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Patch Poll: Which Race Has the Most Annoying or Negative Campaign Ads?

The good news is that ads will end after Tuesday. The bad news is Election Day is still two days away.

 

As we head into the last few days before the election, the campaign ads seem never ending.

But do they influence voters or turn them off?

Some people hang on to those ads which agree with their viewpoint but others just seem to be grating if you don't have a similar viewpoint. Many seem to be negative ads against the opponent rather than ones that point out the attributes of the candidate.

So, you tell us. Take our poll and if there's a specific commercial that you want to point out, tell us in the comments section.

  • Which Race Has the Most Annoying or Negative Campaign Ads?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Obama/Romney
        2 (3%)
    • Critz/Rothfus
        28 (45%)
    • Maggi/Murphy
        0 (0%)
    • Raja/Smith
        7 (11%)
    • All the above
        24 (38%)
    • Other
        1 (1%)
    Total votes: 62
  • Your vote will only count once. This is not a scientific poll. View Results Vote!
Related Topics: Annoying campaign ads, Barack Obama, Keith Rothfus, Larry Maggi, Mark Critz, Mitt Romney, campaign ads, negative campaign ads, and tim murphy

Oren Spiegler

7:49 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

The despicable ads are said to work: not for me. I will not vote for an individual who engages in a pattern of dishonor and distortion. I do not know how some of the candidates and their supporters can endorse such tactics. A candidate who is willing to do anything to win, no matter how smarmy, is likely to exhibit the same lack of integrity and decency when placed in office.

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bjv

11:59 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Mr.Spiegler talks one way to the Post-Gazette and another way to the Trib.

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bjv

3:11 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

If you are telling the truth, then you will be voting for Romney, correct ?

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cc

9:28 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

I know out of all of them the worse commercials come from obama, all full of lies and always in attack mode.

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Ed M

6:57 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

Looks like Oren isn't going to vote this election.

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cc

9:55 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

Jean you mean that 100% of what comes out of obama's mouth are lies and can't understand why any citizen would vote for him

Fighting Highlander

9:26 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

I am sick of seeing all of these ads. They should spend the money a different way instead of bashing the other candidate through TV ads.

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Keith heenan

9:52 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Instead of bashing each other, the one candidate who would have stood up and donated all that wasteful advertising money to storm victims would get my vote.
It would prove some character that most candidates lack, it's all about stroking their ego. I approve this message!

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Lynda Bell

10:25 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

I totally agree! Maybe they both could do it. But then no one would vote because everybody would be dead on the floor in shock!

MSgt. John DeLallo

10:20 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

I had my mind made up well before the moronic frenzy of ads began. I have a sneaking suspicion that many other informed voters did, as well. Would it be a stretch to imply that these ads appeal to those who are too lazy to do their own personal fact checking? Of course, our PAC puts hundreds of hours into research, so admittedly I'm closer to the candidates than some. Our PAC, and I, have interviewed candidates, pored over questionairres, and looked at voting records. Unlike the NRA, who has an "incumbent first" policy, we don't take the cowards way out. For a list of pro-gun and pro-freedom candidates, go to www.foacpac.org, click on your part of Pennsylvania, and follow the prompts. You can confidently print out the Voters Guide and take it with you to the polls.

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Lisa Marie Thomas

12:48 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Unfortunately MSgt, there are too many people out there that are too lazy &/ or naive to check the facts & believe everything the hear.. I believe that no person is infallible, so I don't make my choices on their past mistakes, but rather on what (or who) they support & will fight for... Thank you for the link, good information to know.

Art Wegweiser

10:22 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

All three comments are on target but not likely to happen. Mostly they bash their opponent and say little, if anything, about how they would act if elected. (Other than vague and mostly meaningless generalities)

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Art Wegweiser

10:39 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

And one need not go beyond our very own local and regional candidates who claim to save us. A common theme is they are free of ties to "the establishment" which they want to become part of but have little or no experience elected to public office - that's a qualification to run a government? Besides, where does all the money for these endless, repeated mailings and other ads come from, do you suppose?

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Patricia K Arndt

10:50 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Almost half of the members of Congress are multi-millionaires or millionaires: 40% of the House of Representatives (73 Democrats, 101 Republicans) and 67% of the Senate (37 Democrats, 30 Republicans). If you believe their own campaign ads, almost half of Congress is not looking out for the average guy, the middle class – us. They are looking out for themselves. On Election Day you get to choose between the lesser of two evils. Not much of an option, so choose wisely.

