The Best Political Ad of 2015?

It's early, but this has to be a contender for the title.

Meet Wyatt Scott, an independent running for Parliament in British Columbia:

Bonus link: More memorable political Web ads.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Do you really want to vote for a candidate who would stab with a sword the very waterfowl he's riding?

[Duke]

And a Canada goose at that.

[Drake]

I hate those shit machines, so yes he would have my vote.

[CPADave71]

No, he jumped off the goose to fall down to the dragon, which he stabbed. This ad is enough to make want to move to Canada (except for that "expanding social programs" thing).

[Fist of Etiquette]

What about that accent? Pass.

[sarcasmic]

Hoser.

[Citizen X]

What's this abote, eh?

[Lee G]

This is what Rand Paul needs to do, except with rope darts.

GET OVER HERE!

[Phlogistan]

Why did he catch the tranny college student but let the indigenous person splat?

[Hyperbolical (wadair)]

Can this guy be taken seriously? Expand university freebies, increase health care, and give more to the indigenous folk, is just populism without a plan.

[Libertarian]

You mean.......wait for it................the Canadian Trump?

[James Anderson Merritt]

Except he has the unbelievable magic hair on his FACE, not on his head. I think I prefer the Canadian approach.

[Mike Laursen]

Why coulsng he get an actual indigenous live body for his ad?

[WoodchipperPatriarch]

Same reason you never see actual minorities at a Bernie Sanders rally. Ingrates.

[R C Dean]

The only footage I've seen of Bernie Sanders rallies definitely has minorities.

Screaming at him.

[Haven Monahan]

While we're on the subject of Canadian politics, here's the new Leader of the Libertarian Party:

"I Want Gay Couples To Be Able To Protect Their Marijuana Plants With Guns"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5SZK35xVXY

[Lee G]

No Mexicans?

[R C Dean]

Its Canada, eh.

[Free Society]

He didn't meantion buttsex. Why does he want to ban buttsex?

[sarcasmic]

Best political ad* EVAR!

*His policies suck, but the ad is TEH AWESOME!

[Libertarian]

Fantastic special effects, but I couldn't understand a word with that weird accent of his.

[C. S. P. Schofield]

His inevitable trainwreck should be entertaining.....

[The Shrubber's Woodchipper]

I doubt his train will get up to the speed required to make it entertaining. Trump's train, OTOH....

[John Titor]

He's a BC weirdo running as an independent in a First Past the Post voting system. This is probably the only time you'll ever hear of him.

[Chip the Chipper]

So this guy is basically a young Bernie Sanders

[Mike Laursen]

Somebody in Canada has been watching too much Parks and Recreation...

[Mike Laursen]

Or maybe, come to think of it, all males in Canada are basically Andy Dwyer.

[Idle Hands]

Nothing will ever beat this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Y24MFOfFU

[Mike Laursen]

I kept waiting for the hog calling, but it disappointed. 🙁

[Woodchipper of the Apocalypse]

Anyone else sick of these contrived-to-be-viral shitpieces? Seriously, this is "Penguin of Doom *holds up spork*" levels of lolsorandumb.

It was created for the specific purpose of becoming a "viral video" and of course the media, which is basically your mom using facebook for the first time and sending you every image macro she can find, eats it up.

[Intrepid Demise]

Agreed, this was truly cringeworthy.

[Robert]

Well, it almost got me to bookmark the exploding dining room, alongside the collapsing HS stage.

[Jesse Walker]

Anyone else sick of these contrived-to-be-viral shitpieces?...It was created for the specific purpose of becoming a "viral video"

I discussed that phenomenon in the article linked at the end of the post:

There are two distinct but related phenomena going on here. One is advertising that was carefully designed to go viral: deliberately off-kilter commercials like Carly Fiorina's "demon sheep" ad in the California senate race. And then there are the outsider artists whose ads simply reflect the fact that it's easier than ever for anyone to create and post a video for the whole world to see, whether or not he knows what a conventional campaign ad looks like.

Answering your question: No, I'm not sick of them. I enjoy watching them get steadily weirder in ever more strained attempts to stand out.

[teamred vs teamblue]

I'd vote for im. Except for that poor dragon. #dragonlivesmatter, dammit

[Citizen X]

Damn, i miss Mike Gravel.

[Robert]

Obviously ripped off from that one that was linked here from S. Amer. maybe a year or 2 ago. Am I the only 1 who remembers that? Flying candidate, rays from the eyes, etc.?

[Russell]

WE WANT ZORG !

[Nick W B]

Na, Carley Fiorina is running again, I want to see a repeat of the demon sheep ad featuring Trump.

[Almanian - Trump's Woodchipper]

Ohhhhhhhhhh, Canada!

*pats Canada on its head and send it off to bed*

[John Williams]

Definitely it's a great thing he did from the candidate's side. He is not going to win the election, but for sure this ad will lead some voters to support him, I mean will vote for this crazy and yet inspiring ad maker 🙂

Regards,
John Williams
Essay Writer