Chris Cillizza has really bad taste, or...

...He's got his finger on the pulse of ABC's TGIF viewership. For the second or third time the Washington Post's "Politics" Blog cheers the Friday Night sitcom promo's that Michael Steele is running as "campaign ads." For some reason Cillizza likes meaningless rhetoric and mugging for the camera...oh yeah...and lies.

"What lies?" Chris Cillizza may ask. Well, furthering the lie that Michael Steele is an outsider or not a lock step Republican for two. How about the lie that Michael Steele likes puppies? Where is the research to back this outrageous claim up? Have you seen a picture of Steele and a puppy? Google it; no pictures of Steele and a puppy.

So if Michael Steele is willing to lie about puppies, what else is he lying about? (Please imagine that this is being said in a very deep voice as black and white pictures of Steele standing with Dick Cheney and President Bush are flashes across your screen.)

Cillizza then has the gall to quote Al Wynn (D-Md 4th) :

Wynn, who is black, replied: "It's a scenario that I don't even want to talk about. 'I wouldn't want to speculate on what such a negative scenario it would be for the party."

Cillizza knows, as well as I do, that Wynn is pissed at the party because it allowed a challenger in his reelection bid. I believe that it is still contested, so He's really the right guy to ask. He couldn't possible want to apply any pressure to the party, no, that would be ridiculous.

But really, it all comes back to these ads for me. They insult the intelligence of the electorate. Seriously. We are not voting for a sitcom, we are voting for one of two Senators! What is wrong with them being contemplative, intelligent, serious, and focused on actual issues. What’s more, Cillizza props up Steele's "promise" to "...ban all gifts from lobbyists to members of Congress and eliminate last-minute amendments to spending bills to reduce pork-barrel spending..." without stating the obvious. To get that kind of legislation passed, we will need a Democratic majority in both the House and Senate...elect Steele and you can kiss that Senate majority goodbye. Once he is in, he will vote for it, if it ever comes to the floor...$100 says that he isn't on a committee that will deal with the issue, and a republican majority will lift hell and high water before they put him in a position to have to deal with the issue.

Change means party change in this cycle. Period. The Republicans announced (that’s right, they Announced!) that they will be funding a huge negative ad campaign this fall. Isn't that enough to vote them out of power on principle? Then to attack democrats for negative campaigning before any target campaigning has even begun? Desperate.

So to sum up. Chris Cillizza is a shill. There is no evidence that Michael Steele likes puppies. Republicans are flip flopping on negative campaigning. Chris Cillizza promotes lies. Al Wynn should probably be voted out next cycle. Michael Steele's show, Running with Mike, will be canceled in November, due to lack of viewers. Chris Cillizza has very poor taste in advertising, wonder what he actually watches...my guess...The George Lopez Show...(sigh.)

DISCLAIMER: It has come to my attention that The George Lopez show has been moved to Wednesday night. However, it's replacement, Americans Funniest Home Videos, is also very similar to Michael Steele's ad style...out of touch and might have been effective/funny in the 90's but just went down hill without Bob Saget.