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Creepiest Campaign Ad Evah…

By Karen Tumulty | January 30, 2010 | +

may well be in the race for New Orleans coroner…

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  • stuartzechman

    Oh my freaking God.

  • hellslittlestangel

    Eh. Personally, I find hate- and fearmongering much creepier. But, KT, don’t you owe Talking Points Memo a tip of the hat on this one?

  • hellslittlestangel

    TPM’s header:

    Best TV Campaign Ad EVAH!

    http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/

  • apollyon07

    I like the use of “evah” KT. Let’s see this more often.

  • sacredh

    Good grief! Who let Uncle Fester make a campaign video?

  • Matt

    Bigger question here: Why is coroner an elected position? Are dead bodies really that important in NOLA?

    http://www.political-buzz.com/

  • grape_crush

    How did they convince Dick Cheney to play both Igor and the Doctor?

  • Exiled_At_Home (formerly Neo)

    No comment…

  • jcapan

    Hate to 2nd the blogwhore, but seriously, coroners are elected!? Is that like dogcatcher?

  • jcapan

    BTW, you political animal, KT, any of you folks or blokes wanna comment on the British version of democracy, vis a vis the grilling Blair got at the Chilcot Inquiry vs. the cush sailing our own preemptive warmonger in chief is experiencing, clearing brush in Tejas, choking on pretzels.

  • Exiled_At_Home (formerly Neo)

    We don’t openly or publicly hold our politicians to account. To do so would be in bad taste, unless of course matters of utter national integrity are involved, you know, sex scandals and such.

  • http://www.peterhsu.org Peter

    The people of New Orleans decided to have an elected rather than appointed coroner, and so they richly deserve whichever of the two hacks wins.

  • http://2thirdsrocks.wordpress.com 2thirdsrocks

    Oh the prefabricated self righteous liberal indignation is so predictably monotonous. Just so much background noise.

  • Exiled_At_Home (formerly Neo)

    I’m curious, 2thirds. What does the desire to see our politicians asked the tough questions, held to account, and forced to act in transparency have to do with either a liberal or conservative label? Would you prefer to see a continuation of the American Idol version of American politics? I know, reality TV is so bloody entertaining, so I can understand if your answer is ‘yes.’

  • michaelfury

    David Kelly didn’t get to ask Blair any questions, did he?

    http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/a-walk-in-the-woods/

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  • anon76

    You speak as if there were only one shameless BW at Swampland, and yet there are two just on this thread. Is there any conventional wisdom such as “don’t feed the trolls” that will make them go away?

  • jcapan

    I’d have to consult SZ, blog etiquette/convention extraordinaire, but I’d say linking to your blog in your user name is the appropriate thing to do.
    .
    What bugs me is they seek to generate traffic yet they contribute nothing remotely provocative (or developed enough to amt. to anything). Matt’s morsels of the obvious are particularly annoying. Then again, by acknowledging them at all…

  • spob

    I think the corpse is HCR.

  • Dee in Columbia MD

    No spob this is what happens to those of us who can’t but insurance without it.

  • spob

    Well, then it’s time to figure out what commonsense things can be done to improve our healthcare system. Your party’s attempt to mess with everyone’s healthcare is, thankfully, kaput.
    .
    And speaking of figurative corpses–what about all the victims in LA from costly consent decrees which divert scarce resources away from actual police work?

  • http://2thirdsrocks.wordpress.com 2thirdsrocks

    This is what happens to those of us who don’t have insurance because we don’t have jobs.
    .
    Fixed it for ya.

  • sacredh

    Since the subject of selling body parts was brought up, it’s time to legalize prostitution.

  • Exiled_At_Home (formerly Neo)

    Ding! Ding!

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