Mayor Sam debuts on Time's website!

Good Day Readers:

If you visit Time's main page (http://www.time.com/time/) you'll find a link to its NewsFeed service and the story line, Dirty Canadian Campaign Ad: Best Ever? Obviously a spoof (Students?) it alternately claims to have been paid for Concerned Pediatric Orthodontists and Friends Of People Against The Kicking Of Children In The Face (FOPATKOCITF). To date the YouTube video had been visited about 4,600 times (Sorry for the bad pun!). Wonder if some enterprising soul will do the same to Judy Wasylycia-Leis?

Time's comment:

"He kicks children in the face. Nice." As the New Republic said, is this Canada's Karl Rove? This anti-Sam Katz ad kicks the Winnipeg mayoral candidate in the face. Looks like Canada's television ads are just as dirty as ours."

The Katz video was linked to a larger story Time is running on the 26 worst American midterm campaign ads that have gone viral. Here's a couple of our favourites.

Christine O'Donnell's Bewitching Debut
By Christina Crapanzano


Republican Christine O'Donnell may have "dabbled in witchcraft" way back when, but her first ad in Delaware's Senate race cuts right through the hocus pocus. "I'm not a witch," she declares, standing against a navy blue prom portrait backdrop. With that attention–grabber out of the way, O'Donnell gets down to the business of trying to relate to the average American, promising to "go to Washington and do what you'd do." As spellbinding at that appeal may be, she'll need a lot more than that to beat out favored Democrat Chris Coons in November. Bold ads make for great viral video, but don't necessarily translate to electoral magic.

Blogmaster's Comment: "She's a Tea Party Candidate - surprise!"

Listen Up: Dale Peterson Is No Dummy
By Katy Steimnmetz


You've probably never cared much about the position of Alabama agriculture commissioner, but that doesn't make this ad any less entertaining. It's hard to say what we like best. Perhaps it's the jumpy editing, which makes each line delivered by Dale Peterson, clad in his cowboy hat and high-waisted jeans, seem angrier than the last. Or maybe it's the colloquialism-laden script, which covers everything from his "dummy" rivals "stealin' yard signs in the dead of night" to Facebook scandals that appear of little or no interest to the horse dutifully standing beside him. Then again, it might be the gun-toting goodness of the moment when he says, "We're Republicans; we should be better than that," as he hoists a rifle into view, revealing that he's been packing heat the entire time. Sadly, Peterson lost in the June primary, so he won't be "naming names" or "taking no prisoners" anytime soon in the Heart of Dixie. If only more people gave a rip.

Blogmaster's comment: "Big Dale is a horse's ass!"

Tommy Gun Gorman
By Katy Steinmetz


Congressional hopeful Pamela Gorman wants you to know that she can and does shoot guns. Lots and lots of guns. Capitalizing on the pretty lady–automatic weapon combo that works so well for Sarah Palin, Gorman used this video in her bid for the GOP nomination in Arizona's Third Congressional District. But this seemingly endless montage showing Gorman discharging lead into the desert wasn't quite explosive enough; she failed to overcome a crowded field of Republicans vying to replace retiring Representative John Shadegg. We'd make a firearm-related pun or two at her expense, but Gorman already used them all in her video (caliber of the candidate, a pretty fair shot, right on target). Plus, the tommy gun is intimidating.

Blogmaster's Comment: "Go ahead make our day shoot up Washington!"

Sincerely,
Clare L. Pieuk