Who is Doing Negative Ads?

Let The Candidates Decide

Published on September 16, 2008 By Dr Guy In Democrat

In any election, since media became a factor, political campaigns have had negative ads. Some worse than others (the Daisy Ad), and some just funny. Most are just designed to show the shortcomings of the opponent, figuring (rightly or wrongly) that voters will not see the shortcomings without being lead to them.

So who is the king of negative ads in this campaign? If we ask the media, or the pundits, or the emotional "Wanna-bee" reporters, or even blogdom, I am sure we are going to get many answers. But when it comes right down to it, who would know more about what ads their campaign is running? The Candidates.

So let's allow one to speak for himself:

"If we're going to ask questions about, you know, who has been promulgating negative ads that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand, I think I win that contest pretty handily," Obama said.

I guess the messiah has spoken. So for all the foreigners thinking that McCain is the bad guy, who are you going to believe? Some biased media pundit? A blog? Or the candidate himself.

I wonder if Obama is going to run this ad in all 57 states?

Comments (Page 7)

Dr Guy

on Sep 26, 2008

I think it'd be dangrous to simply discount the results of a federal investigation. I mean these guys spend months talking to people and asking questions, trying to find the truth of what happened. Compared to someone like me who only hears about the thing on the news maybe for a week?

The problem is that while McCain may have moved on to break the law, he stopped short. Just as Murtha did. Murtha was surely not being engelic when he said he was not interested in a bribe now, but "catch me later". But since he did not take one, he committed no crime.

That is what Moose is trying to hang McCain with. Trouble is, the same standard - applied to Obama and Biden - would have them locked up as well. We are not dealing with saints, just varying degrees of sinners.

Dr Guy

on Sep 26, 2008

McCain's inability to notice what was happening around him during the Keating 5 fiasco puts into question his ability to think fast and lead the county during this time of financial crisis, when so much is at stake do you really want a guy who reacted slowly and did nothing to stop it in his younger years to be put in charge of things now that he's even older and slower?

You wonder why they have not latched onto that dont you? The problem, as alluded to above, is that Obama has the same stink associated with him. While there is no proof he took a bribe from a gangster, there is a lot of smoke on it, and the stink of it. Obama does not want to scratch that itch because the scab of his own itch will come off and be exposed as well.

SlimnDeadly

on Sep 27, 2008

Dr Guy

reply 17

HA HA! Now that is some A grade political drama right there. Stuff I live for LOL

But I gotta admit if that is the reason why Obama hasn't pulled out that point, then that shows some good thinking and intelligence on Obama's side. Or that he didn't notice, but since we're in the big legues I suppose he should be that smart, afterall you surely can't become a presidential nominee just based on your good looks and charms alone right?

Dr Guy

on Sep 27, 2008

afterall you surely can't become a presidential nominee just based on your good looks and charms alone right?

Tell that to Bill Clinton.

kurtin

on Sep 28, 2008

...and JFK.

Dr Guy

on Sep 28, 2008

...and JFK.

Shh! We dont speak ill of the dead.

AidanGriff

on Oct 17, 2008

I dont see how a freudian slip can lead to the destruction of half of Europe.

AidanGriff

on Oct 17, 2008

Agreed Bill Clinton JFK were more style then substance. But the substance that one of them had, I wont say which one (JFK) was pretty important. He definently wasnt one of the greats but he wasnt horrible either.

Dr Guy

on Oct 20, 2008

I dont see how a freudian slip can lead to the destruction of half of Europe.

Depends on the slip, now doesn't it?

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Dr Guy

on Oct 20, 2008

But the substance that one of them had, I wont say which one (JFK) was pretty important.

Now that is keeping a secret.

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Adventure-Dude

on Oct 20, 2008

Trouble is, the same standard - applied to Obama and Biden - would have them locked up as well. We are not dealing with saints, just varying degrees of sinners.

Funny how Obama is trying to put guilt by association on McCain (ie Just like Bush, Keating 5) but cannot be applied inversely?

If you don't vote for Obama you are racist but one cannot say that if you don't vote for Palin you are sexist.

oy so much spinning.

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Dr Guy

on Oct 20, 2008

If you don't vote for Obama you are racist but one cannot say that if you don't vote for Palin you are sexist.

I think Obama has shown that at least here and now, the real sexists are the Obamabots. Like Lays potato(e) chips, they could not stop at stomping on just one.

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