Results of Discontent’s Poll On Political Ads

Posted by Myrna the Minx on October 20, 2006 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

And the winning answer is……..”Ridiculously juvenile” with 23% of the total vote. Coming a close second was the wince inducing “The first time I saw them, I paid attention. The 17th time, I wanted to kill carve my brain out with a ladle” with 21% of the vote. And the second runner up was the simply cynical “more of the same crap from both sides,” an answer provided by one of our readers, which garnered 15% of the total vote. Its interesting to note that “ridiculously juvenile” killed “ridiculously stupid” in our poll. I guess our readers are giving campaign ad creators credit for insulting their intelligence by creating so many ridiculously juvenile ads

Of course, there were a couple of stand out answers contributed by our brilliant readers, including one that appears to be written in secret code: “vsqesnxy.” Me no good at word puzzles. Whoever added “Not enough commecials showing Gibbons throwing up” is clearly a glutton for punishment. And my favorite is the wine inspired “Tension-laced, with a slight tone of Desparity.” I think its time for a nice Zinfandel, don’t you?

How would you describe the tone of this years political ads?

* Ridiculously juvenile: 23% (14)
* Ridiculously stupid: 5% (3)
* The first time I saw them, I paid attention. The 17th time, I wanted to kill carve my brain out with a ladle: 21% (13)
* Not too offensive in general: 5% (3)
* I love political ads and think they should play all year long: 7% (4)
* There’s an election?: 5% (3)
* Who cares: 7% (4)
* Tension-laced, with a slight tone of Desparity1: 5% (3)
* more of the same crap from both sides1: 15% (9)
* ridiculously amateurish1: 3% (2)
* Not enough commecials showing Gibbons throwing up1: 2% (1)
* vsqesnxy1: 3% (2)

Total Votes : 61, 1 = Added by a guest