For those of you with any understanding of comedy and joke this will be redundant... if you are looking for a laugh... disappointing and wanting information... infuriating... sorry. For the rest we are using skills handout#1 and are bored...
Comparison is a skill all candidates use to reinforce their opinion... experience... or ignorance. Sometimes a comic gets lucky and they collide. Usually in a campaign there are front-runners who just are not going to win... you can feel it... sometimes they do which makes for great comedy... and most times they don't which makes for the best comedy.
The front-runner in the Calgary election is Ric4Mayor. The comedy lesson is comparison... begin...
Compared to a TV reporter I look smart
Compared to a pundit I look like Joe the Plumber
Compared to other aldermen I look groomed
If using facts... and really it's a campaign why would you?... different comparisons could be used...
Compared to a Ponzi scheme our last Council was open, transparent and legal
Compared to my experience... intelligence and community involvement mean nothing
Compared to my saying no to everything being thoughtful looks wishy washy
Mayoral races are different from all other contests because they are about the person. Not the party. Comparisons are the candidates way of standing out from the pack. It is also helpful in reassuring the donors.... shoring up the base... and continuing the delusion...
It would take someone new at least 6 months to understand where our Council spent the next 10 years of your tax money... compared to me who knows already... who has the contracts... and voted no except when mother nature called...
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