Attack Ads

Kaylie Blais

Article Questions

 

1. I think the attack ads can be very useful to the canidate funding them. The ads point out the flaws and mistakes their opponents have made. However if the attack ads are false than it gives the canidate funding them problems. It makes them seem like liars and someone who could be trusted to get the country out of the trouble it has been in.

 

2. Attacks ards are harmful because based on the message or insult being advertised it could cause people to become angry over what they are insulting. Also if a message turns out to be false or very over exaggerated it would reflect negatively on the funding canidate. This could cause people currently voting for them to change their minds after seeing that they would lie to become the president.

 

3. The attack ads definetly have a place in this campaign. Whenever you turn the tv on or listen to the radio on almost every station you see ads attacking the opponent. The ads are neccessary though because it sends short "important" messages to people who don't watch debates. These ads are meant for believe who vote simply because one is a democrat and the other a republican. The ads are there to hopefully change their minds or their opinions on who to vote for.

 

Video Questions

 

1. Obama's ad makes you want to vote for him because he appears to care more about the middle class and how they get to college than Romney. The ad makes Romney look like he doesn't care about if you go to college or how you get there and is basically saying that you should take whatever money you can to pay for college. It seems like Obama would want to help others pay to get into college instead of expecting them to give every cent they have to go for an education. Romney's ad makes Obama appear to completely blame Americans for the trouble we are having. It makes it seem like while Obama is blaming us he is also doing nothing to help fix the problems and some issues have even gotten worse like the unemployment rate. It makes you want to vote for Romney because the ad is saying he will do a better job of fixing our problems than Obama has.

 

2. I have trouble believing any of the ads shown because a lot of them are overexaggerated or are a complete lie in general. The goal is to make their opponent look bad and sometimes to do that they have to make the canidate appear much worse than they are. The ads never say the good things done and it makes it seem like our current president is useless or that the opponent is going to make our problems worse not better. I think that the only way to know what someone actually said is to watch the debate themselves not the ads.

 

3. I think I would be more inclined to listen to the canidate who supports my beliefs more because if our opinions on issues are the same then my issues would be the first ones the president tries to fix. I may not care about the most important issue to Romney but agree with Obama so I would vote for him or vice versa. If a president agrees with your issues that is likely the canidate that you will vote for.