What would an honest politician actually sound like?
Meet Gil Fulbright, a satirical candidate running against Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes.
Fulbright is the creation of Represent.Us, a non-partisan organization working to pass campaign finance and anti-corruption laws to limit the influence of money in politics.
Represent Us is running an Indiegogo campaign to raise money “to bring some much-needed honesty to one of the most expensive Senate campaigns in American history.” The campaign started on Jul 08 and will close on August 10, 2014 (11:59pm PT) and has already surpassed their goal of $20,000.
According to their Indiegogo campaign, the money will be used to
Rent a campaign bus – With Gil’s face on it, of course. The bus will serve as headquarters for Gil and our volunteers and help them tail the McConnell and Grimes campaigns.
Launch Gil’s campaign – Fund Gil’s campaign launch at one of Kentucky’s most well-known political events.
Put “Honest Political Ads” on the air – We’ll support Gil’s campaign with a modest TV, Radio and Internet ad-buy. The more money we raise, the more attention we can draw to this issue.
And what is their goal?
What will this actually accomplish?
It’s time to stop doing business as usual, change the national conversation and start demanding new laws to defend the people’s government from Big Money corruption. Americans pay the price for our corrupt political system every day. From the economy to the environment, taxes to government waste, it’s the root cause of nearly every major problem we face. Yet the press continues to treat the problem as a fringe, “wonky” issue. Gil’s campaign is designed to help change that.
Satire has worked before, and it can work again.
A recent study found that Comedy Central’s Colbert Report has done more to raise the profile of money’s corrupting influence than any other “news” source. A well-executed satirical campaign can generate unprecedented national attention for one of the most important issues of our time, and educate millions of Americans about the corruption that’s paralyzing our political system.
You can enjoy their hilarious campaign ad, below:
Honest Political Ads – Gil Fulbright for Senate
And this ad is more serious, discussing the problems of money in politics.
Run the Honest Politician for U.S. Senate
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