The Fruits Of Negative Campaigning
This is a huge problem with the McCain campaign's negative turn. No swing voter took offense if a Bush surrogate called Kerry a limp-wristed, French-looking fraud. But I think they wince when they hear someone accusing Obama of ...The Republican Nemesis
Whenever Bush’s hand-picked crowd applauded his ridicule of Kerry, it created an image of The Democrats in the minds of swing voters that was never effectively answered by the Kerry Campaign (or by the Gore Campaign or by the Dukakis ... Massive Spending on Negative Ads by both Major Parties
The organization reports that so far in this campaign, 73% of McCain's ads have been negative and 61% of Obama's ads have been negative. As a comparison, in 2004 61% of Bush's and 34% of Kerry's ads were negative. This time last cycle
The resemblance of the McSame campaign to the Bush campaign should remind us how mavericky John McCain is NOT. The confidence over Kerry's debate performance versus an angry Bush should give us pause. Especially since various counties ... McCain’s Ads Nearly 100% Negative
In all of 2004, 64 percent of the Bush campaign’s ads were negative, while to date, 73 percent of McCain’s ads have been negative. Similarly, 34 percent of all Kerry ads were negative while 61 percent of Obama’s have been. ... Beware The Consequences Of A Negative Campaign
Republicans used negative campaigning successfully against Michael Dukakis and John Kerry, it’s true. But 1988 and 2004 were both years of economic expansion, pro-incumbent years. 2008 is like 1992, only worse. ... US Election: Hope for Barack Obama in the south as Republican ...
Mr McCain's negative campaigning, while tough and arguably distorting, is no worse than what was thrown at Michael Dukakis in 1988 or John Kerry in 2004. "If Barack were not African-American, they'd be doing this," said Harold Ford, ... US Presidential Campaign Tone Becomes Increasingly Negative
So go get them," said the voter. Democrats have urged Obama to fight back against the attacks, mindful of the negative attacks ads that helped undermine the 2004 Democratic nominee for president, Senator John Kerry. ... ATWATER ACOLYTES
It cost McCain that election, and set Bush on the path to capture the nomination. Karl Rove also masterminded the dirty campaign against John Kerry, the worst being the privately financed swift-boaters avalanche of TV ads. ... After McCain released his "Obama wants to teach kindergarteners ...
Negative campaigning works, attack ads attract attention, and slung mud often sticks. But, there are ebbs and flows in the degree to which the American people accept character assassination. And this flow of wingnut fearmongering needs ...
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