He can't have it both ways: He airs a pretty ballsy late-night TV ad, featuring Beacon Hill and Bechtel characters with their heads up their ass (his ads are here for anyone who wants to watch them). In the ads, there's a woman who looks exactly like Kerry Healey - which the media hath noticed. Furthermore, while I don't think the media has caught on yet, there's a man standing right next to the Kerry Healey character who looks almost exactly like Mitt Romney.
Yet, Christy Mihos claims it's just a coincidence. Allow me to call bull shit. Of course the woman in the ad is Kerry Healey - and of course the man next to her is Mitt Romney, even if the media ignored it. If Mihos wants to win, he can't put on an aura of being gutsy and then run away from it. If he airs those commercials, he owns them - for better or worse.
That said, the ad isn't terrible effective. For one, how many people want to watch characters with their heads up their butt? I'm guessing that's a turn off for most of the population. The most effective thing about Mihos's ad is the fact that it was so controversial that the media covered it and he got free publicity to go along with the cost of the ads (it's kinda like the CBS giving him a "buy one get one free" steal). However, Mihos is going to need to do better if he wants any chance of winning - not only better commercials, but he'll need to perform well at the debates. If this keeps up, his campaign is never going to be more than a spoiler: pulling too many votes away from Kerry Healey to give her a chance.
(PS: Thanks Christy).
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Ryan,
I of course agree with you that Mihos is a poopy head, and I of course love reading your blog. However, I would be careful when using the word Eunich, which in many cultures means transgendered (and there are many types of transgenderism) and biblicly speaking meant men with their balls cut off and also gay men who were better suited doing the "women's chores." and I would be careful about the implication that those who do not posess balls are in some way weak. Your word choice could be seen as sexist and/or transphobic.
To some extent, Mark, you're absolutely right. I certainly didn't mean any harm towards transgendered people. I'm actually very good friends with an ftm, but I'm still learning lingo and historical context on glbt issues (it's still pretty new to me). I had to come up with a headline that was interesting and people would easily understand and that's what I came up with in the limited time I had today to write.
Joe, I actually happen to like Christy... believe it or not, fiscally we're probably in line. He clearly prefers income tax to property tax - and that's pretty darn progressive. I'd get a tad bit worried about suddenly giving towns all sorts of dough that will probably dry up in a few years though, so I don't favor his prop 1, just the fundamental idea behind it.
He was pretty ballsy during the debate though; he really went after Kerry Healey. In fact, if he wants to win, he's going to have to go stronger on Deval... Kerry Healey's 25% isn't going to matter much if Deval keeps performing like he did tonight.
JOe, I don't know any gay people that use the word eunich except to describe the trans folks in India where that word is commonly used. It was however used in some translations of the bible to describe the men who a. did not have balls as you indicated or b. were assigned the roles women were usually assigned in those times. And yes, I am a drama queen duh. ;)
lol mark I'm a drama queen too!
I've never really heard the term eunuch to describe anything other than a) the emperor's eunichs from china and b) young opera singers mainly from Italy (let's just say that I'm glad I can partake in my theatircal pursuits from the relative safety of the 21st century!). Then again, I'm not one to read the bible.
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