Mud Slinging Political Ads

[lizbud]

I don't know about your state, but Indiana has is in the middle of political races for Congressional, State Reps., County Prosecutor, among other seats
in local government. The TV ads are the worst I've ever seen, and they are
relentless in blaring out their hateful messages for one candidate over
another.I don't ever remember the ads being quite this bad before.

I really hope this backfires for the political parties that use these methods
in hopes of swaying votes their way.It really turns me off.

[Lady's Human]

Liz,

Candidates and parties have "gone negative" since day one. Look up some of the old political tactics from the 1800's and you'll see not much has changed.

[Pam]

I can't wait for the election to be over. Each year they seem to get worse. Thank God for the *mute* button on the TV.

[RICHARD]

lololol,

My favorite commercial is from the diva Dianne Feinstein.

She at the end they show a picture of her and her new born granddaughter in the back ground..

The child, now about 12 years old says something like "I'll vote for you, sign me up!"

With all the problems we have had with people that should not be voting , voting, that sends a clear message...

[lizbud]

I can't wait for the election to be over. Each year they seem to get worse. Thank God for the *mute* button on the TV.

I keep my remote close at hand. Honestly though, Never has it been THIS bad. I really think it shows a sense of desparation & a level of hatred
I've never seen before.I can't even imagine the amount of money being spent
on these ads.

I keep thinking, if it's this bad in ultra conservative Indiana, what must it be like in other states.

[RICHARD]

here in Orange County there is a Republican running for congress who is accused of sending out letters to hispanic voters telling them if they are here illegally and vote, they will be taken to jail and deported.


His name is Tran Nguyen..
and his story about the mess has changed about five times since the story broke!

[Karen]

Just another reason many people my age and younger get disenfranchised with the whole thing. If both sides are saying the other person's a crook, why vote for either? (That's a rhetorical question, don't worry, I vote.)

[joycenalex]

[QUOTE=Karen]Just another reason many people my age and younger get disenfranchised with the whole thing.... boy i hope you meant disenchanted not disenfranchised.
i'm proposing that all political ads, tv, print, and radio, be discontinued on october 15. if you've haven't made up your mind 3 weeks before the election, not too much will help you from the mudslinging slop

[sparks19]

I brought this up in another thread. I am glad someone else finally see's this.

All of the ad's these days are disgraceful.

Americans should vote FOR things.... not against things. I don't care what the other guy did (it's likely we already know what he did that wasn't good) I want to know what this candidate is going to DO to make it better. I already know what he ISN'T going to do.

it's just ridiculous. It's like schoolyard disputes. I am waiting for an ad to say "so and so is a poopy head and a meanie bo feeney so don't vote for him k?"

[catnapper]

Ha! There's one ad here that says something like "Mr. Politician is against this, and Mr. Politician wants to do that!" while talking about their opponenet... thing is, both hubby and I are like "gee, we think thats a darn good idea Mr. Politician has!" whereas they are trying to convey what Mr. Politician does is bad. So basically instead of swaying voters from Mr. Politician, they are actually getting more votes for so-and-so. LOL

But I swear I'll scream if I get another phone call from somebody wonderful telling me how wonderful their candidate is. I don't care how wonderful they are - leave me alone!!!!

[Karen]

boy i hope you meant disenchanted not disenfranchised.
i'm proposing that all political ads, tv, print, and radio, be discontinued on october 15. if you've haven't made up your mind 3 weeks before the election, not too much will help you from the mudslinging slop

Yup, sorry - wrong dis-word!

"But Joooyyyyyyce, most people don't start paying attention until the week before the election, see, and ... gee, if we cannot sling mud, what are we gonna talk about?" - signed - your local politicians

[joycenalex]

"But Joooyyyyyyce, most people don't start paying attention until the week before the election, see, and ... gee, if we cannot sling mud, what are we gonna talk about?" - signed - your local politicians[/QUOTE]
okay, i'll admit it...i'm, i'm...an INFORMED CITIZEN. i read the proposed laws, i know the names of my legislators, i read the party platforms, i send letters, i go to meetings. yes it's true, i even know the poll workers at my voting place and my precinct number(gulp). is there a 12 step group for me? *snort snicker*

[BOBS DAD]

I keep thinking, if it's this bad in ultra conservative Indiana, what must it be like in other states.

You may not know about it or haven't heard much about our race in PA, but we've got a nasty one on our hands too!!!

The incumbent Rick Santorum and the challenger Bob Casey had a debate in Pittsburgh several weeks back and it was insane. First of all, the facilitators set them up on stage like 3 inches away from each other. It is apparent that not only do they have very philosophical and personal differences, they also seem to genuinely despise each other. It really looked like an hour long argument - "no" statesmenship here!

They continually interrupted each other, routinely ran over time, avoided the issues/questions and accused each other of everything under the sun!!! LOL! I thought they were going to physically fight. Lots of finger pointing and in each other's faces. Casey kept saying, "give back the money Rick" (referring to the fact that Santorum owns a home in Penn Hills - Pgh Suburb, but lives year round in VA. He home schools his kids through a Cyber school program offered by Penn Hills and Allegheny County, PA has been paying 55K a year to school kids who Casey claims live in VA) at every opportunity. Rick Santorum kept saying, "look into the camera Bob, and tell the people how many days you went into the office last month (referencing his claim that Casey is lazy, doesn't show up for work and is taking the taxpayers money for a job not being done).

Casey won't answer the question other than to say, "he get's his work done". Santorum says that Casey does 2 events (campaign events) a week, while he [Santorum] does 2 events every day by noon!!! Sounds like a good analogy on the surface until you think it through... With that much time and energy going into campaigning, when does "HE" ever have time to "do his job"???

Anyhooo... it's been very nasty and I am ready to vote. All the ads now are extremely trivial and totally inaccurate,unfair and misleading - both sides are now trying to appeal to their base and IMO those that aren't very intellectually savy. Hey, if you know a few folks out there hate army boots... why not say your oponents Mom wears 'em?? It's worth a try!!!

[BOBS DAD]

Ha! There's one ad here that says something like "Mr. Politician is against this, and Mr. Politician wants to do that!" while talking about their opponenet... thing is, both hubby and I are like "gee, we think thats a darn good idea Mr. Politician has!"

Is that one a statewide one or local. It sounds vaguely familiar but I can't quite place it!!! It has been pur-ritty ka-razzy hasn't it?

[cmayer31]

It seems like voting for people these days is picking the lesser of two evils. When it comes to voting for things it always seems like there is no good choice; all the propositions have sneaky misleading loopholes built into them these days.