Comments on: When Negative Ads Backfire http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/ Conservative blogger and journalist with a passion for politics, sports and family Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:39:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bluey Blog | RobertBluey.com » Why I Voted for Obama http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Bluey Blog | RobertBluey.com » Why I Voted for Obama Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:37:22 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/#comment-141 [...] It’s partly for this reasoning that I decided to cast my vote for Barack Obama today. Although national polls give Obama a small advantage over John McCain in the general election, I firmly believe that McCain would handily defeat the inexperienced Obama. Secondly, I fear what the Clinton attack machine would do to McCain. Their ferocity would be worse than George W. Bush’s ugly attacks in 2000. Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows how much I dislike negative campaigns. [...] [...] It’s partly for this reasoning that I decided to cast my vote for Barack Obama today. Although national polls give Obama a small advantage over John McCain in the general election, I firmly believe that McCain would handily defeat the inexperienced Obama. Secondly, I fear what the Clinton attack machine would do to McCain. Their ferocity would be worse than George W. Bush’s ugly attacks in 2000. Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows how much I dislike negative campaigns. [...]

]]> By: Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » McCain 2.0 = Bush 1.0 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » McCain 2.0 = Bush 1.0 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:32:30 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/#comment-140 [...] what kind of a campaign McCain intends to run: one that’s full of negativity. It’s what turned me off last cycle when the Republican National Committee chose to engage in personal attacks instead of [...] [...] what kind of a campaign McCain intends to run: one that’s full of negativity. It’s what turned me off last cycle when the Republican National Committee chose to engage in personal attacks instead of [...]

]]> By: Rob Bluey http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Rob Bluey Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:17:30 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/#comment-139 Vonnegut asks why it's "important." I'll tell you why. Rick Klein's story is factually inaccurate. And even if the wrong number was dialed, Arcuri still expensed a phone-sex call to taxpayers. Vonnegut asks why it’s “important.” I’ll tell you why. Rick Klein’s story is factually inaccurate. And even if the wrong number was dialed, Arcuri still expensed a phone-sex call to taxpayers.

]]> By: New York Politics Capitol Confidential : Albany Times Union : timesunion.com : Capitol confidential » Odds And Ends http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/comment-page-1/#comment-138 New York Politics Capitol Confidential : Albany Times Union : timesunion.com : Capitol confidential » Odds And Ends Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:01:06 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/#comment-138 [...] an Oneida County Democrat, would just as soon forget, has resurfaced, along with something of a mea culpa from conservative blogger Robert Bluey, who laments GOP ads that backfired in [...] [...] an Oneida County Democrat, would just as soon forget, has resurfaced, along with something of a mea culpa from conservative blogger Robert Bluey, who laments GOP ads that backfired in [...]

]]> By: Robert Bluey Blog http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Robert Bluey Blog Thu, 08 Mar 2007 21:59:31 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/#comment-137 [...] Lewis takes me to task for my vow to “condemn negative ads, regardless of who runs them.” It warrants a brief [...] [...] Lewis takes me to task for my vow to “condemn negative ads, regardless of who runs them.” It warrants a brief [...]

]]> By: Vonnegut http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Vonnegut Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:41:10 +0000 http://robertbluey.com/blog/2007/03/07/when-negative-ads-backfire/#comment-136 How in the world is it "important" that the next number dialed was for a calling card? The 800-number WAS the same number as a number at the Division of Criminal Justice Services, with a 518 area code. Clearly, what happened is that someone made a simple mistake and misdialed a state office number (thinking it was toll-free), realized the mistake, and then called the proper (non-toll-free) number using a calling card. It's amazing to me that even after the drubbing that the Republicans rightfully took on this negative ad, you don't address the central problem with it -- IT WAS HORRIBLY FALSE. Any reasonable inquiry would have uncovered that fact. Indeed, the very fact that it was a 1-minute, $1.25 call would make someone with any ethics pause before basing an ad on it. But not the Republicans.... How in the world is it “important” that the next number dialed was for a calling card? The 800-number WAS the same number as a number at the Division of Criminal Justice Services, with a 518 area code.

Clearly, what happened is that someone made a simple mistake and misdialed a state office number (thinking it was toll-free), realized the mistake, and then called the proper (non-toll-free) number using a calling card.

It’s amazing to me that even after the drubbing that the Republicans rightfully took on this negative ad, you don’t address the central problem with it — IT WAS HORRIBLY FALSE.

Any reasonable inquiry would have uncovered that fact. Indeed, the very fact that it was a 1-minute, $1.25 call would make someone with any ethics pause before basing an ad on it.

But not the Republicans….

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