Revenge of the Attack Ads

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Well, it's that time; the time when we reach a critical point in the political campaign. It's the time when the parties decide that being civil just isn't enough to win over voters. This is when they bring out their AK-45s and replace their sling slots.

But, who can blame them?

Polls conducted by random companies via sampling are enough to create a panic in the eyes of any party, whether they are in the position of incumbant or rival candidate.

At this point, all parties need something to come out ahead of the others, then what better way is there than to to attack your opponants below the belt? After all, budgets are reaching breaking point and only cheap tactics won't make or break the party's fund.

The Star: Rate the Political Ads

Since the mute button is very popular during commercial breaks for a lot of people, most people wouldn't have heard nor would've felt an inclination to watch the ads that our political parties are squandering money on in order to buy our votes, I've provided a link for you.

It has most of the recent ads that have made their way, unfortunately, onto our televisions during prime-time.

The only ads which aren't offensive are the 2 NDP ones and the one in which the Liberals draw comparisons between the Ontario Harris Conservatives and Harper's Conservatives.

If anyone knows anything about the Liberal Party history and current history, then they know that the CPC's Gomery-based ad in which they used quotes from his findings, are inaccurate because the Liberal party under Chretien started this BS back in 1992, and Martin was Finance Minister starting in 1995. The job of the Finance Minister isn't to monitor HOW money is spent, but to figure how much to put into each section of the federal budget and balance the national budget. The accountability lies with the Auditor General, whos is supposed to check up on how the money is being spent when it reaches its destination. Of course, they also ignore that the Gomery Inquiry was started by Martin, that Gomery exonerated Martin and that Martin got rid of those associated with the previous Liberal regime.

If we really wanted to use smear tactics based on previous regimes, we could paint the CPC with the tar brush from the Mulroney era that saw the introduction of GST and NAFTA, as well as other ideas based on the concepts embraced by those who love the inappropriately named 'Common Sense Revolution'.