Even after being schooled by Paris Hilton, McCain's not abandoning the "celebrity" Obama ads. They are so juvenile, it's hard to believe anyone could be moved by them, but clearly McCain's planning to keep it up.

The argument, again, is that people are excited about Obama and therefore they are ignorant. Because excitement is synonymous with stupidity, apparently?

As we all know, McCain ran a tacky ad comparing Obama to Paris Hilton, insinuating that he's a vapid celebrity. Well, Paris has attacked back on Funny or Die with this pretty awesome campaign ad parody. Best line: "I'll see you at the debates, bitches."

We got a link to the new Obama Girl video and were thinking, didn't we just post one of these? Let's skip this one. And then we saw scary, scary Mike Gravel trying to rap in it and were like, oh, let's definitely skip this one. But then "Soulja Boy" came on and watching Mike Gravel do the "Soulja Boy" dance made us realize we're not the worst person in the world at it. (Here's an instructional video if you want to feel good about yourself too.) Crank that!

The complaint that Barack Obama has had an easy ride from the press is not unwarranted. (It's not a slam dunk charge, either, considering all the hysterical rumormongering surrounding Obama's middle name HUSSEIN and his supposed MUSLIM religion.)

But now that Obama's the clear front runner, it's time to start picking him apart the way Hillary's been dissected. So where do we start? Well he has a mole on his face, near his nose. That's something.

We just found this video on our friend's new religion-in-pop-culture blog, God Spam. It's a parody attack ad explaining why Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Tom Tancredo might want to think twice before accepting the endorsement of Jesus, that "tax and spend messiah."

I just read McCain is answering Huckabee/Norris with Wilford Brimley. Now those are some pretty lame celebrities, made me wonder what celebrities supported Iowa winner Obama. /Oprah, Matt Damon, Robert DeNiro, George Clooney. There are more, Stephen Colbert, Edward Norton, Will Smith, Warren Buffet and the all important Emilo Estevez endorsement.

What a fun, uplifting, positive candidate.

Here is the latest, political advertisement from Rudy Giuliani. Do you think this is fearmongering?

Whenever right-wing politicians start pulling the "this is a Christian nation" stuff on us, I cringe. They're not saying this is a predominantly Christian country; they're saying being American is somehow integrally connected to being a Christian. And that flat out isn't true. Read the constitution.

Did you know that America was the first secular country in the world? We were the first country to say specifically that we are not ruled by any religion. So, when the Christian right try to turn that logic on its head, they are actually being as un-American as you can possibly be.

Whether the right-wing likes it or not, a Muslim American named Mohamed Abdullah is just as American as any Southern Baptist named George Thompson. I know that drives them crazy, but Christians don't own this place. They need to stop treating the rest of us as renters.

What if Muslims ran political ads like Christians do:



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In the video below, we prove without a shadow of a doubt that Huckabee's staff intended to have a white window pane in the background appear as a cross in his Christmas ad:




Besides which, his whole ad is about how Christian he is and he says the most important thing is the birth of Christ. This ad is not about subtlety and his real message is: I am the real Christian in this race.

The worst part is that it is wrapped in a sugar-coated, sickeningly saccharine coating (you can watch the whole ad and Ron Paul's fantastic response to it here). Are Americans still this naive that they're going to fall for this cheesy dude in the red sweater pretending he cares more about you because he is with Jesus Christ?

I'm afraid of the answer to that question.

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Remember last month when I posted that video of Mitt Romney dodging the medical Marijuana question?
Well Clayton Holden, the marijuana user, appears to making the rounds and asking the same question to every candidate that will listen.

Let's see how Ron Paul responses when asked about Medical Marijuana.

Did you like than answer? More Ron Paul on Drugs. If you like Ron, you might be interested in learning that the Ron Paul campaign is looking for contributions to his campaign. Ron Paul made headlines when he raised over $4 Million on November the 5th, now his campaign looks ahead to December 16th to try and shatter the record. From this seat Ron Paul still looks like the most interesting candidate, what say you?

I think the whole world has been waiting to see which candidate Chuck Norris would be supporting during the 2008 election. Looks like he picked his horse and Mike Huckabee milks it with this advertisement.

This is how you do it:



Now that wasn't so hard, was it?

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A Temple undergraduate singer and lyricist, a thirtysomething ad executive, and a voluptuous actress/model walk into New York City. It's either the setup to a joke or it's the setup to this joke: a slow-jam spoof that celebrates the masculine (and political) charms of Illinois Senator Barack Obama, complete with double-entendre lyrics and outfits to match. This new brand of viral creativity, or rather the new viral distribution model that helps popularize old forms of creativity, raises many important questions, including this one: Was R. Kelly busy?



The "Vote Different" Hillary video was the first real viral success of the '08 campaign seaon. You can see it below:



[Ben Greenman's acclaimed new book of fiction, A Circle is a Balloon and Compass Both, is now available. Order it here.]