Where's Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth When We Need It?

Don Feder in GrassTopsUSA.com and FrontPage Magazine has an amusing article, "Some Commercials I'd Like to See," which illustrates what kind of commercials we're likely to see and hear if the presidential candidates of both major parties practiced truth-in-advertising. Here's one free sample:

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"Kucinich Ad: It isn't easy getting to the left of Clinton and Obama, but Dennis -- the Red Dwarf -- Kucinich has managed to occupy that narrow strip of terrain. If you want a man in the White House who believes in UFOs -- who might be an extra-terrestrial himself -- vote Dennis. Besides, if you get tired of looking at him for 4 to 8 years, you can always look at his wife. Dennis Kucinich -- ugly is as ugly does."

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Another subject for satire steps into the picture after Don Feder published his article: The New York Times (which I rarely cite) has actually issued a credible report about Mayor Bloomberg of New York consulting with elder statesmen in both parties as a prelude to a possible run for the presidency as an independent. We covered that contingency in Vol. 3, No. 23 of "Cutting-Edge Conservatism," dated 24 June 2007. You may request a free copy on an MS Word file by writing to me at hammerz at hotmail-dot-com.

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UPDATE: According to the New York Post, Bloomberg's predecessor as mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, says that this multi-billionaire would not run unless he had a chance of winning the election. At this time we believe that a Bloomberg candidacy would be regarded as a vanity campaign, and that he would be competing for many of the same liberal voters as whoever wins the Democratic nomination. As long as Giuliani and Hillary Clinton are major contenders, there is no assurance that he will even be able to claim the electoral votes of New York state.

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Thompson speaks! The Right Wing Nut House blog has provided the text of former Sen. Fred Thompson's "Address to the People of Iowa" that clearly states where he stands on a variety of issues.

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Gov. Romney, in his own words: Here's an interview of Mitt Romney by talk show host Glenn Beck: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/2756/

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Just so I'm not accused of ignoring major Democratic candidates, I will include this Houston Chronicle article, in which David Broder rhapsodizes about Sen. Barack Obama's stump speech.