Negative Ads

Negative Ads
WTF is all this about? Surely someone who wants to be the president of the United States should have enough substance and belief in themselves to be promoting their qualities, rather than trying to shoot down the competition? Also, if that were an acceptable tactic, shouldn’t the ads be grounded in fact? I’m not going to go over the ads because they are everywhere and people reading this with interest would already know all too well what I’m talking about. However if this tactic has been employed to get one’s own way, then what does that say for future efforts to convince the American public of the direction the government wants to take them in? Would the facts be skewed in a similar way to gain public support? It appears that this tactic relies on the voter believing everything that they see on the television or hear on the radio and not being able to think for themselves. Would it be wise for the American people to be led by someone that thinks so little of their intellect? Or is it as the world views the American public and that you are gullible enough to believe this nonsense? I know that here in the UK if such a tactic were employed that candidate would be laughed out of the running, but hey, maybe we are wiser and more intellectual this side of the great Atlantic Ocean that separates us. One thing I am sure of is that we would have kicked up a fuss over the last ‘stolen’ election when you let that highly intelligent and impartial thinker Dubya shoehorn himself back into another term only to ruin your economy, stretch your armed forces to breaking and ruin your image as world leaders in many aspects of developed life. Yes I know we aren’t fiscally on top of the world ourselves right now but our problems are intrinsically linked to decisions made in your neck of the woods. Decisions such as the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates instigating a gold rush on credit, dishing out sub-prime mortgages like they were hot cakes, and then packaging them up to hide the true content and selling them on as triple a rated products. . . . erm, bit of a tangent there, I shall try harder not to rant about the wonderful Mr Bush and stay on subject.

So, back to negative ads, WTF?

Paulo.