ODP insults “Dog Catchers”

Todd Hoffman writing on the ODP blog:

So the Ohio GOP are now scraping the bottom of the barrel and calling for all GOP Dog Catchers living in the 15th District. If you are a Dog Catcher that would like to run for Congress, please email dogcatcher4congress@ohiogop.org.

Does that strike anyone as rather inept? Of course the dog catcher cliche has been going on forever, but does the Ohio Democratic Party really want to say “scraping the bottom of the barrel and calling for all GOP Dog Catchers”? They’ve even got a cartoon of what I guess is supposed to be a typical dog catcher:

Democratic Party’s Dog Catcher

It strikes me as a bit anti-blue collar: “scraping the bottom of the barrel” for someone who wears a uniform and, you know, works for a living. Frankly, we’d all be better off if more of such people ran for office.

(And sure Jerid, Todd Hoffman’s position is not a political one.)

One comment on “ODP insults “Dog Catchers””

  1. Posted by Adam Covella | Sep 5, 2012 11:30 pm

    Dear Todd Hoffman,

    This is a crazy request i hope you can help me with…I am creating a card game, and i need an image of a dog catcher… the one you used is perfect, unfortunately there is not a lot to choose from… Could you please tell me where you got the image so i can pay to use it…Thanks Adam

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