Hasta La Creative!

The sheer lunacy of our current election cycle is frightening, but it’s also very watchable. The same could be said for HBO’s Veep, a show that many Washington, D.C., insiders have reportedly called the most realistic portrayal of politics.

It shouldn’t be surprising, then, that the marketing gurus at HBO decided that New Hampshire voters would appreciate an ad for the show’s most-hated character and his current campaign for a congressional seat. (Obviously if you’re not caught up on the current season, this post will have light spoilers.) 

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Government shutdown driving you to drink? Maybe now's a good time to drunk-dial Congress. Revolution Messaging, a mobile advertising firm that reps political clients, probably had some free time during the shutdown, so the team invented a platform that allows you to randomly dial a member of Congress and start screaming. The microsite, DrunkDialCongress.org, even helpfully provides topics and drink recipes. As a marketing tactic, Revolution Messaging has found a great way to keep its business top of mind even when members of Congress are out of their damn minds. The beauty of the platform is the random-calling feature. Because everyone in Congress is to blame when no one can watch the panda. Party politics aside, we’ve all got a reason to get pissed.