Making Absurd Campaign Ads Now Legitimate Political Strategy 3.75K Adrian Chen 05/29/10 01:04PM Filed to: Polidicks Polidicks Campaign Ads Dale Peterson Tim james Today, Gail Collins touches on the demented logic of those viral Alabama campaign ads. (Dale Peterson! Tim James!) Basically, if your ad is outlandish enough, no one will care that your candidate is equally ridiculous. Ugh, we helped those people.(via Mediaite)