Politics

7 WTF Campaign Ads You Can’t Unsee, From Castrators to Alligator Wrestlers

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Babies in pearls. Gators in bondage. Hogs squealing for a damn good reason. Forget persuading voters. These politicians’ insane spots are all about forcing you to notice.

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The modern campaign commercial can be traced back to 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower began peppering the airwaves with a series of 20-second ads called “Eisenhower Answers America,” wherein citizens asked

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