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While everybody else was laughing at that ridiculous Paris Hilton/Obama ad the McCain people released yesterday, at least two very wealthy Republican donors were furious: William Barron Hilton and Rick Hilton, Paris’ grandfather and father. MORE »

Barack Obama has a new ad called “Dignity,” and it is all about what a candidate loses in the process of running for President. Ha ha, just kidding! But the part in the end where he strangles the old lady is pretty undignified. [YouTube]

The DC Metro ran this ad on a bobbleheaded Pope riding the Metro to a big crazy Papal Mass at Nationals Stadium, and the Washington Archdiocese was like, Hey that is not funny, you are talking about the leader of our religion there, and he would never advise riding the DC Metro, furthermore he is not wearing the right Pope-hat. MORE »

The thing I hate most about campaign season (2 years of nonstop campaigning for President, now brought to you by unbridled ambition and campaign finance “reform”!) is the goddamn endless stupid commercials. I don’t give a flying fuck if the candidates want me to have a Merry Christmas, I don’t care about their supposed minute differences, and I don’t care they they approved their messages. The election’s still 11 months away and I pretty much only watch obscure cable channels now to avoid the relentless advertising. Remember, though, when Presidential campaign ads were, like, effective (or, ineffective but still pretty good). Yeah, I’m too young, too, but we’ve got a Top 10 list for you anyway, after the jump.

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* “La Nuit des Publivores Francophone 2007″ at the Hirshhorn. It’s a night of television commercials from Belgium, Switzerland, Lebanon, Canada, North Africa, French-speaking Africa, and France. $13 at 7 p.m. [Smithsonian]
* Tom Bissell discusses The Father of All Things at Olsson’s in Arlington. It’s about the impact of Vietnam on Americans, Vietnamese and Bissell’s own pop. [Olsson's]
* Shirley Clarke’s The Connection at AFI. “This beat-inflected study depicts a documentarian’s efforts to capture the drug scene as seen through a group of heroin addicts waiting for their connection.” $9.25 at 8:30PM. [AFI]

* The Senate confirmation hearings for soon-to-be CIA Director Michael Hayden began this week. In the great tradition of the adult film industry, there will be two versions of the hearing; one for cable and one for pay-per-view, er, Senate Members’ Ears Only. We were actually pretty relieved that the hardcore hearings were closed, that shit was long enough. Finally, the denouement: he’s an idiot. MORE »

THIS IS THE GREATEST AD EVER CREATED. IT WILL SINGLE-HANDEDLY DOOM AL GORE’S POLITICAL COMEBACK. MORE »

One of these men is the new Secretary of the Interior — try to guess which! MORE »

Check out this entertaining but rejected Super Bowl commercial, for an outfit called QuietAgent.com. Then read the amusing rejection letter (note: pdf file), from Kathryn Tunis of ABC. MORE »