Welcome to your Saturday morning weekend coffee pick-me-up.

Remember me writing about humor, scorn and derision? Here’s a reminder:

Well, this ad is pure genius.

It’s got it all: a compelling story, wry humor, subtle derision, slipping in that Paxton has been indicted for fraud, contrasting Paxton with an actual “nice guy”, and promoting an overarching story arc of a petty thief with no morals who is not worthy of, well, any office, let alone the United States Senate.

And the closing line is killer: “Vote for James Talarico. He won’t steal your pen.”

Brutal.

The video focused on something seemingly so small, yet my guess is, it will be pretty darn effective.

This is the Way.

Happy weekend…

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Dave Beauvais3 months ago

Smart, witty, cutting. This is how you do it.

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John S.3 months ago

Love it! More like that please.

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mister mixAuthor3 months ago

I like it, and I like that it is something that will probably get shared. It seems like something people will talk about, or chuckle about, which is also good.

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Joe is Wypoxic3 months ago(edited)

It's something everyone can relate to - just look at Sepideh and TBone comments below 😇

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mister mixAuthor3 months ago

I have a bad habit of leaving a tab open and then coming in to comment without refreshing the tab…

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Sepideh M3 months ago

I am saddened to inform you that James Talarico just destroyed all my political ambition. I will definitely steal your pen. It won't even be a nice one. I will just take it.

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TBone Dinosaur3 months ago

😂 my hubby collects them wherever he goes. So. Many. Pens!

I'm merely an inadvertent pen thief.

I might start leaving pens around town to counter hubby's obsessive hoard. Maybe I'll tie little notes on them. "This one's for you. Make sure you fill out that ballot! Love, James Talarico."