Political Mailers Make Americans Shriek, Vomit

Adults hate getting mail, because these so-called "written correspondences" are almost always just bills, bills, corn syrup coupons and more bills. (Only children like getting mail, because their mail is always birthday or 9/11 checks from grandma.) This is why sending out "political mailers" is probably not very effective -- "no mail is good mail," et cetera. But if you really want to piss everyone off, you should send out mailers that smell like marinated diarrhea , or maybe even mailers that unleash blood-curdling screams at the unsuspecting mail-opener. These sorts of things will win you many votes.

A shadowy organization called The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is sending everyone in Delaware a very special Halloween surprise in the mail! Will this surprise be candy, with razor blades? No, way better:

“It’s a scary thought,” the mailer warns, and when voters open it up, they’ll be greeted with an even scarier sound — the high-pitched cackles and screeching of a witch.

The ad, produced by the Democratic direct mail firm Mack/Crounse, uses audio chip technology for the sound effects, and opens into an orange-hued picture of Ms. O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for Senate in Delaware, below text that reads: “Christine O’Donnell would be a nightmare as a U.S. Senator.”

Seriously? Enough already. Also, as Jim Newell reports, California congressional candidate Van Tran stole a page from Carl Paladino's p0rno/play book and sent voters a stinky scratch-and-sniff mailer that made everyone violently project vomit from their mouth-holes.

Uh, we have nothing more to add. [ The Caucus / Jim Newell ]