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Voted : Yes, I'd like to see it abolished.
Sounds like a good idea.
Voted : other (comment).
Half truths and misleading ads should be abolished and if ads are found to be such, massive fines should be levied against whoever posts them...makes them, endorses them, and pays for them...
A colossal waste of money. They should invest those funds in Diebold and ES&S instead.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. It's really sickening. One thing I'll never forget is an ad I saw during the 2004 election. It was one of those "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" ads designed to attack John Kerry's service in Vietnam. They were going through the motions when a message popped up on the screen: "...hacked off arms and legs...". It was there for like 1 second, but that's a very salient example of the worst of political advertising.
((And while we're at it, no more advertisements for alcohol and psychiatric medication.))
No. We need to hear about these people, otherwise who would vote, and what would they base it on?
But the pure smear campaigns that most politicians have been running ought to go.
When would this happen?
by aya on Tue Nov 07, 06 11:01am
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Voted : Yes, I'd like to see it abolished.
If *only* the candidates were to engage in the outmoded activty of standing up and *talking* about the *issues*...
Voted : other (comment).
My answer is no, but the excuses given for the yes or no answers here are stupid. I'm against any restriction on free speech(hence, no on this anti-free speech question) but I certainly don't find political advertising "edifying," whatever the hell that means. People with wealth who want to spend their money publicizing a point of view can't and shouldn't be stopped by the government.
At some point we the people have to take responsibility for either seeing through or buying into the political bullshit.
Voted : other (comment).
Get rid of those Mail Ads. They clutter up my mailbox.
Or they need to pay US money to put their ad in our mailbox.
Voted : Yes, I'd like to see it abolished.
I think that the money could be better used for all the issues they seem to have a lot to say about
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