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Thugs and criminals? A gun? A horse? This ad has them all

Hot Dish wonders if any Minnesota ad could compete

By rachelsb

May 19, 2010 at 10:39PM

For your afternoon edification, what's been called the "best political ad of the year, to date"and we cannot disagree:

Has Minnesota ever offered anything quite this delightful? Sure, the Jesse ads were good. But this good? Let us know in the comments.

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