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25 August 2014

John Lewis releases TV ad I hope he withdraws

It’s time Democratic candidate for the U.S. House John Lewis released an ad. Past time. He needs to make more noise or he’ll be invisible to the voters — and Mr. Invisible has never won an election.

But this is TV spot that should have remained invisible. He’s back to running against “gold plated” Congressional pensions, evidently on the theory that voters hate Congress so much that they favor impoverishing retired members of Congress to the extent that taking bribes could become more acceptable and attractive. And the platinum plated pensions and golden parachutes awarded to the big kahunas on Wall Street who cause crashes and wreck the economy? They don’t seem to offend Lewis, who is, one needs reminding at times like this, running as a Democrat.

Here’s the script, followed by the ad.

I’m John Lewis. And this is my family.
Wait, hold on, that’s more like it.
With us, what you see is what you get.
Unlike my opponent, I don’t have my own super PAC trying to buy me a seat in Congress.
But I do have a plan to cut wasteful spending, cut Congress’ pay and get rid of their gold plated pensions so we can keep our promises to our veterans and our seniors.
I’m John Lewis and I approved this message to make Congress work for Montana.

The only subtitle is John Lewis for Montana, so if you’re like me and always mute commercials, you’ll be spared the nonsense about Congressional pensions, the righteous indignation over Zinke’s superpac, and the bemoaning of wasteful Congressional spending (what he thinks is wasteful is never mentioned; you’re supposed to fill in that blank so you will believe he agrees with you).

My advice to Lewis and his propagandists: withdraw that ad and cut one giving me good reasons to vote for you. And at the end of the ad, just say “I’m John Lewis and I approved this ad.” Omit the “…to make Congress work for Montana.” If your ad is good, you’ve already delivered that message.