+276 Political ads: 90% "My opponent is Satan himself, he will do evil wicked things such as rape your children if you vote for him, so you better vote for me!!!"... 10% "These are the things I have done well, and these are the things I plan on doing if you vote for me!" amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

There is actually a political leader in Canada who recently passed away from cancer. He absolutely refused to show negative ads. He was a remarkable person.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Jack Layton was indeed a remarkable man.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My mom cried for a bit when he died.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You forget the 5% in there somewhere in which you make your opponent look like the devil by playing the audio of him creepily singing.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It honestly scares me. Like it could be in a horror movie

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Video?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud3mMj0AZZk

by Anonymous 11 years ago

agreed

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Nearly all of the videos sources were news outlets...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The first time I saw that commercial, I thought Barack was approving the commercial before it and I got incredibly confused.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

100% lies

by Anonymous 11 years ago

My government teacher made us sit through a 2 hour long movie on political ads... Torture. But basically, it said that the American public always says they hate negative ads, but that they end up being more effective than positive ads, which is why politicians' campaigns choose to use them. It's not like they WANT to. It's just more effective to scare the public and give them an alternative with pretty music and reassurance.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Sad but true. Ever hear the one: Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those that do learn from history are doomed to watch helplessly as those who don't repeat it.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZhJgwSb0Po

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah, or like the one where you say a lady died of cancer because the opponent laid off her husband and couldn't pay to take care of her. When, in reality, the opponent left the company two years before that person got laid off, and the health care that could have possibly helped her live wasn't coming from the man who got laid off's job, so it wouldn't have mattered either way. Pretty much all political ads are taken way out of context and therefore, bullshit.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Ultimate mitt romney attack ad http://m.youtube.com/results?q=ultimate%20mitt%20romney%20attack%20ad#/watch?v=kkgSUP9Ldq4 *warning* rated R for pirates

by Anonymous 11 years ago

To all the people who agree with this you should go watch the movie The Campaign. Theres one ad where one candidate says that the other is a communist because he has chinese dogs! Its so funny!!

by Anonymous 11 years ago