Thursday, July 31, 2008

Negative Campaign Ads by McCain

Will negative campaign ads help McCain? Recent ads have called Barack Obama a celebrity, and compared him to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Another ad suggests that Obama “made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops.” One study points out one-third of John McCain’s ads refer to Obama negatively. On the other hand, 90% of Obama’s ads don’t even mention John McCain.

These negative ads feed the perception of McCain as an angry candidate. Even some Republicans don’t think this strategy is such a good idea. Former top McCain strategist John Weaver called the celebrity ad “childish” and “tomfoolery”, while other Republicans have called it “unprofessional,” “absurd and juvenile.”

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

please dont fall for the trap OBAMA you have done good to this point

Anonymous said...

Well usually when people point out so much negativity they are threatened by that other person.....McCain is putting all his efforts into taking cheap shots instead of telling the public what he can do for our country...

Anonymous said...

McCain's stunts just show his true character. He is only following his true instincts, which are to play dirty, and if these comments and allegations are all that he has to go on-as juevenille as they are-then that just shows that Obama is not doing that bad and is in good position running a sensible campaign while staying focused on the issues and not game playing with the elderly.