Here in Colorado, the Broncos are off this weekend. Of course, they’re off every weekend. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to share one of my non-sports cartoons going into the weekend. This is one I did this week for the Guadalupe County Communicator that I think we can all relate to. It’s certainly the way I feel. I was so sick of the negative campaign ads I thought I was going to explode. I put together this short list of campaign reform ideas I’d most like to see. Feel free to add your own.

Cam-PAIN reform:

1. No campaign ad containing lies will be allowed to air. This pretty much eliminates all of them.

2. No candidate can spend more on their campaign ads then the average American worker has in their own bank account. Which these days would be about a buck and a quarter.

3. Campaign ads may only run for 7 days prior to any given election and only in the same time slots as infomercials. (2 to 4 a.m. seems fair)

4. Phone calls can only be made by the candidate themselves. If they ain’t got the time to call, we ain’t got the time to listen.

5. All campaign signs must be removed from parks, yards, roadsides, etc, by 7:05 p.m on Election day. That gives ’em 5 minutes after the polls close , which is really 4 minutes longer than they should have.

6. Every campaign ad must be created, produced and paid for in the same neighborhood as the campaigner currently resides. This eliminates those schmucks from 2500 miles away who are actually oil company lobbiests from stacking the deck on election day.

7. All campaign ads are restricted from using any actual sounds and voices in the making of their commercials. Silence is golden. Especially on Radio. Amen.