People these days are gnashing hands and wringing teeth over the threat of AI because we can no longer believe what we see is real.
But wait.
Have you seen the latest TV ad campaign of Sen. Bill Cassidy?
If not, you’re missing out on some low-brow comedy. AI has nothing on him. The ad’s MESSAGE comes down hard on his efforts to work with Donald Trump in passing tax cuts that “put more money in our pocket” by working to “change” the high costs of goods and services.
It’s truly laughable if you like dark humor. Under Trump, prices have gone but one way: up. And Cassidy has been shunned by Trump like he was the Epstein files personified. In fact, he even endorsed one of his opponents in the upcoming GOP primary, Rep. Julia Letlow.
But the funniest part of the ad is at the end when four supposed voters take turns “thanking” Cassidy for his fine work on their behalf.
Except for one important little snag. They’re not actually voters and they’re most probably not even from Louisiana.
Like the so-called clients portrayed in so many of those personal injury attorney ads, they are actors, paid by some ad agency to stand or sit in front of a camera and try to convince your life will be somehow made better by voting for him.
The only thing missing is the candidate, in shirtsleeves, coat slung over his shoulder, as he greets hardworking plant workers emerging from a long day at work.
Just a gentle reminder that what you see ain’t necessarily what you are really seeing.
Louisiana Voice 
These ads show just how stupid and uninformed the candidates believe we are. They should be embarrassing to MAGAs, in particular. But, guess what? They actually seem to feed the fervor with which they support ultra conservatives via the oldest political trick in the book, which is also a proven brainwashing technique – repetition. If you repeat something often enough plenty of people will begin to accept it as fact – Not a high hurdle in Louisiana where over half the people want to believe anything favorable to their preferred candidates. the least the rest of us can do is VOTE every time we have the opportunity.