Do you believe negative political ads?
957159
Sometimes, but negative ads really push me to try to find the good things in that person.  I really think that negative ads should be illegal.  I could watch TV all day long and only know the bad things about candidates.  I would like to know the plans of the future leaders in my area, instead of the petty fines one candidate had 20 years ago.  I am so sick of commercials that I have stopped watching TV for the two weeks before the election.
588507
That's the thing with any ad: you'll find people who like it, people who don't notice, and people who don't like it, in varying proportions.\n\nProblem with knowing how effective a specific campaign is is that it's very difficult, if not i;possible, to track results accurately.\n\n"I know half my advertising dollars are wasted - I just don't know which half!"
716588
It's used all the time ! anywhere and everywhere. Look at the elections coming up. If it weren't for propaganda and the disinformation , there would be no political news on T.V.\nI want to know how they stand not what their opponents can accuse them of, and hope it sticks. I guess most people do not feel this way, as the politicians continue to use this negative campaigning. It is so aggravating!\nI think most people have their minds made up long before the election , and when they hear a negative view , against their party, They disregard it and when it is against his opponent, they agree with it. So it really does not win any votes at all!.
229512
Yes, especially if the rumours/lies are negative
133985
politically influenced fool
884560
Agree totally.  This forum is an excellent example.  Just more bleating sheep spewing the regular dogma.\n\nMost people find TV advertising to be an insult to their intelligence.  But those Madison Ave ad execs are pretty sharp cookies, so it must follow that the bulk of the ads are aimed at the lowest common denominator, which is the majority, encompassing all down to the delta minus semi-moron.\n\nThese are our fellow Americans.
813440
No.  It is a campaign marketing ploy that many people have fallen for...or maybe I should say...they WANT to believe it...it gives them a reason to complain.\n\nI mean two years ago we heard the administration ruined our economy...now its hitting new highs and we don't hear that.  \n\nSpin, baby, spin.
864700
I've only seen the "Do-Nothing Congress" segment, and I couldn't turn it off. Really well done. And I just saw the latest ad numbers, and negative spending is dominating positive/idea spending in this campaign by a 10 to 1 margin, so clearly things are just getting worse. \n\nThe fact that Fox News has devoted the last 24 hours to a misread cue card shows how little the issues even matter anymore.....
859002
First of all, if there's no truth to what you're advertising.  People will feel cheated too if you do not reveal something in your advertising because you know they won't buy it, if you add it to that.
809928
I'm with you, it's disgusting.\n\nDo the candidates actually think we'll believe them?  I hope not.  But then again, advertising of any kind works on the majority of people.  If it didn't we wouldn't have a gazillion types of shampoo, soap, body lotion, body wash, (my personal favorite SOAP at highly inflated prices)  toothpaste, mouthwash, deodorant, razors, perfume, the list is horrendous.  And the average consumer is convinced that they will be sent to a leper's colony IF they don't buy the miracle product.  <sigh>  \n\nBut please VOTE!!\n\nPeace.
542131
Sorry no! but are you advertising?
961704
First, this isn't a question but rather a political statement.\n\nSecondly, it is based on wishes and not reality.
698902
Does it ever occur to you that the media has portrayed the world and the events in it falsely, that your opinion is based on lies and garbled information geared to an insane agenda?  Do you really think that such a vast portion of the world's population hates US government because of propaganda by the so-called terrorists and not because of heinous acts of gross TERRORISM committed by the US government and its protectorate TERRORIST state of Israel?
699229
When are you going to admit that it is not?\n\nWhen are you going to admit that your accusations are based on partisan politics and not facts?\n\nWhen are you going to admit that you are spreading slander, rumor and innuendo?
863270
No, poltical canvassing is a legitimate way of promoting your candidate.  Sorry you find democracy inconvenient.
736436
i haven't examined the ad in detail, but it seems they are desperately trying to divert attention from the real issues. \n\nHarold Ford is a conservative Christian. He has deep values. \n\nIf Tenn fall to the the right, it is another example of how the "sheeple" fall prey to negative advertising. \n\nVoters need to wake up and stop being so passive. Anyone can put together a commercial with some music and some images and sway a massive number of people. Ignorance is bliss, because it requires no work. Likewise, the ads you question who sway voters to lean right only prove a point. \n\nHopefully, the great state of Tennessee (I loved hiking in those mountains) will prove itself to be more intelligent than the media portrays them to be.
801604
I'd think no because they censor what they show. If they were more honest they would seem negative but it would actually be positive because we would know the truth.\n\nThe way things are now they make the bad look good and the good look bad, in order to be politically correct.