Can Someone Explain this to me - Like I'm a 2 Year Old?
By Byron LaMasters
Apologies due to Denzel Washington from Philadelphia, but I saw for the second time today the "Yes on Prop 12" campaign ad featuring Rick Perry (wmv file). Now, I don't claim to be an expert, but typically when you want to win an election, and get the public to accept your point of view, you use people more popular to campaign with. Take California for example. Gray Davis, facing a recall is an unpopular politician. So, what does he do? He runs ads featuring a popular politician, Diane Feinstein. You may view the ad, here.
Now, take a look at Texas. The latest public poll on Prop 12 has it leading with 51%. On the other hand, the latest poll on Rick Perry's approval rating shows it at 44%. So why the heck are the Yes on 12 folks using Rick Perry in their ads? Common sense would suggest using a popular Republican to promote Prop 12. Like Sen. Hutchison or Carole Keeton McClendon Rylander Strayhorn, or heck, even someone like Susan Combs or something. I don't know. I don't really care. It's not my problem. It's the problem of the Yes on 12 folks. But still, can someone, anyone, explain to me why a cause (Prop 12) is being promoted by a politician (Rick Perry) who is less popular than the cause that he is promoting. Can someone explain it to me? Like I'm a 2 year old?
Posted by Byron LaMasters at September 5, 2003 01:34 AM
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I don't see Perry in that ad. I haven't seen any ads besides the one to vote no on Prop 12 (by the Patients' Rights group or something).
Is the doctor in the linked ad saying she stopped practicing medicine but is still wearing a white coat and a stethoscope around her neck?
