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OK, I've seen Jim Schellinger's and Jill Long Thomson's ads, and they are both too folksy and charming for words. I am heartened to learn that both candidates come from such "humble" beginnings. Jill grew up on the family farm and was the first in her family to go to college. Jim "worked nights" to put himself through college.
I'd like to see a candidate some day with the guts to say something like, "Well, I come from a very wealthy family, and I inhereited millions, but I squandered it all on gambling and drinking. I wasn't sure what to do next, so I married someone rich. You should elect me because I've proven over and over again I know what to do with other people's money."
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Jill Long ran a radio ad in the 1980s, where it talked about driving a pickup, and it needed tires adn brakes and gas, and you weren't sure which one to buy, because you sure as hell couldn't afford all three.
It almost moved me to vote for her. Not because I figured she was struggling as much as the rest of us - she lost the family farm back then, didn't she? - but because I figured she had a sense of the poetic. Having an intelligent politician would either be a big improvement over the illiterate dolts we usually elect, or else a lot more dangerous....