First they came for Michelle Malkin
Defending a hopelessly hackneyed baby Coulter isn't our idea of a great time, but really, what was YouTube thinking when it bounced Michelle Malkin's cheesy and (as the New York Times points out here)...
View ArticleRakoff on “Daily”
While we were away, we missed Video Dog favorite David Rakoff visiting with Jon Stewart last week, and his trenchant musings on Mark Foley, gay Republicans, and the indefatigable vagina. Continue...
View ArticleFoley Berg
This segment on last night's "ScarCo" is a great summary of the great laughs made at the expense of Repbulicans via Mark Foley. We particularly like it when they air the clip of "The Daily Show," and...
View ArticleFlash! Lame political ad never airs
Matt Drudge plays up this video as the Republican political ad that "GOP strategists all across Washington, DC" have deemed "too hot." Or not. The ad, created by Hollywood producer/director David...
View ArticleAmerica’s Next Top Traitor
Former goat farmer, ex-O.C. inhabitant, and current al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn, 28, became the first American since World War II charged with treason Wednesday. The rolly-polly would-be mass...
View ArticlePolitical ads: The good, the bad, the unwatchable
Does Democratic challenger Ned Lamont's run of clever TV ads continue with the new one below, or does it come crashing to an overproduced, overly clever and sort of obnoxious halt? We know what we...
View ArticleCereal killer
Some of you may find this cereal parody from Invisible Engine in particularly poor taste. But maybe that just means you a need a big bowl of Buncha Cunch! Continue Reading...
View ArticlePicture perfect
A parody of the much loved/derided "Six Years of Noah" video watched by gillions this summer, it also sort of echoes that other phenomenon launched by Matt Harding. We loved both of those, but this...
View ArticlePolitical ad contest: The best — or worst?
For the next few weeks, we'll be spotlighting the political ads you send in as we near the release of our lists of the best and worst campaign ads. But first up is this curious spot by one Christy...
View Article2006 political ads: Morphing George
A sub-genre in Democratic political ads this year has been the commercials that attempt to not only tar Republicans through guilt-by-association with George W. Bush, but to convince voters they may...
View Article2006 political ads: I’m a cheater — not a choker!
In our ongoing survey of political season's weird and wonderful campaign ads (keep sending them in to: videodog@salon.com!), there's really been nothing as weirdly absorbing as the efforts of Rep. Don...
View Article2006 political ads: The Michael J. Fox spot
Michael J. Fox's ad for Democrat Claire McCaskill is moving, and the fact that it's undeniably tough to watch -- a famously boyish American actor suffering the debilitating effects of Parkinson's...
View Article2006 Election Ads: Run! Hide! Vote GOP!
If the Republicans really plan on trying to scare the bejesus out of us in order to stave off their anticipated losses in the midterm elections, they sure need to do better than this ad, which aired...
View Article2006 political ads: Another Zucker effort
This ad is unquestionably better than David "Airplane!" Zucker's previous, appropriately censored ad that featured the worst Madeleine Albright impersonator imaginable. The idea that Democrats will...
View Article2006 political ads: The star(?)-studded response to Michael J. Fox
We're a little baffled by this Republican response to the Michael J. Fox ad in support of stem-cell research. Is quarterback Kurt Warner interviewed from jail? Is Patricia Heaton in church? And is a...
View Article2006 political ads: Harold Ford goes to church
Salon's piece on Rep. Harold Ford Jr.'s senate campaign spotlights his appeal to churchgoers, as in the TV spot below. Continue Reading...
View Article2006 political ads: Harold Ford — the “Playboy”
This National Republican Senatorial Committee ad against Harold Ford sports an early mention of a Playboy connection that the party hopes will rile Christians against Ford. Continue Reading...
View Article2006 political ads: Harold Ford gets smeared
From Michael Scherer's piece today: "The GOP seems to believe that Ford's appeal to its most reliable voters is working. In recent days, the Republican National Committee has attempted to reverse the...
View Article2006 political ads: Santorum’s dud
A struggling Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., went nuclear Wednesday, with an ad that tries to ally challenger Bob Casey with North Korea and China. Ah, the acrid smell of desperation in the weeks before a...
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