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Brace For More Negative Ads

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I see that the Supreme Court has allowed political “issue ads” again. Personally I don’t see how those sorts of ads are helpful to society, but I guess it’s free speech (assuming you’ve got enough money to buy the ad time, that is). I suppose we’ll be bombarded by even more negative advertising from the big money lobbyists now.

Is negative advertising really effective anymore? I don’t know about anyone else, but whenever I hear the generic “scary candidate music” in a political ad I automatically assume I’m being manipulated by the candidate’s shady campaign consultants, and it’s hard not to laugh at the blatant transparency of it. Come to think of it, it’s hard not to laugh at any political ads anymore.

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