I’ve been listening to the Milwaukee broadcast of the World Series,1 which has familiarized me with the quirks of that media market. I’ve come to know the two ▶egregiously Midwestern supermarket owners who scream their heads off about big savings on brats and canned peas. A local convenience store hawks something called a “cheese mountain pizza”, which is probably even less healthy than it sounds. Miller runs ads — it’s great that they’re getting the word out about Miller beer in Milwaukee. And the broadcast is sponsored by — I’m not joking — North Shore adult diapers. And why not? Many of us will eventually need adult diapers, we shouldn’t be weird about them. Honestly, I think a certain peace of mind might come with knowing “Those functions are in God’s hands now,” and that peace of mind should be easier to achieve if you’re backed by a quality product like North Shore.
But the main thing I’ve noticed about the ads is that every Republican candidate is trying to convince Wisconsinites that their opponent is a dangerous leftist freak. That is their only play, as it has been Republicans’ only play in every election for as long as I can remember. The fact that Democrats rejected gubernatorial candidate and leftist clown Francesca Hong and nominated normie David Crowley instead hasn’t keep right-leaning groups from evoking Hong and Woke 1 at every opportunity. Which illustrates that the mere *existence of leftist wackos *is an albatross around Democrats’ necks, even when those wackos have explicitly been rejected.
Consider this ad being run against Crowley:
