Unfair but Funny
Posted by Shannon Love on October 21st, 2004 (All posts by Shannon Love)
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.
October 21st, 2004 at 7:24 pm
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.