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Originally Posted by Slava
(Sorry for the lack of quoting in my prior post!)
My point isn't that because the ads are negative that they are bad. I agree that Canada is not above negative advertising (unfortunately). The thing here is that there is no election going on. Its just negative advertising for the sake of negative advertising. There was a poll I heard about on the radio shortly after the ads release and their conclusions were the same as what I'm referring to; the conservative supporters liked the ads, the liberals hated them, and the rest of the populus really couldn't care less.
To be honest, I didn't even see the ads air; I saw them on the news, or on the internet. If I wasn't interested in politics then chances are I wouldn't have watched them and wouldn't have cared. Sadly, this is the reality for most Canadians.
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I think the adds were mainly for the Ontario market which the Cons need to make a breakthrough to get a majority.
Alberta/Sask/Kelowna area of BC are the Cons heartland, dont need to tell people who already support you about Dion.
Agree with the apathetic nature of Canadians toward politics. It would take a 9-11 style event for that to change I dont ever see that happening.
MYK