Political Ads 2010: Reviewing The Best With The Maker Of 'Demon Sheep'

Mother Jones:

Election Day is still a few weeks away, but the 2010 campaign season has already produced plenty of memorable--or at least unforgettable--political ads. We called a couple of veterans of the campaign advertising wars for their opinions of a few selected ads from earlier this year, plus their thoughts on what makes for a great political spot. Bill Hillsman is the head of North Woods Advertising and the creator of campaign ads for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.), former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, and Texas troubadour-turned-gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman. Fred Davis is the head of Strategic Perception Inc. and has filmed ads for the Bush-Cheney campaign and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.); he's also the brains behind what may be this season's most famous spot so far, California Republican senatorial candidate Carly Fiorina's "Demon Sheep" ad. Roll tape:

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Comments

[Arrech]

01:20 PM on 09/16/2010

Organizing for America is setting neighborhood canvassing to fight for our candidates.

Corporations can spend millions in false advertising; but grassroots has to be done door to door.

Check the website and fight for your country.

You can blog endlessly here; but nobody votes on the internet.

Get involved. Get off your butt and computer. Vote and get out the vote:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/ofasplashflag/

[Forester]

12:42 PM on 09/16/2010

Like everything else, Fiorina outsourced her ad campaign and got a laser-eyed puppet!

She will never live this down.

[skorpeo]

11:31 AM on 09/16/2010

"The reality of that statement is that if you don't legislate one morality then you are legislating somebody else's morality," she said. "So you can't get around legislating morality."

sounds like the Taliban to me....

[majorsja]

10:36 AM on 09/16/2010

LOL. Nothing tops the "Demon Sheep" ad. I watched it for 10 straight days when it first hit youtube. Just to imagine somone in that suit on all fours crawling in an open field is just hilarious.

[vippy]

10:35 AM on 09/16/2010

When will the people wake up and ask for higher standards for an election?  Run on your own merit,
lay out the plan, how will it get paid for, what can you do for the country but these simple people like this
boxing match format, pointing fingers at others and glee over their short comings and nothing will ever be accomplished.  We should NOT vote for anyone ridiculing the other.  Governor Perry faults the governement for creating the deficit but he is silent on who created the 18 billion shortfall in his own government.  Yep, don't engage brain but salivate over other candidate's tax returns.