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Jessica DePasquale

11:40 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

I am so thrilled by Eugene DePasquale`s commercial for auditor general. That is the first positive commercial that I have seen all season.

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Oren Spiegler

11:47 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Amen, Jessica! Although I am voting for Representative DePasquale for many reasons, I commend both he and opponent John Maher for not getting into the gutter as those in other races have done. The spot with Representative DePasquale in the classroom is clever and funny, the mark of someone with decency and class. Bravo!

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Mary

1:45 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

Actually I don't like the article. It says that he wants to be Auditor General, but does not tell the qualifications that he has or what he will bring to the job!

Jessica DePasquale

12:19 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Yes, Eugene and my husband are cousins... and I am very proud of how he has conducted himself and his campaign.

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bjv

3:13 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

I'm glad you are proud of your relative, but you're not exactly unbiased here.

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NE12Ukid

4:55 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

She still has a right to state her opinon and comments.
Others here might also be related to candidates, even closer than "husband's cousin". You could be related to a candidate, veraldi.
Doesn't take away yours or their right to be heard here.

NE12Ukid

12:20 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

<<<Of course, our PAC puts hundreds of hours into research, so admittedly I'm closer to the candidates than some. Our PAC, and I, have interviewed candidates, pored over questionairres, and looked at voting records. MSgt. John>>>>

As has OUR PAC.
Each PAC has its own priorities.

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Jaun

6:04 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

WHEN THEY RUN A NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN CHANCES ARE WHEN IN OFFICE YOUR GOING TO HAVE A NEGATIVE PERSON MAKING YOUR LAWS AND TELLING HOW MUCH OF YOUR PAY THE GOVERNMENT GETS.

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Art Wegweiser

12:52 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

Not quite complete. It's how much of your pay Big Pharma, Big Oil/Gas/Coal, Big Ag, Big Insurance, Big Military Contractors, et al get via the Government. Perhaps a little might be left over for rail transport and keeping highways and bridges from collapsing.

bjv

8:22 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Hey NeUkid on the Block/Lil Kim, or whatever name you're going by today-You SURELY don't want to start again,do you?

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cc

9:36 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

bonita you caught on to ml aka leaona ne12ukid, lik kim too. Funny that he has to create names to agree with itself as no one else does.

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NE12Ukid

10:29 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

With all "due" respect, veraldi, what the heck are you blithering about now?

bjv

10:10 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

cc- He's a wannabe B.O. operative. (^_^)

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cc

8:51 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

Bonita you hit that right. I have to laugh at all the names and clueless things that this person says. shim copies and paste sentences together from articles that says the complete opposite of what is being said but then makes comments on its own post so someone agrees with it.

NE12Ukid

10:19 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Uh oh, veraldi caught the cc delusions! LOL

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bjv

11:43 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

With NO respect intended, because you don't deserve any,STILL trying to pass yourself off as intelligent ? Did'nt last long..

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cc

8:52 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

sorry ml, aka ne12ukid, leona she caught you and way to funny

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NE12Ukid

4:02 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

bonita/cc,
There is no clearer picture than the portrait you paint of yourself.

Sandra

8:44 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

This morning while getting ready for work, they ran 4 political ads in a row during a commercial break. I heard they spent billions of dollars during this campaign. All of that money could have went to something more productive. Also, we laugh at the commercials slamming Keith Rothfus. The ones where they interview a bunch of yinzers on the street...pretty funny.

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cc

9:43 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

I watched 3 obummer commercials in a row, all full of lies as that is the only thing that comes out of his mouth. It will be great when he is moving from the White House and Americans get their country back.

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Art Wegweiser

1:00 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

So far, I missed those. How can they slam a"Regular Guy" (whatever the hell that means") and the candidate lists his qualification to be part of government as never having been elected to any public office. Perhaps a little practice on a town counsel might prepare him to become part of a large legislature.

