Welcome to Campaign Ad Watch, where we cover political ads, attack ads, campaign ads and, sometimes, just plain funny ads!

Our aim is to have coverage of all sides of the political campaign spectrum in equal doses.

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The McCain campaign picked photos of Barrack Obama where he looked good in order to not be perceived as racist according to Time Magazine on November 24th in this time article. The new magazine counters by asking how many Obama ads you saw that had John McCain looking good and smiling?

They also discuss some of the ads that were rejected, emphasizing the lack of follow-up ads to the anti-Obama celebrity ads.

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In 1964, under the threat of nuclear war, US President Lyndon Johnson released a controversial TV ad called the daisy ad. It played only once but had a dramatic effect on the election. You can see it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKs-bTL-pRg In 2007, with the threat of catastrophic climate change, the Australian Greens released this remake of the ad for the 2007 federal election….

2002 attack ad by Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend