The Lib Dems and their positive campaigning

Former Member

A breakdown in communication. Does this tow the party line?

Good ad, and I agree, but hardly the moral high ground of electioneering.

Any official campaigning material you think should be brought to our attention?

Former Member

The Democrats have been as un-positive as the other two parties from the very start of their campaign. Not only does this advertisement feel rather sinister and a bit creepy, it is negative and maliciously playing on people’s fears - and trying to scare us into voting for them.

Former Member

I'm always a bit suspect of the Lib Dems, as every year they seem to complain about the other parties indulging in negative elctioneering before indulging in it themselves

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/content_objectid=14007305_method=full_siteid=50002_headline=-Payout%2Don%2Dvice%2Dinsult-name_page.html

or

http://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/quote.jsp?id=51

or http://www.hartlepoolmail.com/ (look at the URL and wonder if its misleading given that there is a real Harlepool Mail at http://www.hartlepool-mail.co.uk/)

All parties do negative campaigning, spin and use some dodgy electioneering and propoganda - but the Lib Dems are the most hypocritical about it.

Former Member

everyone does it

Former Member

Born Slippy wrote:

The Democrats have been as un-positive as the other two parties from the very start of their campaign. Not only does this advertisement feel rather sinister and a bit creepy, it is negative and maliciously playing on people’s fears - and trying to scare us into voting for them.

Nothing like Labour or Tory then...

It's better than the others, but not great. That's politics.

I'm voting Lib Dem.

Former Member

To be honest I'd rather see them do more hard line tactics, so often I want to shake Kenedy and say 'get out there and bloody do something!'

I know he has his 'different' way of doing things but he needs to hitch it up a few notches.

Its the cut and thrust that makes politics interesting, the lies and the spin, for me anyway.