A hot election topic in Oregon is a ballot measure calling for the dissolution of the State Accident Insurance Fund. There are all sorts of reasons given why this would be ever-so-good an idea, but the actual motivation is pretty straightforward: Liberty Northwest (an insurance company actually based in Boston) wants to eliminate its chief competitor.
There's a delightful campaign ad, showing the Liberty board talking about the best way to gain control over the market in "Ore-a-gone". They say "Ore-a-gone" a couple of times, to make sure the point gets across.
It says "A Dramatization" across the bottom of the screen in big letters, but the funniest part is that, like Dan Rather's memos, the video is a false record of a real thing.
Another amusing campaign ad ends with a candidate preparing to bungee jump, saying, "I'm David WU, and I approve this message, and I do my own stunts!"
2 comments:
Insurance companies using an election for their own selfish reasons? Surely you jest.
Are you guys a part of the big tort-reform movement as well? The ads up here are truly unconscionable.
That reminds me of an ad the Mariners did (I think a few years back now) where Edgar was teaching the rookies how to pronounce things like "Geoduck" and "Yakima." I'm going to miss 'Gar.
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