If you live in Minnesota (or another politically polar state) you know exactly what I’m talking about–those damn negative campaign ads! The ads get tiring–from both sides of the fence. One of the particularly atrocious ads is a misleading ad about Tom Emmer and his drunken past. Don’t get me wrong. I think Emmer would make a horrible governor. He’s a bigot and I highly doubt he would actually help small businesses, but that’s another story altogether. Let’s get back to the point of my blog post.

Bruce D. Kennedy ran for Secretary of State in 2006 (and lost). He keeps his website up, because it has these wonderful campaign ad spoofs. He also has a blog.

If you want to watch is campaign ad spoofs, go here. In fact, these negative campaign ad spoofs are negative campaign ads about Bruce Kennedy. No one would make negative ads about him, so he made negative ads about himself. (That’s what he gets for running as an independent!) In addition, he teaches about some of the tactics used in negative campaign advertising, mainly sophistry.

I very much respect Bruce Kennedy. It’s too bad non-Democrat-or-Republican candidates don’t seem to stand a chance.

So, take a break, watch an ad, and laugh.

Update: This ad is probably the worst! Totally misleading! It angers me.

Update 2: Another particularly atrocious ad that uses the State Fair as a negative ad campaign tool!

Fortunately, Tarryl Clark responded with a positive campaign ad instead of continuing the vicious cycle.