Why not require political advertisements...

[SHRED]

...to ONLY speak of the candidates proposals and vision.
Make it illegal to talk about your opponent.

Have the only ability to confront your opponent and their record at a live debate only.
You want to say bullshit then say it to the person's face and own it.
No more PAC's doing the dirty work.


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[jberryhill]

1. And on the Internet too!

Make it illegal for anonymous people on websites on the Internet to say negative things about politicians!

[lame54]

3. fuck that

[former9thward]

2. We don't do that because it would violate the First Amendment.

[rug]

4. This is why.

[GeorgeGist]

5. Why is it we don't see ...

Mercedes trash talking Lexus?

[jberryhill]

6. There is a fair amount of comparative advertising.

The "Pepsi Challenge"

[Nye Bevan]

7. Let's require cute puppies to be included in every ad too.

That would make them much more watchable.

[madinmaryland]

15. That sometimes backfires, though...

[One of the 99]

8. The 1st amendment would forbid that.

However, product advertiser must have their ads vetted by network legal departments. They are not allowed to make false claims about their product or competitors. The same rule should apply to all political ads.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. Plenty of false claims in political ads

The 1st amendment allows people to be mean

[One of the 99]

10. That's why they should be held to the same standard

as all other advertisments.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. I guess that needs to go through Congress?

[One of the 99]

12. Not congress

The networks need to do it.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. but they won't

[onenote]

14. "make it illegal to talk"

Those five words are reason in and of themselves why the OP's proposal is a bad idea.