Franken and Coleman hawk ‘Democra-cialis’ in MAD ad

By Paul Schmelzer
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 3:05 pm

Picture 27While Minnesota’s drawn-out 2008 Senate election didn’t top MAD Magazine‘s upcoming “MAD 20″ list of the “dumbest people, events and things” of 2009, the issue does promise a cure for “electile dysfunction” — in the form of a fake ad for “Democra-cialis,” showing Al Franken and Norm Coleman in side-by-side bathtubs.

Coming in at 12th dumbest, our Senate race (dubbed “Land of a Thousand Recounts”) is illustrated by the spoof pharmaceutical ad, which asks, “When the time comes to concede, will you be ready?”

The copy continues:

If you’ve already tried futile legal challenges and angry calls for recounts, yet continue to suffer from an inadequate vote tally, Democra-cialis may be right for you. Losing candidates who have used Democra-cialis have seen a marked reduction in electile dysfunction, leaving their opponents victorious and satisfied.

Also making the list are Illinois’ Rod Blagojevich (#15), corporate bailouts (#9), and “Angry Town Hall Meetings” (#6, “Birthers, deathers and other rightwing morons stopped any intelligent discussions about healthcare reform”).

The full ad, via NBC Chicago:

democra-cialis

It’s not the first faux pharmaceutical ad created on behalf of Coleman. In April, Tildology came up with one for Dragra, an “oral argument for electile dysfunction.”

Comments

2 Comments

Dennis
Comment posted November 11, 2009 @ 4:40 pm

Outstanding!


Mark Gisleson
Comment posted November 13, 2009 @ 3:34 pm

How disappointing. I took one look at that page and thought it looked like another Mad fold-in.

So I printed out that page and tried to do a fold in with it. Unless Mad is trying to do a butt-plug joke, I don’t think that’s a fold-in.


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