So apparently Donald Trump is paying a the fictional ad company on the TV show Mad Men for "web advertising." Wait, what?

NOT a real advertsing

Courtesy of Mediaite:

 In their most recent FEC filing, the Donald Trump campaign revealed that they paid $35,000 to an ad agency that, by all appearances, doesn’t actually exist.

Think Progress’ Judd Legum caught the odd detail when poring over Trump’s financial statements. 

Draper Sterling is the name of the ad agency in AMC’s Mad Men. But Legum is right; Trump’s financial filings show that he made several payments to Draper Sterling in April of this year for web advertising.

Apparently the address for this fictional company is just a hop, skip, and a jump from former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski's hometown.

Probably just a coincidence.

Or not.

Want some Trump news? The campaign is doing a forensic audit on all of Corey Lewandowski's spending.

— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) June 21, 2016

I kid you not, I literally do not know what to say here.

Did Marco Rubio even watch the show?

#MadMen finale - a reminder 20th Century was great, but it's over & it isn't coming back. It's time for New American Century. #TheEndOfAnEra

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 18, 2015

Yes because who wouldn't miss out of control sexism, racism, and alcoholism?

But wait, good news, those are all still with us.

(H/T to Salon.)

President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign re-imagined as Mad Men opening.

I just saw this a few minutes ago on The Chris Matthews Show. 

Here is the description courtesy of YouTube:  

The Chris Matthews Show features our own version of the "Mad Men" opening this week, starring President Obama. Our take of this iconic sequence portrays the struggles of President Obama's 2012 campaign, showcasing his rivals and highlighting the issues that may complicate his bid for reelection in 2012.

This is of course very time4ply since tonight is the premiere of Mad Men's fifth season, and I have been watching the Mad Men marathon on AMC today.

I am old enough to remember what the sixties were like, at least through the eyes of a child, and I have to say that though there are many nostalgic reasons to remember them fondly the advances we have made sociologically, technologically, and politically have been amazing, and for the most part, very positive for this country.