The Political Consultants Assisted Suicide Center

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My neighbor, E.Z. Ryder, fancies himself a farsighted entrepreneur and is always full of  imaginative ideas. He was sitting on his front porch shuffling through a stack of blueprints as I pulled into my driveway. He waved and motioned me to join him, so I walked over.

“See these plans? This is my best idea ever -- an assisted suicide center for political consultants.”

“What? Why?”

“I got this idea during the last presidential campaign, and this article in the Atlantic confirmed it,” Ryder said. “Political consultants burn through billions of dollars and have no idea what they’re doing except to enrich themselves.

“They do a number of things over and again of limited effect: TV and radio ads, direct mail, robocalls. And burn through money they do.  Jeb Bush’s campaign famously spent $139 million and he dropped out early after having won only four delegates. Top men. Hillary’s campaign juggernaut was defeated by Donald Trump who had no super PAC, no traditional fundraising operation, no campaign pollster, speechwriter, or campaign strategist.”

I couldn't help but agree. “He utilized Twitter and Facebook, mass rallies, and sold campaign gear like MAGA hats, didn’t he? And he spoke his own words, not something poll tested by his staff. He mapped his own strategy, paying attention to voter sentiment and things like the Electoral College.”

Ryder chuckled. “No one pays much attention to those annoying campaign robocalls and the TV ads help only those who sell snack foods or need bathroom breaks.”

“They do spew out slews of talking points for the media,” I pointed out. “If your candidate is a Democrat, that may be helpful, but it is of little use to Republicans. Media love stuff they only have to republish with minor changes -- like the headers indicating the source, but first and foremost they are Democrat operatives.”

“Now that the consultants’ golden goose is strangled, a lot of people who benefitted are also out of luck: people who make and sell campaign literature printers, specialists in data acquisition, venders of robocall equipment, experts at fundraising for politicians, campaign tchotchke manufacturers, and social media analysts. They really are getting suicidal at the thought of having to find some real work.”

“I guess the townhalls have really dealt a death blow to Democrat political consultants," I replied.

“You have that right,” Ryder said. “All the Republicans have to do is run video clips of the asinine stuff the Democrats are promising to do. Like all the candidates raising their hands promising to provide free health care to anyone who makes it across our border."

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