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Attack ad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An attack ad in election terms is an advertisement whose message is meant as an attack against another candidate or political party. Attack ads were used with great success by the campaign of George H.W. Bush against Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential campaign. One example of an attack ad backfiring was during the 1993 federal election in Canada when the Progressive Conservative Party attacked Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien by mocking his facial deformity. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Attack_ad   (324 words)

MPR: Adwatch: Attack ad goes after Wellstone Ad analyst Ron Faber, a communications professor at the University of Minnesota, says the ad is almost laughable. Wellstone says the ad is "1,000 percent distortion." Earlier this month, Wellstone voted against permanently repealing the estate tax, which is being phased out over the next decade, but would then be reinstated in 2010. Coleman television ads have been running for months, but Faber says Wellstone, as the incumbent, didn't need to be up on television as early as his challenger. news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/200206/21_mccalluml_adwatch/index.shtml   (767 words)

Attack ad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Attack ad in election terms is an advertisement whose message is meant as an attack againstanother candidate or political party. If an ad is seen as going too far or being to personal the voters will turn against theparty that put out the ad. One example of an attack ad backfiring was during the 1993 Canadian election when the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada attacked Liberal Party of Canada candidate Jean Chrétien by mocking his facialdeformity. www.therfcc.org /attack-ad-34724.html   (212 words)

Attack ad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) One example of an attack ad backfiring was during the 1993 Canadian election when the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada attacked Liberal Party of Canada candidate Jean Chretien by mocking his facial deformity. The Effects of a Nuclear Attack on Austin, Texas A detailed prediction of the effects of a nuclear attack along with information on preparing for and surviving such an attack. SCO Experiences Distributed Denial of Service Attack A type of DDoS attack, called a Syn attack, halted availability to SCO internal operations, several thousand servers were compromised by unknown person to overload SCO website with illegitimate requests. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Attack_ad.html   (546 words)

By the People: Election 2004 . Savvy Voter | PBS Where the candidate is when he is shown, or where the opponent is shown to be in an attack ad, is critically important to what is being communicated. Ads for candidates can appeal to positive feelings such as patriotism or pride but they can also elicit fears, especially if they are attack ads. The implication of the ad is that the candidate featured has values, but his or her opponent does not. www.pbs.org /elections/savvyvoterPrint.html   (1599 words)

State: Martinez pulls plug on attack ad The disputed ad ran for about 24 hours in North Florida, and accused Bill McCollum of supporting a bill in Congress "granting homosexuals special rights." Martinez said he agreed to pull the ad because he was concerned it would make it harder to unite the Republican Party if he wins Tuesday's primary. Martinez's ad was part of an aggressive strategy in the final days to raise doubts about McCollum with conservatives on stem cell research and hate-crime laws with tougher penalties for crimes against gays. The hard-hitting ads were a sharp contrast to what voters saw on the stump. www.sptimes.com /2004/08/29/State/Martinez_pulls_plug_o.shtml   (974 words)

Attack ad -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) The ad criticizes the opponent's (A raised horizontal surface) platform, usually by pointing out its faults and contrasting them against its own platform. One of the earliest and most famous attack ads was one used by (36th President of the United States; was elected Vice President and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)) Lyndon Johnson against (Click link for more info and facts about Barry Goldwater) Barry Goldwater. It convinced many that Goldwater's more aggressive approach to fighting the (A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare) Cold War could result in a nuclear (A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil) apocalypse. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/at/attack_ad.htm   (260 words)

AAI in the News: Bush Targets Kerry in TV Attack Ad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) The ad, which includes pictures of the president and a legally required statement in his own voice vouching for its content, asserts that Kerry would seek to raise taxes by at least $900 billion. The development in the ad wars came as the Democrat was meeting with congressional allies and with Sen. John Edwards, a former rival for the nomination. While TV attack ads are commonplace in politics, the new Bush ad against Kerry made history: It was the first time an incumbent president was required to include a personal statement of approval in a commercial used to criticize an opponent. www.aaiusa.org /news/aainews031204latimes.htm   (987 words)

Election In the west thinkers like Noam Chomsky argue that in the West, and especially the United States, the powerful corporate media acts as a filter that only lets preordained views be heard by the public excluding third parties and alternative viewpoints. In order for democratic elections to be fair and competitive, opposition parties and candidates must enjoy the rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and movement as necessary to voice their criticisms of the government openly and to bring alternative policies and candidates to the voters. Referendums are often added to a election ballot. www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/el/election.html   (2008 words)

Attack Ad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) In what Greene calls an "attack ad," six Mason General Hospital emergency room doctors say they have "no confidence in Mike Greene as a paramedic." Greene... Walker's last minute attack ad in the Chatham Record and his turn to computer based robot telephone calls are classic examples of the Morgan special interest... Cleveland television viewers will be blitzed this weekend by an ad attacking Jackson. attack-ad.wikiverse.org   (382 words)

