October 26, 2012

We have excess ad negativity

It’s really easy to observe politics from the living room couch. Just turn on the tube.

They’re everywhere, those lousy, irritating negative political ads.

There’s even a video on YouTube on how to make one.

I don’t know why I expect anything different. It seems negative campaigning is built into our country’s political fabric. It’s our history, ever since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson traded insults about physical attributes and family heritage, topics that had nothing to do with running a country.

I’ve become quite negative about negative campaign advertising. Negative campaigns are an insult to our intelligence. They are a waste…

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