Nick Gillespie | July 11, 2006
That's the question Wes Wagner, an sledge-hammer-wielding Libertarian running to represent Oregon House District 39, is asking in a pretty funny campaign ad.
Check out the video here.
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Heh, heh...cock.
I think the image would be more effective if his sledgehammer
wasn't brand new and unused. It makes him look poserish or
something.
It is only slightly used... but it is going to get more use as the campaign continues. Trust us >:) - there will be a few notches carved in the handle before we are done.
Well, the state house is still standing at this point... once
he's through, I'm guessing that it'll be pretty well-used
looking.
Mmmmmm... brains.
As far as weaponish implements go, I'm partial to splitting mauls. Smash! Smash! Split! Split! Spurt! Spurt!
Last sentence before the obligatory "I approve this message"
spiel:
"Come to standingupforfreedom.org to see this message
uncut!"
Oh man, that was funny.
Yeah that has to be one of the funnier commercial adverts I have seen in a while. Lets hope PETA doesn't get upset about the cock-fighting mention.
Nice ad, Wes. Good luck in the race.
For anyone who feels like generating some stomach-churning bile,
Click this
link for a campaign ad from Vernon Robinson
Personally, it's crap like that which has driven me to vote
libertarian.
Why am I not surprised by the symbolism of the people looking backwards at the end of that ad? Disgusting. Going to go watch Wes' ad again, to get the filthy taste out of my mouth.
"What If We Chose Our Legislators By Cockfighting?"
I was under the impression we did.
Well, the size of a candidate's warchest doesn't really
correspond to the size of their cock... I mean, look at
Hillary.
Okay, well, maybe a bad example there....
Great job Wes. I laughed my ass off. Is House District 39 in Portland? I have a couple friends there that I'm forwarding this to.
Man, I hope Vernon Robinson's campaign failed to clear all the trademarks and copyrights it used...
Lar's Hedbor is very happy to now have a "World-famous Cock" - he plans to use that line in bars to pickup "chicks".
"What If We Chose Our Legislators By
Cockfighting?"
I definitely think our next Commander-In-Chief should be chosen in
a snoodle-off...
Fixed the firefox issue... it now works if you have the latest version of flash player.
I can not get this to work in Opera or Explorer. Perhaps rendering to a down-rev version of flash might widen the audience. I am not going to install any new software on my machine when 99.9% of the flash animations work just fine.
Try google video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9209057490655916576
Also please rate us while you are there.
HA! Last year we had a gov. official suggest it should be allowed if they wore gloves..no kidding.
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