Thursday, December 08, 2005
Guy Smiley for PM
The first NDP election ads are out, and they're probably the best of the big three's ads. Unsurprisingly, their biggest weakness is the fact that Jack Layton still seems unable to wipe that grin off of his face.
"Well, the Liberals promised to take action to reduce pollution," says Jack, "and yet pollution is up."
He begins to smile.
"They promised to do something about cleaning water and yet we have boil water orders all over the country."
The smile broadens into a grin.
"The fact is they've failed. They've broken their promises, and people's health is suffering as a result."
At this, Jack looks pleased as punch.
I have to say, I'd be more inclined to trust a politician to deal with environmental issues if he didn't look so positively thrilled shitless about current pollution.
I do like the lack of voiceover, though (the one way in which I think the Labour ad to which I linked via Spencer could have been improved), and the "This time" slogan's pretty powerful.
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The first NDP election ads are out, and they're probably the best of the big three's ads. Unsurprisingly, their biggest weakness is the fact that Jack Layton still seems unable to wipe that grin off of his face.
"Well, the Liberals promised to take action to reduce pollution," says Jack, "and yet pollution is up."
He begins to smile.
"They promised to do something about cleaning water and yet we have boil water orders all over the country."
The smile broadens into a grin.
"The fact is they've failed. They've broken their promises, and people's health is suffering as a result."
At this, Jack looks pleased as punch.
I have to say, I'd be more inclined to trust a politician to deal with environmental issues if he didn't look so positively thrilled shitless about current pollution.
I do like the lack of voiceover, though (the one way in which I think the Labour ad to which I linked via Spencer could have been improved), and the "This time" slogan's pretty powerful.
