OH-12: Hilarious Shamansky Ad

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James L. Blogs at Swing State Project:

Here's something pretty rare: a genuinely funny campaign commercial. This one's from former Rep. Bob Shamansky, and goes right for the jugular of incumbent Rep. Pat Tiberi--only with a liberal dose of humor that made JibJab such a craze two years ago.

Awesome. Just awesome. At 78 years old, Bob Shamansky is one of the unlikeliest candidates for Congress this year. Shamansky actually originally contested this seat in 1966 (that's not a typo) unsuccessfully, but did manage to knock off 10-term incumbent Rep. Samuel Devine in 1980, before redistricting forced his defeat just two years later. Now, Bob's back to challenge Republican congressman Pat Tiberi in a district that's more favorable for Democrats since Bush edged Gore here by a 51-46% margin in 2000. Due to extensive voter registration efforts by local Democrats and changing demographics in Franklin County, Bush squeaked by with 51% to Kerry's 49% in 2004. While this is certainly not the likeliest of House Democratic pick-ups, Shamansky has put up a respectable amount of his own money into this race, and with the mood of the Ohio and national electorate turning sour for Republicans, you never know about a seat like this.

Click the link above. Should be near the top of the page. It *is* hilarious.

[Richard Steele]

1. Nice ad! K & R

[mtnester]

2. I have noticed that the Repub National COmmittee has spent some serious

dough against Shamansky in a race that was never supposed to BE a race...they must be scared about this race...terrified

That said, Ohio has been a FANTASTIC place for commercials this year. This one is at the top for funny though...ole Pat sounds like he is about to have an orgasm with all those "Yes" votes

:)

[Rick Myers]

3. I love it. Several years ago I was runnng County Recorder race

in NE Ohio, and our guy was named McGuinness. I wanted to do a spot ala "Guninness/BRILLIANT" ads. If we'd have done it, we would have won!