TV Casualty

Politics move fast. I like to write about the Iowa Caucus but I didn’t get to do it as much as I liked this go around. 

 That said, I write about stuff I find amusing or interesting so it’s not like it’s insightful. I may still write everything post- Caucus date. It isn’t like it needs to be timely. But I have got backlogged writing about the campaign ads which Whoo Doggy are fun this year 

Check these out 

Vivek Ramaswamy Right Notes

Vivek stuck to personal appearances instead of ads, but he did run this one.  In the day of negative ads, I am starting with this one which features Vivek’s childhood piano teacher. There really isn’t anything more soul stirring patriotic than a kid playing piano. It just is. Reminds me of when Van Cliburn took 14% of the vote from Nixon in the 1960 Republican Race 

Nikki Haley Role Model 

This one is an anti-Haley ad from a DeSantis PAC and it’s Haley saying that Hillary Clinton is the reason she got into politics. Which is a nice nonpartisan comment and we should find inspiration where we do, but it also led to this “LOL Nikki said she wants to be Hillary” ad

Ron DeSantis Too Weak to Lead 

 This one is particularly fun as it shows DeSantis parroting Trump saying the same words and having the same “accordion” hands. But who is the ad for? Trump for showing DeSantis is an imitation? Democrats would seem like the best answer for saying there’s no difference in the two but in this case, it’s from a Haley PAC 

Ryan Binkley A Prayer 

I really expected CEO/Pastor Binkley to make a little bit more headway despite his David vs Goliath matchup (I think he would like that) but he seems to have topped out at just under one percent in polls. His ads are ubiquitous at the dinner table. They do look slightly lower market than the PAC attack ads it sits besides, but I do love his positivity and nonpartisanship. 

Ron DeSantis Dumpster Fire 

DeSantis is a dumpster fire. That’s it. That’s literally the ad. Paid for by Haley PAC 

Nikki Haley New Generation 

This starts out “I will just say it, Biden is too old”. But she isn’t saying it, is she? Biden’s 81. Is 77 also too old. Well, just say it. 

Nikki Haley No Respect 

 Oh snap, the DeSantis campaign found a video of Haley talking in New Hampshire saying they correct Iowa’s mistakes. Unforgivable.

Nikki Haley Tricky Nikki 

 An otherwise banal DeSantis PAC ad showing issue flip flops from Haley, though points for the Tricky Nikki moniker. 

Donald Trump Thankful 

This masterful (or insane) ad only works if you know that Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds has been a vocal supporter of Ron DeSantis after a falling out with her and Donald Trump. This ad is literally all the old footage when Trump visited the state and Reynolds is praising Trump. This a literally an ad running that makes it looks like Reynolds is endorsing Trump when the opposite is true. 

Now that’s politics. Sometimes it’s even better than Pro Wrestling