Best internet find ever

The Living Room Candidate, an online archive of all the presidential campaign television ads, dating back to 1952.

I always thought TV spots were mindless and cheerleading nowadays, but I had no idea the extent of such inanity until I saw the campaign ads of Eisenhower/Stevenson (I). Look for:

-catchy but patronizing little ditties, such as "I Like Ike" and "I Love the Gov."
-Nixon (Eisenhower's vice) railing against government corruption, promising to "kick out the crooks and the others that have besmirched their reputation in Washington D.C."
-Stevenson's political rendition of "Old McDonald", in which he appeals to the 3-7 year-old demographic
-and, my favorite, a bizarre mock voiceover between "Ike" (Eisenhower) and "Bob" (Senator Robert Taft), hinting at a homoerotic relationship between the famous general and his big-business colleague.

And I thought the current SBVFT ads were scraping bottom.