"Often in the final stretch of an election race, a desperate politician will abandon any pretence of discussing issues and instead pump tons of money into nasty attack ads. That was the only time such ads were ever unveiled.
"For Harper, that’s a naive way to use attack ads.
"Instead, the Conservative Prime Minister likes to run vicious ads all the time — before, during and after an election. He’s always at war with opposition parties and their leaders, with the most obvious sign being the perpetual ads directed at the Liberals.
".... the more hateful, personal and nasty the ads are, the more Harper seems to delight his hard-core base, and simultaneously turn off the rest of the voters."
Full article: Hepburn: Harper the king of nasty attack ads.
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