Um, excuse me?

Nov 02, 2008 21:44

Actual TV ad:
"[So and so]. Too corrupt even for Congress. Paid for by [Such-and-such] for Congress."

What my brain translated it to:
"[So and so]. Too corrupt even for Congress. Vote for me instead, I'm not quite as corrupt."

ETA: added "I'm not quite as corrupt." It seems this implication is more in the presentation than the text of the ad

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dbang November 3 2008, 13:36:45 UTC
Er...what else could it translate to?

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harimad November 3 2008, 16:55:45 UTC
The three of us who saw the actual add thought "Vote for me instead, I'm not quite as corrupt." Guess that bit doesn't come across with just the text.

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