In the other corner, Mean Jeanne Shaheen, a former governor and mastermind of John Kerry's presidential run in 2004.
We in Boston get the political ads from both campaigns. That's gotta be one heck of an advertising budget, considering New Hampshire has its own local media market in addition to the ones around Boston.
I've been watching the evolution of their political ads for some time, but I've noticed something lately that made me say, "Great Gipper, wouldja look at that!"
No, neither Sunununununununununu nor Jeanne The Machine Shaheen has really made an effective platform known to me, the curious but ultimately irrelevant out-of-district voter.
I refer, of course, to the almost Kryptonian nature with which they treat the Man That Would Be Bush.
Here's what I mean. First, the anti-Sununununununununununununnunununununu ad:
Next, the stylings of the anti- Lean Green Bean Jeanne Shaheen ad:
So if I was a voter in the district they cover (Thank God I'm not), I would be led to understand that both candidates have voted and paled around with Dubya. And that's a BAD THING. Right?
An aside: Who are people going to vote for?
To answer this question I went to the American Research Group, a thinktank that sounds respectable.
This group has Spleen Sheen Jeanne Shaheen running away with this race, at least as of Oct. 6, with 52 percent of the vote!!!!.
But as for ARG, further research indicates that no, unfortunately, it is NOT respectable.
Or, really, accurate.
The point is, both candidates point to each other as a failure in elected office, then compare their records to another failure in office.
Whether you vote for Sununununununnununununununununununununununnunununununununununununununununununununununununununununu or Jeanne OxyClean Ben Vereen Shaheen, I guess you're really just voting for George Bush to be your next Senator in New Hampshire.
Is it too late to write in Ralph Nader?
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