Youngstown TV Stations Broadcast Veterans' Attack Ad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) The ad, paid for by a group that calls itself Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, claims the Democratic presidential nominee (and nine of his Vietnam crew mates) fabricated stories to secure his medals for bravery -- and then betrayed everyone who served in Vietnam by opposing the war after he returned home. None of the 13 veterans appearing in the ad actually served in the same swift boat that Kerry commanded in Vietnam and their statements contradict the testimony of veterans who did. The Swift Boat ad was produced by the political advertising firm also responsible for producing attack ads that questioned McCain’s military service when he was running against Bush in 2000. www.business-journal.com /archives/20040806SwiftBoatVeteransAd.asp   (1086 words)

2004 Campaign Ad Watch With very few exceptions, the ads that invaded living rooms across the country were base, degrading, and as cheap in their catering to the lowest common denominator as they were expensive in their production values. Now the DNC's lawyers are working to muzzle the ad, based on their claim that since none of the veterans in the ad actually "served with Kerry" because they weren't on his Swift Boat, the ad is libelous. The ads reflect both the ferocity of the presidential contest and the unexpected financial strength of the Democrats. www.livejournal.com /community/2004adwatch   (2748 words)

[No title] Taylor's withdrawal came less than a week after Democrats began airing a TV ad accusing the 61-year-old state senator of a scam involving student loan money when he ran a Colorado beauty school in the 1990s. The ad, unveiled Oct. 4, cites U.S. Education Department documents that concluded Taylor's Institute for Hair Design obtained federal loans for students enrolled in a program ineligible for financial aid. Taylor blamed Baucus for the ad, calling it an example of a "sea of sleaze" created by the senator. www.tampabaycoalition.com /files/1010GayAdEndsMontanaRepublicanSenateBid.htm   (926 words)

Would Kerry Throw Us To The Wolves? A new Bush ad claims Kerry supported cuts in intelligence “so deep they would have weakened America ’s defenses” against terrorists, and shows a pack of hungry-looking wolves preparing to attack. The Bush ad released Oct. 22 is called “wolves,” and is a direct appeal to fear. Using a soft-spoken female announcer to deliver the harsh message, the ad shows blurry images of a dark forest and a pack of hungry-looking wolves eying the camera and apparently contemplating an attack. www.factcheck.org /article291.html   (1031 words)

FactCheck.org Bush Ad Is "Troubling" Indeed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) The President's ad recycles bogus claims, then tells only part of the story about Kerry's position on tax breaks for couples and children. But many of the votes the Bush campaign includes in its totals were votes against large Republican-sponsored bills that also contained such things as rate reductions for the most affluent taxpayers and reductions in capital-gains taxes and taxes on large estates. Other elements of the ad we've dealt with before : Kerry's support for a 50-cent increase in the gasoline tax was limited to a couple of newspaper quotes 10 years ago, and he doesn't support such a tax now. www.factcheck.org /article.aspx?docID=167   (706 words)

Bush Torpedoes Himself  By Jacob Weisberg and William Saletan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Republicans are claiming today that the ad is substantive because it addresses Gore's pledge to launch his presidency with campaign reform. So the RNC ad comes across as a punch out of the blue, allowing Democrats to frame the contest (as they're doing today) as a choice between the candidate of issues and the candidate of personal attacks. But it's certainly not a matter of "reinvention." I know why the ad uses this example—the Bush campaign was clearly desperate to begin airing its precious footage of Gore with a Buddhist monk, which is Republican synecdoche for the vice president being a dirty rotten scoundrel. slate.msn.com /id/89137   (2245 words)

State: GOP turns tough ad on McBride The newest ad, running in the Tampa Bay area and other Florida TV markets, is the third negative ad the party has run against Reno and McBride. The ad, produced by Gov. Jeb Bush's media consultant, started airing just as McBride was stepping up his own TV campaign, hoping to peel away Reno's lead in opinion polls. It's a reference to pro-McBride ads that the state teachers union is airing and that the Republican Party maintains are illegal. www.sptimes.com /2002/08/20/State/GOP_turns_tough_ad_on.shtml   (1022 words)

CTV.ca Oscars Spotlight The Liberal Party co-chair says his party is "in a spiral" and they're hoping to stop plummeting support by launching a new series of attack ads against the Conservatives. The ads are aimed at female voters and began airing Wednesday night. The Liberal attack ads are the latest strategy to bulk up their support, which has been declining steadily. www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/mini/CTVNews/1086872569884_77   (572 words)

