Herpes meets politics: too clever by half

Here's a new ad from the cheekily wide-eyed Millennials over at MoveOn.org, who have decided that the best way to shore up Democratic votes from Cynical Young Americans is to couch their pro-Barack Obama message in the language of, um, commercials for herpes medication.

Hahahahaha... uh, no.

Hope: it's contagious. Just like a sexually transmitted disease you might be passing on to an unwitting partner, who will then worry about cold sores for the rest of his or her life. I'm a huge fan of irreverence, but there's something about this ad that screams Trying Too Hard And Failing Miserably.

--Sarah Liss