tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post7755498988106600001..comments2023-10-14T05:50:19.314-04:00Comments on Making Sense with Nicholls: Politics of attack adsGerry Nichollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496716615185797501noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-672672179105450302009-05-29T18:06:39.492-04:002009-05-29T18:06:39.492-04:00Dick:
I agree that negative ads work; I used to w...Dick:<br /><br />I agree that negative ads work; I used to write them for a living.<br /><br />But as I said in my posting, they still have a stigma about them. <br /><br />That's why it's rare for a politician to openly endorse such ads.Gerry Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10496716615185797501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-349784480468819072009-05-29T14:02:13.068-04:002009-05-29T14:02:13.068-04:00You seem to forget that the Liberals have used neg...You seem to forget that the Liberals have used negative ads for many years! Also look at the U.S. election where Obama won a huge majority and used nothing but negative ads against Geo Bush!<br />Obviously they work!!Dick Chapmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-87418562428961456122009-05-29T13:19:15.458-04:002009-05-29T13:19:15.458-04:00That surprised me too. But if Libs do use the foo...That surprised me too. But if Libs do use the footage of Harper saying 'we have tapes',<br />will the lingering thought be 'Iffy has said worse, stay tuned'?wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03589410224972050999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-8686714648481984432009-05-29T12:46:32.745-04:002009-05-29T12:46:32.745-04:00You get the sense that he relishes rolling in the ...You get the sense that he relishes rolling in the mud. Too many years in opposition perhaps. Too many insecurities with so many basic core principles abandoned, so much sniping from real conservatives as well as Liberals, with fewer and fewer people fawning at his chessmaster brilliance and actually daring to speak up.<br /><br />Kind of <A HREF="http://torytattler.blogspot.com/2009/05/harper-and-nixon-playing-from-same.html" REL="nofollow">reminds you of someone</A>, no?Old School Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05496580796754132965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-85137470435148733102009-05-29T12:40:38.453-04:002009-05-29T12:40:38.453-04:00The problem with what you state here is that every...The problem with what you state here is that every media outlet in the country puts out stories like Harper launches attack ads, or Harper goes dirty to smear Ignatieff.<br /><br /> Funny that is. Liberal ads are decscribed as Ignatieff to run ads on Conservative record.paulsstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813949388254801232noreply@blogger.com