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Alumbrado -> RE: Will neg ads help McCain secure WH? (10/7/2008 4:14:40 PM)
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ORIGINAL: BitaTruble
The last view days have seen a rehash of Ayers & Wright (Rez is sure to come up again as well), something we went through in the dem primary. That tactic didn't help Clinton clinch and Obama went on to secure the nomination. Is it going to work this time around in the General Election and give us 4 more years of a pub WH or will it backfire and secure Obama a new residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave?
Negative ads have often worked in the past but is the public getting tired of them?
What say you, the voter?
Hillary didn't lose because people suddenly became enlightened and rejected negative campaigning... as discussed more than once, she lost because she made the classic blunders of the egomaniac, and threw away her advantages.
Mudslinging campaigns work (in conjunction with an education system that keeps a massive part of the electorate functionally illiterate and unable to think for themselves) because they appeal to the basest of emotions.
It is that same combination of ignorance and base emotions that feeds into wars, and keeps the corporations, their lobbyists, their media, and their politicians of every stripe rich and in charge.
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