Remembering the 2008 Elections

Best Publicity Stunt

Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine, came out with a porn movie titled Nalin' Palin starring a woman who looked a lot like Sarah Palin.

Worst Publicity Stunt

John McCain announced that he was temporarily suspending his campaign to help deal with the financial crisis and called on Barack Obama to do the same. This publicity stunt proved embarrasing when McCain canceled his appearance on David Letterman's show at the last minute on the grounds that he had to fly back to DC to vote when, instead, he actually appeared on The CBS Evening News, which is shot in the same building as Letterman's show. Letterman had his revenge when he turned his cameras to the feed from The CBS Evening News that showed John McCain being prepared for his interview with Katie Couric at the same time that Letterman's show was being taped.