Campaign advertising can be annoying, even disgusting. But sometimes an ad comes along that is so disturbing, it suggests derangement. Such an ad is brought to us by a government employees union, the American Federation of Government Employees (afge.com), the largest union representing federal workers, and an AFL-CIO affiliate.The ASFGE's ad shows a hooded, bare-chested executioner, axe in hand, in front of a grandstand featuring  actual Republicans (Michael Steele, Michelle Bachman, Sharron Angle, John Boehner, and what looks like Eric Cantor), photos of whose heads have been pasted onto cartoon bodies, seated in a "tea baggers section." A narrator intones, "Ladies and gentlemen, in the grandstands we've got a great selection of chopping block options today." The narrator then list issues, which appear to be cylindrical objects (the animation is very crude) flying out to the chopping block: "jobs, veterans benefits, social security, services for...(Read Full Post)