Campaign AdWatch: Annals Of Unintended Metaphor

05/25/2011 12:50 pm ET

Jim Slattery is a Democrat running for one of Kansas' seats in the U.S. Senate, against Pat Roberts, who is, by the way, a HUGE fan of wiretapping your phones! Anyhoo, Slattery, looking for something a little, shall we say, provocative, to sum up his candidacy, put out this ad. In it, a group of Lillputian citizens, angered over the bailout bill, confront a giant Wall Street Executive. For their troubles, they get showered with a thick, amber ropes of some liquid! That's right! Ha, ha! Watch how Wall Street discharges its relief!. Of course, that's not what's actually happening! In reality, the metaphor doesn't make much sense, but at least it ends up being far less scatological.

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