Funny Campaign Ads

The New York Times reports that many of the most powerful ads during this election season are funny, and that 2006 marks the "Comedy Centralization of politics."

Here's a sampling of some of the funnier campaign ads from recent weeks, as well as a few parodies:

A clever left-wing campaign ad produced by the September Fund.

Democrat Jon Tester's first television ad in his Senate campaign in Montana.

An ad for Kinky Friedman, running as an Independent for Governor of Texas.

An ad produced by the Republican National Committee attacking Democrat Harold Ford Jr., which critics denounced as racist.

A clever spoof of the RNC's anti-Harold Ford ad.

Another parody ad poking fun at the RNC’s anti-Harold Ford ad, produced by BlogActive.com.

This ad chronicling Bush administration missteps, set to the tune of George Michael's "Freedom," contains several amusing observations and juxtapositions.

Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont spoofs attack ads.

Jon Stewart looks at outrageous campaign ads, splices them all together, and presents the official 2006 Midterm Commercial.

SNL takes a humorous look at what we can expect from the Republican National Committee in the final week of campaign ads. Animated cartoon by Robert Smigel.

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