Negative ads

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Negative ads
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Mon, 10-06-2008 - 10:50pm

We all know they work. We all know we hate them.


Why the dichotomy?


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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: llhaesa
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 4:38am

You tell mé!


An awful lot seems to be done/created in

Djie

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Registered: 03-17-2006
In reply to: llhaesa
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 7:52am
When you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, you have to try to baffle them with bull.
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Registered: 08-13-2008
In reply to: llhaesa
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 7:53am

I don't quite get how so many oppose negative ads, yet they prove effective. Obviously someone buys into them.


This last month is going to be the worst ever, a new low.


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Registered: 10-25-2006
In reply to: llhaesa
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 8:22am

I disagree that we all hate the negative ads. I know I do, but I don't think Joe 6-pack hates them and I don't think the Christian right hates them, either.

If a voter doesn't make an effort to understand the issues, or is a single-issue voter, then character is all that matters to that voter. And the negative ads are the best way to convey character to narrow-minded people. When the Republicans start, the Dems feel they have to retaliate--I wish Obama's campaign would ignore the crap the Republicans put out there. It's not making Obama look any better to the undecideds (whom I believe are intelligent) and, from now until Nov. 4th, those are the only voters the Dems need to reach out to.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: llhaesa
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 8:59am

I'm a Christian right (I guess, I am a Christian and am a Republican)

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Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: llhaesa
Fri, 10-10-2008 - 2:04am

<<"I don't get the mentality however, of blaming one side more than the other when they both do it and have done it from day one.">>


It's total rubbish indeed! It's all about "finding perceived and possible dirt", kneed and 'pork' it in súch a way that it will hopefully

Djie