Scott Ott (Scrappleface) suggests one solution to negative political advertising:

Huckabee, Obama End Divisiveness, Unite Campaigns

(2008-01-04) ? Iowa presidential caucus winners Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama today announced at a joint news conference in New Hampshire that ?the partisan divisiveness which has torn our land is dead.?

The new Democrat and Republican frontrunners have decided to unite their two campaigns under one banner to ?overthrow the military-industrial complex, crush greedy corporate fat cats and end the politics of personal destruction.? …

Remember it’s only satire. And anyway, not nearly as disturbing as this idea.