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It is simultaneously the worst political ad I’ve ever seen and the best. So I guess that makes it so bad it’s good. And it’s not exactly funny, though it is humorous. I’m talking about a 30-second television ad from Don Zimmerman, Republican candidate for Travis County tax assessor-collector. In the ad, titled “Kidneys for Taxes,” the camera quickly pans foot to head on a man (Zimmerman?) sitting in a bathtub filled with ice. A line of blood runs from the man’s midsection to the tub’s edge, where it trickles onto the floor. The voiceover — vaguely similar to the...

Shocking photos are now available that link Texas State House District 48 Republican Candidate Don Zimmerman to Senators Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy. Don Zimmerman's opponent, Jeff Fleece, has mailed out an attack ad claiming that "Don Zimmerman stood with liberal Democrats like Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton against President Bush". Now the truth can be revealed. On December 5th, 2003, Hillary Clinton came to Austin, Texas to promote her Living History book. We have uncovered evidence that Don Zimmerman was there to greet her as she arrived at BookPeople in downtown Austin. Only a week later on December 12th,...

Some people say Don Zimmerman stood with Ted Kennedy. Then there are those of us in the reality-based community . . .