Unfair but Funny

Here is an over-the-top anti-Kerry ad by The Club for Growth.

I can’t help but think that political ads would benefit enormously by using more humor even it coarsens the debate. I am not even sure humor does coarsens the debate. Humor often conveys the truth better than dry facts.

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  1. I am not even sure humor does coarsens the debate.

    There’s a saying that you can’t alienate an already-hostile population. On a coarseness scale from William F. Buckley to Bobcat Goldthwaite this campaign is already tipping the Bobcat Goldthwaite end of the scale.

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