Credibility

The Conservative attack ads have been mildly successful. They had a clear increase in the polls, but one could argue that the volatility of public opinion makes it meaningless.

But I think it they could have been extremely effective. What saved the Liberals was Dion. His apparent sincerity and principle allowed him to “rise above” the ads. Let’s be clear: Ignatieff wouldn’t have had a hope.

Well Dion seems keen on falling back down to those ads’ level.

On CTV’s Question Period he told his audience that he was considering running “contrast ads” attacking Harper on his broken income trust decisions. So basically, after telling Canada he “didn’t want to go that low”, he’s thinking of running attack ads.

Hardly a way of keeping your credibility.