Attack Ads, Circa 1800 (VIDEO)

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Attack ads are as American as apple pie as you can see from this video documenting actual attack ads from around the year 1800.

If anonymous political speech, the other widely decried villain of this political season, helped found the United States, attack ads are as American as apple pie. If you fancy yourself a patriot or a history buff, you will most certainly approve this message, which is taken from statements made by, for, and against the nation’s founders.

Approximately 1.45 minutes. Written and produced by Meredith Bragg. Voiced by Caleb Brown, Michael C. Moynihan, and Austin Bragg.

Check out “The Positives of Negative Campaigning,” why “Attack Ads Are Good For You.” and Reason’s 2006 list of the “Top 10 Dirtiest Political Campaigns” in U.S. history.

For links to those stories and historical sources of the statements made in the video go to http://reason.tv/video/show/the-negat…

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