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“Based on the evidence above and the coincidental timing of the release and subsequent events, it seems likely that a party close to the Huntsman campaign posted and distributed this video impersonating a Ron Paul supporter in order to cast Ron Paul and his campaign in a negative light,” reads a write-up from CanDo.com, a company commission by Paul to investigate the clip.
The video in question, titled “Jon Huntsman’s Vales” asks an Internet audience if the governor’s ideals are "American Values or Chinese?" and if "China Jon's Daughters [are] Even Adopted?" The video ends with the wording "American Values and Liberty Vote Ron Paul,” though the congressman has disavowed the clip. Both Huntsman and his daughters have repeatedly appeared on the mainstream media to voice their complaints with the clip.
Nobody really knows how to solve the horrific problems we are facing (or is willing to take on the politically unpopular 'cut spending' solution).
Therefore, the prevailing thought seems to be that negative attack ads ... separate one candidate who has no real solutions ... from other candidates who have no real solutions ... and from an administration that obviously has no real solutions (except negative attack ads on the ex-administration).
Sadly because of the fact that the American people usually know next to nothing about those who are running for high office I feel that these ads fill an important purpose. Take Santorum for example. Without these types of ads would anyone realize just how in the pocket of big business the guy is? That he was an unregistered lobbiest raking in millions from special interests?????
These are facts that are very important in deciding if a person should be elected or not. Without the negative ads these types of facts might never get out to the regular people who are not political junkies like me.
I don't see this as a negative ad. Frankly it doesn't say much. Just points out he seems a bit Chinese obsessed and strange.
The fact that he was quoting a Chinese proverb in Chinese during a debate puts him
up there as strange. Speaking Mandarin maybe a good skill, but that kind of thing puts you in the same group as the guy who likes to get attention at the party and shows questionable basic judgment of appropriateness.
Ads should stick to issues and track records in my view. People can call it negative if they want. But we ain't in Kansas anymore and there are big things at stake. The US is probably the biggest ego worshipper, as a culture...just look at the track record. So of course there will be ads reflecting such.
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Does The Fact that Negative Ads Work Indicate that America is a Mean-Spirited Country?