CBS 2 / KCAL 9: Your Source For Southern California's Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports: Kerry Files Attack Ad ... The ad, to begin airing next week in Nevada and New Mexico, intersperses clips of a youthful Kerry talking about war atrocities during an appearance before Congress in 1971 with images of veterans condemning his testimony. Kerry's support among veterans has dropped since the ads began airing, and the overall race is now essentially tied, with 46 percent of Americans saying they favor Kerry, and 45 percent for the president. McClellan also accused the Kerry campaign of sanctioning the same type of attack ads by outside groups that it is accusing the president of approving. cbs2.com /topstories/topstories_story_233204747.html   (830 words)

CNN.com - Bush adviser quits after appearing in swift boat ad - Aug 22, 2004 A previous ad by the swift boat group accuses Kerry of lying to get his war medals: three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Silver Star. The latest ad, a 30-second spot released Friday, uses segments from Kerry's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971. The ad does not include Kerry's preface, in which he said he is reporting what others said at a Vietnam veterans conference. www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/21/edwards.swiftboat/index.html   (1121 words)

State GOP to start Granholm attack ad The Michigan Republican Party plans to launch a radio attack ad on Gov. Jennifer Granholm today, suggesting that Granholm is in a "state of denial" about the economy and job losses. The main thrust is an attack on Granholm for suggesting, in an interview with a Lansing newsletter last week, that Michigan is in better shape now than when she took office in January 2003. That, in reference to Granholm's attacks over the weekend, largely repeated on Detroit radio Monday morning, on a Jackson-area lawmaker who coauthored an opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal that painted a bleak picture of the economic climate in Michigan and Granholm's proposed cures. www.freep.com /news/mich/polads12e_20050712.htm   (434 words)

TV ads help mold Supreme Court race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) Because the candidates are limited by ethics rules in what they can say and spend, TV ads by special interest groups have taken over and transformed the race into a referendum on Justice Resnick's record. The ad states Justice Resnick ruled nearly 70 percent of the time in favor of trial lawyers who have given her more than $750,000 since 1994. While the ad war rages, voters are not hearing from the candidates themselves. www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/10/22/loc_tv_ads_help_mold.html   (1256 words)

CNN.com - Kerry airs response to Bush attack ad - Mar 12, 2004 The 30-second message is a response to the first negative ads from the Bush campaign, which attacked the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The Bush ads, which debuted Thursday in 16 to 18 states viewed as key November battlegrounds, consist of two television spots and one radio spot. One of the ads -- named "100 Days" -- is his first TV commercial directly attacking Kerry. www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/12/bush.ads/index.html   (944 words)

Specter attack ad riles Hoeffel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) An angry Hoeffel returned fire in a conference call with reporters, asserting that Specter's TV ad is misleading. In comparison, the commercial refers to Specter's 1984 sponsorship of the Armed Career Criminal Act and to his authorship of a pending law that would expand the applicability of the death penalty in terrorism cases. The accusation that the Democrat "voted to weaken mandatory sentences for criminals convicted of gun crimes" is based on a failed 1981 amendment to state legislation. www.post-gazette.com /pg/04272/386633.stm   (550 words)

Bush Ad Attacking Kerry Leaks Out (washingtonpost.com) But, within hours, the focus shifted to an attack ad, assailing John F. Kerry's record on intelligence, that was supposed to remain under wraps until Monday. The negative ad leaked out after it was mistakenly played on the Fox News Channel, giving Kerry strategists an opportunity to change the debate and challenge the president's charges three days before the spot receives widespread airing. This is the second Bush ad this week that trumpets the war on terrorism without offering specifics. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A63804-2004Aug13.html   (806 words)

political campaign ad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) History campaign had to remove its 'click ad' – featuring celebrities clicking their fingers – after Ofcom ruled its content contained a political message. Ad campaign with Polish plumber (Piotr Adamski) in France - France... Print ad or flyer By a friend or business Other advertisement Below please let us know... www.canal-craft.co.uk /830-political-campaign-ad.htm   (327 words)

By the People: Election 2004 . Savvy Voter | PBS Dissect an Ad Learn what it takes to dissect an ad and be a savvy voter. But because of the principle of free speech, a principle protected by the U.S. Constitution, there is no control whatsoever on the content of a political commercial. When people think about a political office-holder like the President, Vice President, Governor, or Senator, they often, unbeknownst to themselves, attribute mythological features to that person. www.pbs.org /elections/savvydissect.html   (1625 words)

Edwards: Attack ad is 'immoral' - 09/27/04 The ad is by Progress for America Voter Fund, an affiliate of a group created by longtime Republican consultant and former Bush aide Tony Feather. The Kerry-Edwards campaign responded quickly to the ad with a response ad — titled “Despicable.” It quotes a New York Times editorial condemning GOP tactics insinuating that a vote for Kerry is a vote for the terrorists. Edwards sought to use the ad as a means to rally the Democratic faithful in Detroit. www.detnews.com /2004/politics/0409/27/c01-285389.htm   (515 words)

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