The only 'Campaign' worth watching in 2012

If this year’s presidential campaign doesn’t provide enough laughs for your liking, here is one that will.

Though the timing would be perfect, “The Campaign” isn’t a satire of the race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It pokes fun, instead, at the way politics has worked in America for years. “America, freedom, Jesus,” Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) says at the beginning of the film. An adviser asks what on earth he means by that. “I don’t know,” Brady responds, “but they sure love it when say it.”