Disappointment

Entertainment Weekly’s interview with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert is very funny, insightful, and well worth a read if you enjoy their shows.

A notable quote from Stewart:

I was convinced an Obama/McCain campaign would be measurably different on almost all standards. And to watch it become Bush/Kerry, Bush/Gore, has been one of the most dissatisfying experiences.

Agreed. I’ve been disappointed in Obama’s campaign, too. Some of his more recent ads misrepresent McCain’s positions in significant ways (factcheck.org pages here and here). We don’t need ads about how many cars McCain has and where they’re from. There’s no shortage of valid reasons to criticize McCain, stupid arguments and misrepresentation just aren’t necessary.

None of these ads are as bad as McCain’s kindergarten sex ed ad, but they’re still disappointing.

On a more positive note, I did like this ad:

It’s honest, personal, straightforward, and gives a clear high-level points while giving the viewer a path to find the details of the plan.

And finally, speaking of ads, I really enjoyed last week’s SNL opener (here’s the link- I couldn’t get it to embed). It started out with some predictable old jokes (those things weren’t that funny to begin with), but the rest of it is quite well written: funny and incisive.