Paul Jacob over at the Sam Adams Alliance talks about Edward's idea to ban drug advertising. While I like his suggestion for Edwards, let me suggest something else. Jacob observes that Edwards "also says the commercials imply that by taking the drug you’ll be skipping through fields holding the hands of your loved one. You’ll be conned into believing Nirvana is around the corner no matter what potential side effects the voiceover warns you about." This gives me several ideas.
One, perhaps we should make it a law that all political ads have a voiceover warn us about the potential side effects of whatever political proposal the candidate is making.
"Tax increases have been shown to result in recession in X% of all cases."
"Studies have shown socialist ideas like these to fail in most countries where they have been tried."
"Universal health care could result in lower quality and tax rates of up to 90% for most people."
Yes, I think I like that idea. I mean, isn't this what political commercials do? They try to con you into believing Nirvana is around the corner no matter what potential side effects of the politician's ideas?
Second, perhaps there should be a two year ban on anyone running for President speaking about it. Wouldn't that be nice? Perhaps the media could then spend that time learning facts about the candidates without having to worry about the politicians trying to spin what they find and report.
Or maybe I'm the one dreaming of Nirvana now. In the real world free speech works best for everyone. Even if it means we have to listen to John Edwards blather on about things he knows nothing about (which seems to be almost everything).
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