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20:29 - Saves us all a lot of effort
http://www.iraruskin.org/ruskin40yrs?PHPSESSID=379f573801c79fe05b075918ba180086
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This just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy somehow: a local political ad, currently airing on many different cable channels, for State Assembly candidate Ira Ruskin.
What makes it so cool is that it's just so forthright. It doesn't pull any punches; it doesn't make any empty promises. It ends with the tagline: We know where he stands. And indeed we do.
Which means the ad has the interesting property that for people who oppose the things Ruskin says he stands for, the ad is as powerful a case for voting against him as it is for people who agree with him to vote for him. If Ruskin's opponent wanted to run an ad telling his base why not to vote for Ruskin, he may as well just pay to have Ruskin's own ad aired more frequently.
It really is a marvel of honesty, and for that—if for nothing else—I must tip my hat to Mr. Ruskin.
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Brian Tiemann
