Alabama Republican’s Campaign Ad = Comedy Gold

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Alabama Republican’s Campaign Ad = Comedy Gold

Equine enthusiast and budding politician Dale Peterson’s unintentionally hilarious campaign ad, in which he and his horse make their case for why he should become Alabama’s next agriculture commissioner, hardly requires any embellishment to be soundly parodied, but this spot-on “Funny or Die” spoof does a rip-snortin’ job of it all the same. (Bonus: Peterson’s original commercial is also featured below for hours of frame-by-frame comparison fun!) —KA

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By gerard, May 26, 2010 at 4:12 pm Link to this comment

No wonder the zombies are out to get Truthdig! This from Alabama—and we have yet to look forward to Kentucky, Utah, West Virginia and Idaho! Then there’s Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma—and Tennessee.
Cornpone, backstrap, chitlins and pork rind. I’m not prejudiced or anything—but it’s enough to make anybody want to secede, ain’t it?

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By mike112769, May 26, 2010 at 12:23 am Link to this comment

With all the grief that the Rethugs are getting, they let this guy make this? Wow.

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