Watch this ad to the end


This campaign ad in a congressional race in Arizona for Democrat Steven David Brill, who is running against Republican opponent Paul Gosar, looks pretty run-of-the-mill until you get to the end.

I am guessing that Thanksgiving dinner for the Gosar clan is going to be somewhat strained.

Comments

  1. John Morales says

    I did watch it to the end.

    Looks like a typical political attack advertisement, condemning an opposing candidate.

    Is the interesting thing that the family of the candidate being attacked is part of the attack?
    I can’t dispute that’s uncommon.

    (Utterly uninformative about actual policy stances, but that’s par for the course)

  2. John Morales says

    So… I indulged myself.

    Paul is a devout family man and cherishes Arizona’s culture of family values. He and his wife Maude have been married for more than 25 years and have three children.

    (http://drpaulgosar.com/about/)

    Me, I’ve been married for [counts] 35 (!) years, but that’s since the Catholic ceremony I endured for the sake of our families — we eloped much earlier. Also, I have no children, by mutual design and to my eternal satisfaction.

    (And I think familial groupings are the second-smallest level of tribalism)

  3. StonedRanger says

    That’s one dinner I would like to be a fly on the wall. Btw, the ad says his name is David Brill. Your text says steven.

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