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bjv

2:50 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

To ART-Parroting B.O and the Left's talking points dismisses you as an independent thinker.This country would be in much better shape if your president had'nt gutted Medicare for Obamacare-shut down the majority of oil rigs [ but allows China to drill in the gulf]-shuts coal co's down[ where in the hell does he think electricity comes from ?! ]-and props up his campaign-bundler buddies with BILLIONS of our tax dollars for these windmill,solar,gerbil-fueled pie in the sky fantasies-ALL of which have gone bankrupt..
B.O. has been a lousy law professer, community organizer,and short term senator [ not voting 90% of the time.] He has NO business experience .and look at this poor country.It's time we got somebody that does.

NE12Ukid

8:55 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

Spiegler:" I will not vote for an individual who engages in a pattern of dishonor and distortion."
bonita:".. then you will be voting for Romney, correct ?"
Ned: (uncontrolled laughter) :BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121029/POLITICS01/210290401/1361/Obama-campaign--Romney-Jeep-ad--flat-out-false-
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/mitt-romney-jeep-ad_n_2044465.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/30/1152520/-Everybody-knows-Mitt-Romney-is-lying-about-Jeep-moving-to-China-So-what-does-he-do-Tell-it-louder
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/Peter-Fenn/2012/10/30/romney-continues-to-lie-about-chrysler-auto-industry
http://www.randirhodes.com/pages/rrnews.html?feed=393046&article=10330667
The anti-Romney ad came from an outside money group The anti-Obama ad came from the Romney campaign itself.

and then there is bonita's baby:
Fox News reporter Carl Cameron described the Romney campaign's "final sprint," set to begin in that state. Yet not once did Cameron make note of the backlash Romney is facing for running campaign ads in Ohio that falsely claim Chrysler is sending a Jeep production line from the US to China. Cameron pointed out how polls show Romney trailing in OH but that Romney campaign "would argue that the ground game will put them over the top and that they're ready to win this."
Cameron neglected to mentionRomney has drawn heavy criticism for running ads that falsely claim Jeep is sending USjobs to China.

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cc

9:28 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

yes lets post things coming from a forum that was copied and pasted in here
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2034930/pg1

this is way to funny

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bjv

9:53 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

Nukid/Lil Kim never fails to show the level of his intelligence. One can ALWAYS count on his lies and ignorance - just like his messiah, B.O.

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cc

9:56 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

bonita you are so correct there. it is amazing how clueless some are.

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Lisa Marie Thomas

2:00 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

Cameron doesn't mention it because Jeep DOES "send it's jobs" over seas. Only 71% of Jeep's parts are made in the US. The rest come from other countries-- including CHINA. So, if this is a easily verifiable fact, how can it be a false claim?

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Lisa Marie Thomas

2:21 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

Oh yea, and here's two points to back Romney's claims from Reuters

1.Chrysler as early as June 2011 had said it was considering adding Jeep production in China.

2, Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne reaffirmed on Tuesday that the company is not moving Jeep vehicle production out of the United States to China after it became an issue in the U.S. presidential campaign.

KEYWORDS>>>>company is not moving- AFTER IT BECAME AN ISSUE

Do yourselves a favor and stop reading the news sites that are the equivalency of the "National Enquirer" & do the research yourselves

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NE12Ukid

3:53 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

cc the sources were, in order for your convenience:
Detroit News
Huffington Post
Daily Kos
US News (opinion piece)
RandiRhodes
and Fox News

so why, cc, are you TRYING to respond with a link to something called godlikeproductions? might be "way to(sic) funny" to you, but seriously delusional to others.

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NE12Ukid

4:04 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

What the heck is LilKim?
Bonita, you are losing it! You were warned not to spend so much time parroting cc, LOL!

bjv

9:55 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

cc- GOOD JOB exposing this life form !

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cc

9:57 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

Timeline of the Housing Crisis

Daily Brief

A forum for CONSERVATIVES to gather and discuss ideas, news and media spin


Political News

Barack Obama and the Democrats did not inherit the bad economy; they caused it and made it worse They now want to bankrupt the nation with socialized medicine and socialist energy taxes This will greatly increase your income taxes, property taxes, utility bills and you will be denied medical care

These are the leading culprits who actually caused the subprime
mortgage collapse which then caused the current worldwide deep recession
1. Jimmy Carter pushed for and signed into law the
Community Reinvestment Act which forced banks to
lower their standards so that previously unqualified
people could get a mortgage.
2. Bill Clinton then doubled-down on the Community Reinvestment
Act and greatly lowered mortgage standards to
allow a lot more unqualified borrowers to get loans.
3. Bill Clinton’s Attorney General, Janet Reno, then intimidated
banks with threats of legal action if they
did not give loans to unqualified borrowers who
would not have the income to pay the loans back.

