People on the road and in hotels for Thanksgiving tomorrow are sure to check out USA Today en masse, because that’s just what you do when you’re on the road. As they happily skim through the usual 50-word pieces about new breast cancer research (and 10 billion accompanying pie charts), a full page ad of unusual arrogance, misplaced enthusiasm and opaque references to our Founding Fathers will get in their way. That’s right: The Paultard virus has somehow affected the printing presses of USA Today and will insert a full-page ad (PDF) into tomorrow’s edition. Discuss.

Rudy Giuliani has yet to run even one television ad. Strange, right? Well, the wait is over. Today, the Giuliani campaign unleashed his lisping, New Yawk accent on the American People. And guess what? Not one reference to 9/11! But he did sort of hint at it. Actually… those two white columns in the background over his right shoulder do sorta look like the WTC towers. Hmmm. Hey! Don’t play your subliminal games with me, Rudy. Oh, it’s on! And BTW? Soft lighting can’t conceal your creepy smile. You smiling is unnatural. So, please, don’t do it. Ever. Thanks.

Military officials have contracted out to the Galactic Empire for new blasters, heat-seeking ones that might dig up those sand pirates once and for all. Well, not exactly, but military officials did offer the following yesterday: “An oversized ray gun could be deployed to Iraq early next year.” Gloyvin! Ray guns and the Iraq what with all the lasers…. MORE »

Most DC residents think of the International Spy Museum as either that place where my nieces and nephews go while I’m taking a break from their visit, or the expensive one. The museum, perhaps chastened by its you know — for kids! reputation, has launched a sexy, not-at-all-exploitive new ad campaign (shown above, shot yesterday at the Farragut North Metro station) to let everybody know that they’ve got hos, babes, and naughty secrets as well! And that hot thing in the ad? She’s totally a spy! I bet! Bitch set me up!

Ok, now we like John Cox way more than Ron Paul. His xenophobia rocks! And apparently he’s running for something?

Cox for President Ad [OKFuture.net]

• Once democrats retake the congress, Bush will be headed to South America, after the impeachment. [FrontPage Magazine]

• Bill O’Reilly is so far in Bush’s head, he sees what the president sees, knows what he knows. [300 Dollar Wonder]
• Oh God! Yeah, God. Just like that, God. Don’t stop, God! [Boozhy]
• Curt Weldon emails his supporters to let them know the “left wing liberal attack machine” is much more dangerous than his Serbian warlord golfing buddies. [Hotline on Call]
• Weldon apparently not just blaming Democrats out of paranoid reflex, actually believes in a DOJ conspiracy to get him. [TPMMuckracker]
• Rick Santorum knows Pennsylvania loves killin’ terrorists. With just one shot, cause “two is pussy.” [Tristram Shandy]
• RNC uses fear mongering technique pioneered by LBJ in the ’60s. [The Swamp]
• Blogger who hates Jerry Weller says “The Rumor” about him isn’t true. Seeing as Weller is a GOP incumbent, that must just mean he’s done something much, much worse. [The Capitol Fax Blog]

• Congressional approval reaches 16%, lowest in history of WSJ polls. [WSJ]

• What’s the matter with Kansas now? Nine candidates have switched from Republican to Democrat in the last year, many of them leading. [WP]
• Democrats use failures in Iraq to strong effect against Republicans. [NYT]
• New ad targeting black voters and saying Martin Luther King was a Republican has infuriated civil rights leaders. [WP]
• Bob Ney will make it to jail when he gets around to it, for now he’ll collect his $3,176 a week and enjoy the lovely fall weather. [NYT]
• In a speech yesterday at Georgetown, Bill Clinton described differences in the parties, decried the partisan bitterness, and called for a return to olde timey Aristotelian style political debates. [WP, NYT]
• Today, Virginia: Bush/Allen, Clinton/Webb. [WP]

Did you see that fascinating piece on pardoning Scooter Libby over at… uh… MORE »

Update: Ad pushed beyond the jump to protect those of you at work.

Attention Floridians: Katherine Harris’ TV campaign kicked off today at 6 a.m. According to one our operatives, after hearing the ad copy last night, Senator Nelson referred to it as “a blessing.” We think he’s running scared. See for yourself in the extended entry. Dad’s money buys only the best scary voice-over artists for Katy.

Our favorite frame:

If she can take a grilling from Alan Colmes, she can take anything.

But Representative Harris, we implore you: Your next ad buy must feature a) horses and b) your rack. Please. For the good of Florida, and the good of our country.

Katherine Harris Ad [Elect Harris]

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An ad running on Talking Points Memo:

Either some ad copywriter didn’t quite understand the reference he was making here, or Al knows something the people of Vermont don’t. MORE »