Re: B.C. importing U.S.-style politics (B.C. Views, Sept. 21)
Negative attack ads achieve voter suppression. YouTubeBԪַs BԪַChristy CrunchBԪַ is just a humorous and accurate portrayal of her policies rather than negative attack ads. ItBԪַs the Clark LiberalsBԪַ and the Harper ConservativesBԪַ doom-and-gloom style negative attack ads that achieve voter suppression.
Otherwise, if BԪַgoing negative early BԪַ worked spectacularly for HarperBԪַs Conservatives,BԪַ as Tom Fletcher claimed, what about those attack ads that maligned Jack Layton as well? At least hundreds of thousands of new votes went to the NDP, giving them historic opposition status. So something else is at play below the radar.
I canBԪַt see Christy Crunch or Stephen Harper and their privileged or confused followers trying door-to-door for more than a few minutes of photo-ops.
Larry Wartel
Victoria