Probably because “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” turned out to be prophetic.
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Ad agencies have a go-to when the ask in a commercial is something really boring like pay insurance premia or supply chain compliance. You only want a positive feeling, not the distraction of soapy bikini babes at the car wash or body-builders at the beach. So puppy, kitten, baby human. But even that can be a bit too distracting if the topic is really boring. So, young girl, stray dog, distressed plant, fully cooked chicken, lonely elderly woman, public transit courtesy, struggling service industry worker.
For example:
Democrats need to pull heart strings for the really dull benefits of good governance. In this sense, No Drama Obama was really great. As a constitutional law professor, he could take people into the weeds of incomprehensible complexity and sooth with appropriate sounds and gestures. He delivered more affordable health insurance, fair pay, the JCPOA, wilderness protection and carbon targets to a post-literate electorate.
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It’s a Jersey story. You go with it. Got it?
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You’re trying to apply logic and judgment to a political issue. Those are disjoint domains.
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Is “gonna” mostly a NJ thing? Seems unlikely, but. I grew up in NJ and then regularly visited there until about 20 years ago. When I was a child, my mother – a New Yorker who could never quite believe she was living in NJ, though by the time she died, after 50 years in the state, she’d grown comfortable with the idea – well, my mother used to correct me when I said “gonna.” I still say often say it. Depends on context, including sentence rhythms.
Used to be that you could spot someone from out of state because they said “Jersey” when real New Jerseyites (nowadays, New Jerseyans) always included the “New” except in a few expressions, like “Jersey girl” and “Jersey shore.” I think that’s changed.
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According to the governor, they (I can’t remember if she was referring to the 400 or the 6,600) were a mix of R’s, D’s, and I’s.
The New Jersey voter story sounds bad and is certainly providing ammunition to the Right, but is is unique to New Jersey? Have other states had erroneous registrations and/or votes? How did they handle them?