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cc

9:57 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

4. A member of the Clinton administration, Franklin Raines
was then put in charge of Fannie Mae by Bill Clinton. Fannie
Mae bought up a majority of the bad loans made by
banks to unqualified borrowers. Raines then falsified Fannie
Mae financial reports so he could collect bonuses
which totaled over $90 million for 5 years.
5. Senator Chris Dodd, head of the Senatorial Financial
Committee, suppressed efforts by President
George W. Bush and congressional Republicans to
rein in the corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
He got a very favorable loan by a bank associated
with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He got large political
campaign contributions from Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac.
6. Barney Frank, head of the House of Representatives
Banking Committee, also suppressed efforts by President
George W. Bush and Congressional Republicans to
investigate corruption at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
7. Barack Obama, while he was an attorney, filed lawsuits
against banks on behalf of ACORN in order to
force banks to give loans to people who could not afford
to pay them back. Obama, while he was a U.S.
Senator, also suppressed efforts by President George
W. Bush and Republican Congressmen to investigate
and rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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bjv

11:02 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

cc- thank you for trying to inform-but the Left is'nt interested in being informed-They just parrot the DAILY KOS,CNN,NYTIMES and their messiah, B.O.

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NE12Ukid

3:59 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

What was the purpose,cc, of pasting this whole article from a conservative blog? cesidio a friend of yours? Why no link? Ashamed of where this came from? Embarrassed?

Stephen

10:16 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

Curious, why is Casey not an option?

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bjv

11:07 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

Stehen, the problem with Casey is that he's unavailable to his constituents, he votes against their wishes and for his OWN agenda. He hates coal [where do these 'greenies' think electricity comes from ?! ] and blindly follows B.O. He got in on Daddy's coat tails, and Pa. being the 'ol boy crony wasteland it is, he could be in office for life, unless the voters wise up.

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Stephen

11:14 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

My question was not in support of Casey, but why he was not listed as an annoying ad candidate. I noticed Smith, but not Casey.

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bjv

12:02 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

All of Casey's typical ,liberal ads have him portaying Smith as a mean 'ol businessman who hates America. PERIOD. My question- WHEN did being successful become evil ? Because that's exactly what the Left wants us to think. News flash- it's the successful ,like Romney, who CREATE JOBS-unlike career politicians like Casey and HIS prez, B.O.

want to hear from others

10:46 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

and here is cc once again....criticizing others for cutting and pasting, and then makes a list of senseless information!! YOU ARE FUNNY! I am not even for Barack Obama---but you spend so much of your evergy criticizing, I wouldn't want you advocating for anybody!

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bjv

11:08 am on Monday, November 5, 2012

He's trying to inform-either you're interested or not.

NE12Ukid

4:11 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

Lisa Marie ThomasCameron doesn't mention it because Jeep DOES "send it's jobs" over seas. Only 71% of Jeep's parts are made in the US. The rest come from other countries-- including CHINA. So, if this is a easily verifiable fact, how can it be a false claim?

Here is how, Lisa:
Romney’s ongoing deception led Chrysler’s CEO to send a letter Tuesday to the company’s jittery employees, assuring them that “Jeep production will not be moved from the United States” and that “It is inaccurate to suggest anything different.” The restored production in China was to avoid huge tariffs on vehicles imported into China.

(GET IT? they are making Jeeps in China to sell in China,not sending the US production to China!)

The fast-and-loose with Jeep points to a troubling Romney instinct: When the stakes are high, as they are for him in must-win Ohio, the truth is often the first casualty.
Source Daily Globe
Worthington Daily Globe
300 11th Street / P.O. Box 639
Worthington, MN 56187
A division of Forum Communications Company

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bjv

5:05 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

One NoteNUkidontheblock thinks if he rants,screams,lies, hurls insults and copy/pastes far Left nonsense , he'll be taken seriously. Poor thing just does'nt get it.

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NE12Ukid

6:02 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

<<Mr.Spiegler talks one way to the Post-Gazette and another way to the Trib.
>>

I can understand that, if it is true. You have to use very little words and simple sentences when speaking to right wing Trib readers.
Ned

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bjv

6:25 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

And one must use crayons and paper for Daily Kos zombies-----NED

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