomberg[]Rockefeller[]Kennedy[]Perot[]CorzineHuffington[/ul]Just to name a few.[/li]
If you want a law passed that limits spending on campaigns, the only way to balance it is to have the SCOTUS reverse it’s Buckley decision that said personally financed campaign restrictions violate an individuals free speech rights
I’ve watched that damn Barr video several times and I just can’t figure out what’s going on with that third horse pulling something with the bumpkin chasing after it. WTF were they thinking when they made that shit.
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*Originally posted by JohnBckWLD *
**Self-financed politicians (sometimes running as independents because they could never win a primary) who became bored with earning money and decided on a career change.
[ul][li]Bloomberg[]Rockefeller[]Kennedy[]Perot[]CorzineHuffington[/ul]Just to name a few. **[/li][/QUOTE]
I’m not sure which Kennedy you’re referring to, but that one doesn’t make sense, no matter who it is.
Also, Nelson Rockefeller began his political career in, I think 1940, in the Roosevelt administration. When he ran for governor, he had been in government for nearly two decades.
The Clinton-Lazio race was REALLY entertaining, though. Did you catch their debates? I loved it when Lazio tried to force Hillary to sign the “no soft money” agreement by practically shoving it in her face, and then The Rock came out and gave Triple H the peoples’ elbow…oh, that last part didn’t happen?? Sorry…I must have mistaken the debate for “Smackdown”.
Just to show that stupidity in the N.Y. governor’s race knows no boundaries, there’s Dem. frontrunner H. Carl McCall, who declared to the N.Y. Times that his entry in the race was the result of a call from God.
Yes indeed, God decided that H. Carl McCall should come forth to represent the people of New York. Power, money and ego gratification had nothing to do with the decision. Besides, it is well known that Lucifer is supporting Andrew Cuomo (and has an interest in Pataki).
In other news, both Bob Barr and Cynthia McKinney have been hung out to dry. The voters of Georgia are gooder than I thought.
My favorite local one: “I’ve had it up to here with Candidate Pot’s negative ads about wonderful Candidate Kettle. He should be ashamed of himself the way he slanders honorable Mr. Kettle. What an asshole, after his record on such-and-so. It just goes to show you can’t trust anything Pot tells you.” :rolleyes:
