We interrupt this programme for a special bulletin.
<threatening music, grainy pictures of men in alleyways, grinning at the CCTV with lighter in hand. Voiceover.>
Once more, the choice we face this year is as starkly outlined as one ever was. The campaign for A2K Presidency has barely kicked off, but already sleaze has flooded our TV screens, the billboards in our cities. Look at what we've seen. The election race has escalated. <camera pans to billboards with half-naked women bending over fast cars>. It has been unpleasant, unsavory and unfortunately - unsurprising.
On the one hand <camera pans to footage of Kickycan consulting with advisers in an office hall>, we have the Kickycan candidacies. Gustav Ratzenhofer. <unflattering close-up of poster>. Lord Ellpus <image of LE wagging his finger at a gardener>. Kickycan himself. <camera pans back as Kicky jovially slaps a suited man's shoulders>. The Big Money Party.
<Earnest man appears on screen, speaking to the viewer> They lack public support, so instead they rely on shady financers. On outright intimidation of voters and candidates. There is something of the night about Gus and his crew.
On the other hand <camera shot of street scene, with Dagmaraka gesturing at half-naked girl on car>, we have the cheap thrills of the Love and Beauty Party. Relying ever more on external consultants <close-up of Dagmaraka>, it has now become the Sex and Bribes Party.
But graphical excess can not cloak a lack of original ideas and sincere intentions. <close-up of lurid poster, with fast cars and naked chicks>.
Is this really what you want our community to be about?
<ordinary-looking, fourty-year old woman appears on screen>
My name is Amy Brown. I'm a working mother. I want a better life for my family. No more empty promises. No more campaign stunts. Amidst the grime and groping of the Big Money Party and the Sex and Bribes Party, I see only one alternative. Clean hands. The people's choice. <camera pans to Soz and Farmerman, hand in hand at a campaign rally, then at the masses cheering them>
It's your community - It's your choice. This May; vote with compassion. Vote
for Sozobe. Vote
for Farmerman. You know it makes sense.
<image of sheep happily bleating in a landscape of hilly meadows>
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