Ray Barnes State Representative Ad

There's a sign ad all over my district, for republican state representative Ray Barnes. On the sign are several things that caught my eye:



1) AMMENDMENT is spelled wrong. If you care so much about something, at least spell it right. I'll accept the argument that this is an alternate spelling in some countries, but this is America - it should be spelled the same way as it is on the Constitution.

2) NO NEW TAXES BY ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY - all words except "agency" are underlined. Doesn't really make sense.

3) The "securing the border" section has something wrong with it. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the word "BORDER" is smaller than the rest. As you look more closely, it turns out that the word is a sticker, stuck on the sign. Most likely, it's on top of another misspelled word. So they fixed one misspelling (not very well, though), and ignored the other.

4) Several of the sections are not vertically centered.

You may think that I'm just being picky, but in my opinion, when you're in the political spotlight, things like that are not acceptable. I see one of several possibilities:

1) Maybe he designed the signs himself (not likely). Then he did a poor job, and he shouldn't have done it himself.

2) Maybe he approved someone else's work. Either he couldn't take two minutes to look closely, or he did and approved it anyway without noticing the problems. Either way, it's not good.

3) Maybe he had nothing to do with it. Then he isn't responsible for the content of his own campaign.

4) Maybe he was in a hurry, and just didn't have time to fix them. Since he's an incumbent, he's had plenty of time to think about his campaign. Failing to do so would be a demonstration in disorganization.

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