While I love Autumn, what I really love is Election Season. The TV ads fill me with joy & promise for the future. Watching television is rarely better than it will be over these next 6 weeks. In these ads, most every candidate is painted by their opposition (or some PAC) as TOO EXTREME FOR COLORADO!!...usually while some stereotypical actor (usually portraying a housewife these days) looks wanly into the dismal, foreboding distance. TOO EXTREME makes me wonder... I mean, just how EXTREME is the candidate paying for that ad? Just Extreme enough? Bringing the proper amount of Extreme-ness to the table? Gently extreme? Doesnt the word extreme cover it? Do we need to add TOO? Isnt that like something being very unique? The actual definition of the word unique is - being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else. Clearly, the word very adds nothing to it. If you look up the word extreme, its pretty much the same story - reaching a high or the highest degree or furthest from the center or a given point. Watching these ads....over and over and over again...gives me a great deal of comfort and confidence going forward. Someday soon my TV will get back to normal, and I can get back to my nice, normal friends like The Strongarm, Frank Azar...and Shagman...and Flo, from Progressive.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:15:21 +0000