Can you imagine an ad like this today?

[edhorch]

This is a ten-minute, work-safe political ad from 1987 done by John Cleese for the SDP/Liberal Alliance (later the Liberal Democrats). Imagine if any party in the US tried to run an ad like this today...

BTW, the Liberal Democrats are exactly the kind of third party, in terms of size and influence (not necessarily ideology although I'd probably

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[dossy]

OMG, that video should be mandatory watching before anyone makes a politically-oriented rant - the video sums up exactly why this whole political circus is a farce.

[jigsawn]

holy shiite! My worlds just collided. Ed, you know... Ed?

[dossy]

Ha, I didn't know you had a LJ, Dave.

I kinda know edhorch through Twitter and we know some people in common.

[edhorch]

Everybody knows everybody.