Last month, I described State Sen. BLAKE MIGUEZ of New Iberia as a one-trick pony because of his glut of bills dealing with firearms and little else.
His initial TV AD announcing his candidacy to defeat U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy in next year’s primary does nothing to dispel that image. He obviously continues to function on a single track, that of guns and ammo despite the literal epidemic of mass shootings plaguing the U.S.
He opens his ad by donning protective eyewear and saying, “Bill Cassidy had his shot. He missed. I won’t” as he fires what appears to be some form of AR-15-type gun (I’m no weapons expert, so if that’s incorrect, forgive my lack of depth of knowledge about semi-automatic guns designed for one purpose: to kill). He fires the weapon and a huge explosion ensues, reminiscent to some B-movie where lots of things, including cars, buildings and people, explode.
He follows that with an exhibition by brandishing a pistol (though he doesn’t actually fire the weapon). After a cutaway clip to el presidente e Pluribus Plumptus, the camera returns to the gunslinger legislator who this time uses both index fingers to point at the camera as if his hands were guns.
I’m no fan of Bill Cassidy, by any stretch. I think he’s revealed himself to be cowardly and he has betrayed the Hippocratic Oath and the principle of “do no harm” because he has certainly done considerable harm by refusing to stand up to Robert Kennedy, Jr. But to launch a political campaign amid the climate of intolerance and violence that currently grips this country by using a semi-automatic weapon as a prop is ill-advised at best and foolhardy at worst.
At a time when children and political influencers are being murdered and when even a crackpot candidate is the target of would-be assassin (supposedly – at least that’s the official version), it’s nothing short of nutty to employ weaponry in a political campaign. It calls to mind LBJ’s provocative DAISY PETAL ad in the 1964 presidential campaign.
Simply put, Miguez, though he is a trained firearms expert, is stupid, callous, and tone deaf to employ such tactics designed to appeal to our worst instincts.
And as far as I can discern, those are his good qualities.
Louisiana Voice 
This ad has to be one of the most vile and dangerous ads ever, and by a man who wants to be in CONGRESS! And In a state where practically anyone can carry a gun anywhere. Irresponsible and dangerous!! Then the governor wants to crack down on crime at LSU ballgames after there was a shooting. We act like we’re surprised and really upset when a shooting occurs, killing someone. Why should anyone be surprised??? We actually should expect it with our leaders being more concerned about Second Amendment rights rather than anyone’s First Amendment rights. It makes no sense. Violence begets violence!!!