If there’s one thing we can all agree on when it comes to this election cycle, it’s this: It needs to END. Like, yesterday.
If you too have vowed to bury your head in the sand until Nov. 9 — or move to Canada, depending on the results — I am right there with you. Maybe you’ve been consciously scrolling past the latest articles about Hillary’s emails or Trump’s insults because you just can’t take it anymore. Maybe you’ve completely blocked your Uncle Gary on Facebook, because his crazy political statuses are starting to make you question your genetics. Or maybe you’ve taken to changing the channel whenever a new campaign attack ad flashes across the screen — because at this point, they’re getting downright vicious.
Trust me, I don’t blame you.
But do me a favor: If you come across the latest campaign ad for Gerald Daugherty, please — stop what you’re doing and watch it immediately. It’s like a sweet breath of fresh air.
The Travis County Commissioner is running for reelection this year in Austin, Texas, promising to tirelessly fight for “better roads, lower taxes, and responsible county spending,” according to his YouTube page. But in the 1-minute spot, you won’t find Gerald talking about his opponent’s misdeeds or questionable spending practices. Nor will you see him awkwardly posing with his perfectly-coiffed family around a dinner table or talking to townspeople in overly-staged photo-ops. Instead, Gerald’s puttering around the house while prattling on about county spending and code violations; boring his neighbor to tears by prattling on about tax rates; hovering over his wife Charlyn as she does laundry and, well, generally annoying the crap out of her by always being underfoot.
But here’s the thing: Gerald clearly knows his stuff.
“He’s always trying to fix things,” Charlyn tells the camera dryly, before the ad cuts to a clip of her husband yet again talking her ear off about the need for better roads.
And while she clearly loves the guy (as you will too, by the end of the clip), Charlyn just has one simple plea for Austinites: Please, please reelect her husband. If for no other reason than to get him out of the house before she loses her damn mind.