# Amusing campaign ads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-campaign-ads/769739>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 25, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-campaign-ads/769739 "2016-10-25T23:44:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-campaign-ads/769739/1 "2016-10-25T23:44:24Z")

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Given the typical campaign ad, this might be a very short thread. But there have to be a few, right?

To start - I wouldn’t actually vote for the guy, but I have to give props to the best ad I’ve seen this season: [Gerald Daugherty for Travis County (TX) Commissioner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzjRwNUQDRU).

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-campaign-ads/769739/2 "2016-10-29T07:14:00Z")

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It was 26 years ago, but I still remember the [“Fast Paced Paul”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbmMlTsKo30) ad for Paul Wellstone for Senate. It was one of the big things to help him pull off an upset against a candidate people thought was unbeatable.

And it’s only a 30-second ad, and he could only afford to run it less than a half-dozen times!