Bringing the Funny

I sometimes wonder why political ads are so rarely clever the way, you know, real ads are. Al Franken, naturally enough, is shaking things up: See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/01/bringing-the-funny/47972/ I don't really know anything about Franken's opponent in the primary, so I'd hesitate to say anything substantive about the race but I feel like this kind of innovation is a good thing.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/01/bringing-the-funny/47972/