While some jokes write themselves, others simply make clowns out of their authors.
I'd say that's the most accurate way to describe what recently occurred in Virginia this past weekend. While we're much more accustomed to the GOP taking majority of the losses pa**ed around the government these days, Virginia's Democratic Party takes the golden egg on this occasion.
Sparked by a creative flare to appeal to the college community, Democrats attempted to bait off any of the young votes for Republican candidates with s**ual innuendos. Playing off of Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli's support for "Virginia's Law," in which he voted for the outlaw of sodomy as well as oral s**, the posters came of as offensive to some, and unwarranted jokes to others.
"Don't Let Election Day Go Down Without You" and "Get Your Head in the Game" are two of the most prominent posters floating online. While colleges are not forcing their students to take them down, they are giving the choice to have them removed should anyone become offended.
The Democratic Party certainly didn't anticipate this dry spell in response to their tactic, but they have taken measures to correct their mistake as soon as possible. Spokesman Brian Coy has since reached out denouncing the posters, citing that the DPV have changed their mind and would now like to recant their message and delivery.
“While we feel Virginians deserve to know the truth about Ken Cuccinelli's extreme social agenda, we apologize to those who were offended,” Coy said. “We're working to remove these posters from the campuses in question and they will not be used again.”
Despite their efforts, these colorful attributes to their campaign have already been distributed to college campuses around the state.
Cuccinelli may now have an extra jab to throw against the Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe, but it shouldn't be too troubling for the reputation of the DPV and the usually easy-access "youth vote." With nearly 60% of under-30 voters belonging to the Democratic Party in the 2012 Presidential election, the facts still remain that Cuccinelli did in fact attempt to ban s**ual acts to the most s**ually active and critically important constituency in the state.
Moving full force as Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II, the Republican candidate appealed the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling of the law as unconstitutional given their 2003 standing that legalized any s**ual acts between two consenting adults. Two weeks ago, they banged the hammer in honor of their previous ruling and announced to no longer pursue Cuccinelli appeal, leaving his anti-s**ual revolutionary dreams in the lusty gutter.
Perhaps this whole ordeal could have been avoided if Cuccinelli just up and moved to Japan. I hear the youth s** there is right up his ally.
-Jasmine "Jazzi" Johnson, @bubbleMAMI