In a way, I feel a sense of relief.
I had begun to doubt my own reaction as an independent voter since I had started to conclude that silliness and grasping at straws to try and find negatives about candidates was almost only happening on the GOP side.
But, no, my faith that silliness and all-encompassing frenzy of partisans and groups to grab onto anything to strain and try to discredit a candidate is a malady in both parties (uh, oh..here come The False Equivalency Police) and an inspiration to many voters to stay independent has been restored.
The award for the silliest reason to vote against a candidate goes to this labor group ad that you might say involves quintessential garbage.
(And no, it is not produced by The Politico’s Roger Simon as another unfunny, unsuccessful attempt at satire.)
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.