Ever since the
MSNBC host’s denunciation of a Tim James TV ad
catapulted James to superstar status in the Alabama GOP
gubernatorial primary, the Rachel Maddow Threshold (RMT) has
become the new gold standard in conservative campaign
advertising.
In one of the delicious ironies of the Obama Age, Republican
consultants are conspiring feverishly to produce
TV commercials that exceed the RMT and get their
candidates condemned on the Liberal Network No One Ever
Watches.
All of which is to explain why Dale Peterson is now
odds-on favorite to become the nation’s most famous
candidate for state agriculture commissioner. At the gossip
site
Gawker, Adrien Chen says: “This spot … makes James
look like a gay Commie terrorist.”
Click here to watch it.
If Maddow doesn’t denounce this one by Thursday, I owe somebody
in Huntsville a case of beer.
