False political advertising works, and that's no lie

[Algorem]

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/false_political_advertising_wo.html

Posted by Tom Feran/Plain Dealer Reporter October 05, 2008 21:15PM

..."We saw something that fascinated me," he said. "Several political reporters noted that Sarah Palin and John McCain continued to repeat the fable that she was a big opponent of the so-called Bridge to Nowhere. Everybody wrote about it, and they kept saying it anyway," in speeches and in TV ads...




Obama's campaign also aired a higher percentage of negative ads than McCain's -- 77 percent to 56 percent -- in the first wave of advertising after the conventions, according to a study by the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project.

But negative is not necessarily untruthful.

PolitiFact.com, a project of Congressional Quarterly and the St. Petersburg Times, rated 47 McCain ads and statements from "barely true" to "pants on fire" false, compared with 30 for Obama. McCain had six ads in the "pants on fire" category. Obama had one...

[WePurrsevere]

1. If false advertising works so well, why is McPalin, who lies so much more losing ground?

Maybe Americans don't like being lied to and when they actually get the FACTS, which are easier to find with the Internet, they get angry and angry people tend to get that opinion out better to then those who aren't.

[ejpoeta]

2. i don't think that's it, though i wish it were.

i think people are scared right now about the economy and they aren't listening to anything except the economic stuff. and palin isn't helping matters. she may be making the 'base' happy, but i think independents and normal republicans are freaked out about her as much as we are.

[WePurrsevere]

3. I certainly agree that the indies and "normal republicans" are freaked out

about her.

I'm not sure lies work as well as they used to though.. so many folks have internet access now and can fact check.

[ejpoeta]

4. i like to say there is no excuse this year because of the internet

and the ability to check out all claims. but some folks don't want to know the truth. i find that sad. i hope we get obama elected. otherwise we are all in a hell of a lot of trouble.

[WePurrsevere]

5. Some don't want to know & many are simply to lazy & would rather be spoonfed what they should think.

The idea of a McCain/Palin admin scares the beejeezus out of me not just for the short term but the long term. For the sake of our country, the world and the children we will leave this world to run when we've left this veil of tears, we NEED Obama and Biden.. they offer ideas, positive change and HOPE. :)