Americana Part 2

Farnsworth asked if I had heard of Dale Peterson yet and seen his Best Political Ad Ever Created. (According to the Washington Post, it has received over 1.7 million hits on YouTube.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7fhIO7DG0

Damn, now that’s what you call plain folks appeal…My initial thought when viewing the first time was “is this one of those Internet jokes?” However, there’s some serious business going down in this ad. Mainly that old-fashioned, lever-action rancher gun. My Dale tells me that gun began manufacture in the 1880s and is still sold today because of its VERY EFFECTIVE DESIGN. I’ll have you know, John Wayne carried one as Rooster Cogburn, when he charged Lucky Ned Pepper across the meadow in “True Grit.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51l4U6Slgn0

“Rooster, I’m shot to pieces…”

The other pieces of serious business are: The man’s election is June 1 – I’ll be watching to see if he wins by a landslide. And then watching to see which other politicians in this region think they can get away with copying it for their races…