Ridiculous political ads are here to stay

When it comes to those dreaded political ads, my colleagues who teach advertising want the public to know: They don’t condone this sort of stuff. And they don’t like it any better than the rest of us. Today’s two zingers aimed at women are cases in point. Melinda Henneberger already pointed out the problems with “The Breakup,” brought to us by the Republican National Committee. That ad features an RNC staffer portraying the whiney girlfriend calling quits with President Barack Obama (not that this staffer ever was “with” him in the first place)