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Negative, Naughty, Nasty Political Ads in Early America!

It seems to be generally accepted that political ads of yesteryear were more serious, sober, and even straight-laced than ads of today but that is not correct. In fact, the early American political ads were more negative, naughty, and nasty than today! During the 1796 election between Jefferson and Adams, Adams’ backers called Jefferson a […]

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Negative Political Ads Are Useful!

Political ads should never be vile, vicious, or vulgar but informative, instructive, and inspiring. Negative ads are very desirable and necessary to have an informed electorate. Most Americans never read anything except the sports page and comic page and watch reruns of “I Love Lucy” for the 18th time so they need to get all […]

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