# Two Politicians run civil campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-politicians-run-civil-campaign/563532 "2010-12-09T14:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-politicians-run-civil-campaign/563532/1 "2010-12-09T14:44:01Z")
> **[The Daily Show | Comedy Central](https://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show)** > > Hosted by a rotating cast of comedy greats, The Daily Show remains the go-to source for provocative satire, insightful interviews and an award-winning team of correspondents and contributors. from the first clip of last night’s show, {12/8} John Oliver travels to Connecticut to interview two politicians running for state Senate that agreed to run a completely civil campaign. They actually campaigned together across the state. The skit is pretty silly and treats them as if they are aliens, but I was struck by their basic tenet of the campaign, “Don’t be a jackass” which reminded me of “Don’t be a jerk” It’ in keeping with Jon Stewart’s Rally for Sanity that he found this story interesting enough to pursue. I don’t remember seeing it in any other major outlet, although you’d think it was unique enough to warrant attention. I laughed at the part where Oliver asks the Republican to alert the news that the Dem is gay, {hypothetically} and the candidate refuses saying it’s not relevant to his ability to serve. Then the Dem reveals that he actually is gay. Pretty refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-politicians-run-civil-campaign/563532/2 "2010-12-09T17:45:24Z")
It was quite enjoyable. I’ve tended to get annoyed at the tendency in recent years for both the Daily Show and the Colbert Report to be feature their corespondents behaving like idiots. This still had too much of that, but it was nice to see two people who disagree on policy still respecting each other as human beings. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-politicians-run-civil-campaign/563532/3 "2010-12-09T19:14:53Z")
Man, I really hope that catches on! (And not because I’ll be running in an election next year (for a higher office than last time) either). Your country needs a lot more sanity, and those guys I hope are the standard-bearers. (I always thought it was the local Republican / Democratic headquarters that orders out the nasty ads rather than the candidates themselves, though.) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-politicians-run-civil-campaign/563532/4 "2010-12-09T19:33:24Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > (I always thought it was the local Republican / Democratic headquarters that orders out the nasty ads rather than the candidates themselves, though.) You don’t see that as much for state legislature campaigns though. The offices typically keep their powder dry (and coffers filled) for the federal level office fights. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-politicians-run-civil-campaign/563532/5 "2010-12-09T19:51:16Z")
My uncle was in a city council race a few years ago where both sides vowed to be civil. [Article here](http://www.great8newspapers.com/Articles-i-2007-11-08-204441.114125-Mark_McGoff_emerges_in_amicable_race_.html) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-politicians-run-civil-campaign/563532/6 "2010-12-11T00:28:19Z")
Maynard won reelection, btw, in case anyone was curious. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-politicians-run-civil-campaign/563532/7 "2010-12-12T12:24:32Z")
I normally hate the skits where they ask people ludicrous questions and they have to deadpan it, but this was spot on and actually quite refreshing. I hate the attack ads and I’ve been hoping that they realize the public hates them soon too.