40th post...and campaign advertising.

As we the American people notice that there is an aggresive Preisdential campaign on the rise, we pay heed to the warnings-whether they be funny or just informational-they always tend to grab our attention. Today wwe as people who are always looking for the "here and now" and the "latest and greatest" want the same and expect no less even when it comes to who we are electing as our future President. Below are just some of the examples of both old and new advertising ways to catch the American viewers attention...



HAHAHAHAHAH....here's one: (or should we say "the one")???...



Such naive views...


Ah, KENNEDY!


Ooh, my personal favorite...NOT!


Reagan sees what a wonderful world this is in America and in the morning...funny.


All in all, these are just some of the best campaign ads I've ever seen, both past and present. Media, media, media, when we will ever get things right?

Campaigning...and the history of it.

Throughout the history of the campaign trail, Presidential candidates running for office at various times in history have often always had differing strategies. The candidates have used short campaigning movies (i.e.-commercials), buttons in which a catchy,little slogans are placed on them, or even just funny little sayings such as "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!"

All in all, the campaign trail for each running mate has been different from all others. There have been what has become to be known as the "presidential debates" and in this way, media has become heavily influential within the development on how the "campaign-ees" are supposed to run for office. Even now more so than ever, the campaign trail has become saturated with coverage here and there, and with the bits and pieces that people believe are true, even if in some cases they aren't.

However, even though the presidential debates, followed by television coverage, were once a thing where real issues at hand were discussed...have now become the building blocks for attacks on the opposing side for each of the candidates. They have come to nit-pick all the ins and outs of what the candidates actually say, grammatically incorrect versus what they should be focusing on, and that is of course what their opposer thinks of the issues that the American people wanna hear about.

Political correctness has also become huge within the way the modern day campaigns are run. Take for example the little girl and the daisy commercial that Presidential candidate at the time, Lyndon B. Johnson had put out. It starts out with a sweet, little girl...and she is picking the petals off the daisy, when a countdown starts and then....BAM!!! She's blown to smithereens! It is so sad. I use this example in particular because in today's culture, we would never, EVER see this on the screens of our television today. This commercial was indeed horrible, yet at the time of its making and release, the American people of the time were not as effected by it as many of us would be today.

Overall, throughout the history of campaigning, we have as Americans, come to see candidates come and go and strategies being used in and out, yet simultaneously we see a great progression within the way the campaign trail is being followed. Some of the improvements really are just that, improvements. However, often in today's culture, the media distorts and twists the candidates' words and actions into what THEY WANT THEM TO BE, not what they actually are. They take a picture of x,y, and z candidates and then put fangs on them or make their said phrases dirty or corrupt, when in fact, sometimes they really didn't mean that at all to begin with. The history of campaigning has come so far...or has it?

John McCain's Stand.

In the past few weeks, John McCain, running alongside Barack Obama for the position of the United States President, has taken his own personal stand on the most impacting and important issues of our day.

Among the highest priorities for McCain include the war in Iraq, pro-life and adoption rates, and of course, the big issue of immigration reform. His stand on abortion, if you haven't already guesses, is none other than pro-life. As far as his view on capital punishment, he is in full support of a federal crime being given the punishment of capital punishment...and I think we know what that means. On the education of our children in America, Senator McCain fully believes that the "No child left behind" law is an excellent way to start, however should be adjusted accurately.

When faced with the issue of the environment and energy issues, John McCain firmly takes a stand in the idea of the United States no longer being dependent on foreign oil, and should likewise arrive at better conclusions as to how more energy efficient ways of saving our natural energy can come about for all Americans. He sees the climate change can only be fixed from creating a climate, global solution.

On the ever-growing statement of gay marriage, McCain says that gay is not the way and that civil unions are fully accepted. When faced with the idea of the cost of the modern-day healthcare, John McCain says that in order to lower the cost of the average healthcare options, we must bring down the cost of insurance across the spectrum. As far as immigration is concerned, McCain thinks that stronger borders should be put into action, yet illegal immigrants should still be offered a way in which they may receive legal citizenship. His view on the war in Iraq, on which a huge portion of America is opposed to, McCain states, “The war in Iraq is at a crossroads and the future of the entire region is at stake - a region that produced the terrorists who attacked America on 9/11 and where much of the world’s energy supplies are located. Success is essential to creating peace in the region, and failure would expose the United States to national security threats for generations." He also says that, "...difficult for now, but not without hope.”

Social security is also another issue on which John McCain has made a stand on. An article writes of McCain, "McCain calls for bipartisan reform of America’s entitlement programs, including Social Security." When confronted on what his thoughts were on stem-cell research, McCain believes that the creation of human embryos solely for the purpose of the research, is totally wrong. However, simultaneously, he supports the idea of federally-funded stem-cell research within the sphere of existing lines of the stem cells we already contain within our labs.

Lastly, Senator McCain was also given the opportunity to share where he stood on the issues of taxes and the budget crisis. The same article writes, "McCain supports the repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax. Supports making the Bush administration’s income and investment tax cuts permanent. Promises to increase transparency in government spending and take aim at “wasteful” “pork barrel” spending. Has called for requirement of a 3/5 vote of Congress to raise taxes. Supports ban on Internet and cell phone taxes."