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		<title>John G. Geer Approves (of) That Negative Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Athitakis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Election!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACORN]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a brief moment on Friday, John McCain's campaign had an ad up on YouTube making a big noise about the non-issue of Barack Obama and ACORN. Fox News apparently had a problem with it, so it's down now, but the McCain-Palin camp is apparently still proud enough of the ad to have a transcript [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a brief moment on Friday, <strong>John McCain</strong>'s campaign had an ad up on YouTube making a big noise about the non-issue of <strong>Barack Obama</strong> and ACORN. Fox News <a href="http://www.youtube.com/browse?&#038;ytsession=15toTnuBIAWcUUvby8MXSVrF3ntgj0kK-9j6fI0ARTz2WKqC9ovatc85buhM69kXyHo__9Xutc9yQhFvl2mrI6lnSsnB1UH6cWHmTlWG0MIlPIuSQXA_vACPx9QuuQyyiWgueOXkcTZwZGZEvUm9TKnP5M44zbWRMBTwF8KAf_xB3zV8gVkIRNHkb9SeXRzvVuCx-2516qNGAUq6amGmIvyNY8FjmyT990IXoaNyt96GaQBBiWxkA7nA9MmwNXhu">apparently had a problem with it</a>, so it's down now, but the McCain-Palin camp is apparently still proud enough of the ad to have a <a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/PressReleases/32a93093-023c-4f40-9532-aecdc924932f.htm">transcript available</a>. </p>
<p>ACORN is a favorite subject for <a href="http://twitter.com/Chuckler/statuses/947880520">rageoholic Twitterers</a> and few others, and I suspect it won't sway many undecideds. But <strong>John G. Geer</strong> figures it's all a good thing anyway: In a <em>Post </em><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002449.html?hpid=opinionsbox1">op-ed</a> over the weekend he argued that negative ads, if nothing else, get down to specifics. Geer's written a <a href="http://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2008/10/13/negative_campaigning_defended.html">book-length study</a> of the subject, but those with short attention spans can go straight to his <a href="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/284996.html">"Attack Ad Hall of Fame."</a> It's probably only a matter of days before McCain posts an ad featuring 25 seconds of Barack Obama's face and five seconds of a mushroom cloud; at least you don't need Fox News' permission for that.  </p>
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