Flaherty to Menino: You're too old to drive this city

By CaraBayles on Thu, Jul 9, 2009 12:11 pm

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Michael Flaherty has launched the final version of his "Good. Better." campaign video, which argues that because current Mayor Tom Menino was elected in 1993, he's expired, and it's time to throw him out like an old computer … or something.

Let us try to break this down for you: in 1993, light bulbs were ugly. Bill Clinton was president, and Al Gore invented the internet. And Cheers went off the air.

A lot has changed since then (Cheers is, mercifully, still off the air). You are older and your car is younger. Now, you tackle challenges by awkwardly posing with your laptop outside.

But City Hall is like an old computer, and our government is running in analog.

There is a nice little jab at the giant pit in Downtown Crossing 45 seconds in. Not sure what the overturned trashcans are supposed to convey, though.

Oh, politicians! Will you ever stop patronizing us?