Kids Say The Darndest Attacks

October 14, 2008 at 5:33 pm

Leave it to the great TV observer Aaron Barnhart to spot this from the race in Missouri’s 6th congressional district:

Sam Graves found some money in his office budget, or somewhere, and went out and made a real political ad. A terrific ad, in fact, to trumpet his endorsements last week by two statewide unions.

And in the process, it looks like the Graves family has minted a new TV star. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Sam’s daughter, Emily Graves.

Emily, one of three Graves kids, gets most of the speaking lines in this unspeakably cute 30-second attack spot on his Democratic opponent, former Kansas City mayor Kay Barnes.

Here’s the spot …

And as the father of another child named Emily, I hope my own daughter — now five years old — is this cute and adorable when she grows up and goes negative.

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1 Comment »

  1. richard said,

    October 15, 2008 @ 10:53 am

    Sign her up now with you-know-who!

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