What do you think of TV politcal ads? Obviously they have a huge amount of influence, or else politicians wouldn't spend so much money on them. What does that say about the average voter? Are people so fickle that they can be swayed by 15 seconds of a picture of a guy kissing a baby in front of a huge American flag? Personally I think political TV ads are just pure trash. There are no worthwhile facts presented. They flash up a statistic with a source at the bottom of the screen for a half-second, in fine-print so small you can't read it. They find the ugliest pictures they can find of a guy, doctor them up to look even uglier, play some evil Darth-Vader introduction music of some sort, and that's about it. It's so clearly an appeal to the irrational.

*evil whisper* "George Bush voted to illegalize puppies, and he wants to steal old people's medicine to help power oil-guzzling machines that kill baby dolphins."

*evil music* "John Kerry strangles hobos for fun and his mom is a known international terrorist."