There's over the top and then there's over the top

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Tax day is here.  A day when conservatives can rail against paying their hard earned money to the government for wasteful programs like public schools, roads, a military, police and fire departments. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b5bSxL6DR4]

In honor of April 15th, a conservative group railing against taxes.  Now Ken Buck is in a Republican primary against conservative Jane Norton. So maybe this spot is aimed for a very angry conservative base, still I can't help but feel they could have appealed to that base, and to more independent/less angry Republican primary voters. From the graphics to the music to the voice talent to the writing ("Washington loves Tax Day, but despise conservative leaders....).  It's just too much, and it risks getting

Compare that spot with this web video, which also over the top:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xULUb98TNwk]

Copyright violations aside, this is pretty funny and great parody.  Often when I watch these longer videos (over a minute) I get bored pretty fast, this one I watched through to the end. Now that says something about my attention span and the quality of most web videos.

Look it even made "Mars Attacks!" look funny, that's an accomplishment in itself.

The difference between this video and the first spot is that the first one is deadly serious, this one has its tongue firmly planted in cheek.  Its tone is over the top, but its message is not.  Even though its message is loud and clear, its not being shouted at you.

In that way it's able to deliver it's message without a viewer turning it out.