Asymmetrical Information

From the desk of Jane Galt:

I know of course that

I know of course that I should not laugh at such things. But this VodkaPundit quote is too funny:

. . . in Colorado, the nastiest local race I’ve seen is the one for District 11 of the State Senate.

“Duty and honor are important to us, but they aren’t to Ed Jones.”

So begins an attack ad by Jones’ opponent, Tony Marino.

Jones counters that Marino declared Chapter 11 rather than pay his credit card bills.

Marino says Jones is abusing the memory of his dead wife.

Jones claims Marino represents “Denver money” (a high crime here in El Paso County) and “labor union control” (ditto).

This is what we have to listen to during Seinfeld commercial breaks if we want some TV noise behind us while I grill steaks and Melissa frenches some fries.

The cheap attack routine got old in a hurry. And at long last, it’s all over but the shouting. Oh, and the lawsuits.

It makes me laugh because it sounds like a parody of our attack ads.

"George Pataki is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud."

"Tom Golisano says George Pataki is a liar, a cheat and a fraud. But that's a fraudulent, cheating lie. And Tom Golisano is only telling it so he can get into office and enact his secret plan to throw senior citizens on the street to starve."

"Tom Golisano loves senior citizens. But that lying, cheating fraud George Pataki is saying he wants to throw them on the street. That's because George Pataki, and his BIg Democrat Bedfellow Carl McCall, don't want you to elect Tom Golisano. They know that if Tom Golisano gets elected, they won't be able to grind senior citizens into mulch and sell them to their Friends In Big Agribusiness."

"Tom Golisano kills puppies."

"Carl McCall eats children for breakfast -- and he doesn't even use ketchup."

"George Pataki told the Manchester Union-Leader that if he gets elected, he'll use his office to sell our planet to aliens from the planet Kordor, so they can enslave humanity, kill our puppies, and eat our children on toast -- without ketchup."

On second thought, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.

Posted by Jane Galt at November 5, 2002 04:36 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links