NEW YORK (Reuters) - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.
Folks get together to watch the Super Bowl because it’s one of those sporting events that has become an occasion for even those that don’t follow sports to socialize with family and friends, enjoy some good food, maybe knock back a few cold ones, and just generally have a fun time.
Position ads on such controversial subjects as abortion or gun control go over like a turd in the punch bowl, causing nothing but either an uncomfortable silence or a heated argument.
Legally, I suppose the networks can’t out and out refuse to air the ads if groups are willing to pony up the dough, but I wish they’d bunch the lot of ’ em together and run a 15 second warning saying, “Hey, folks, the courts and the FCC make us run these ads but feel free to change the channel for the next two minutes.”
Shouldn’t that be, “Felonious officials against the 2nd Amendment?” Haven’t MOST of them either been charged with, if not convicted of, felony offenses?
Funny how these hypocrtical assholes have yet to speak out against “holder’s follies” even after it resulted in the murder of a USBP Agent (may he RIP).