http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con… Democrats think it’s wrong that Democrat Obama’s children are mentioned in an ad though Democrats constantly attacked Republican President Bush’s daughters and found Democrats joking about raping Republican Gov. Palin’s 14 year old daughter funny. Why the double standard? Suggested Reading: The Logic Of American Politics, 4th EditionA core American politics textbook, complete with [...]
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http://www.contracostatimes.com/californ… ” It’s a sheep. It’s a demon. It’s … Tom Campbell? By Mike Zapler WASHINGTON — If all press is good press, Carly Fiorina’s bizarre campaign video depicting her opponent as a red-eyed demon sheep is a blockbuster hit. If widespread mockery matters, maybe not so much. Whatever the case, the former Hewlett-Packard chief’s [...]
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In 2004, Harold Simmons was the biggest funder of the manipulative smear group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. In 2008, Simmons is the sole donor funding a vicious attack ad in some battleground states that uses tortured logic and clumsy innuendo to invent a tie between Barack Obama and terrorism. The ad goes completely beyond [...]
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Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, always believed that his company should stay out of politics and stick to retailing. Too bad his family didn’t listen to him. Today, the Walton family sinks millions and millions of dollars into influencing politicians and manipulating the legislative process. Wal-Mart Watch is proud to launch a new website [...]
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It seems that Republicans are not interested in the truth. If fact when told the truth, they become more likely to believe the lie! Political scientists Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler provided two groups of volunteers with the Bush administration’s prewar claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. One group was given a refutation [...]
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Their new 30-second TV ad attacks Barack Obama’s record on education, saying that Obama backed legislation to teach ” ‘comprehensive sex education’ to kindergartners.” The announcer then says, “Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family.” As a state senator in Illinois, Obama did vote for but [...]
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and an end to childish things? Every day on cnn.com’s political ticker, they highlight a new ad from the DNC that attacks the GOP ad in certain markets, or online ad, or youtube video. Should the DNC ignore Obama and continue the old style attack politics since the GOP never said it’s time for a [...]
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In case anyone don’t know what I’m talking about here’s a highlight of a comment that got all the politically correct police out in full force crying like a bunch of babies WAHHH WAHHH!!!! If we are so politically correct in this country that a person can’t say enough of the nonsense with the political [...]
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As much as I like Hillary, I think Obama is right. I am so sick of all the political attack ads and the game-playing. What about you?http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_o… Do you think Unity08 will have a chance at changing things?http://www.unity08.com Suggested Reading: Classics of Moral And Political TheoryThe 4th edition of Classics of Moral and Political Theory [...]
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I will lower taxes improve education and lower crime .OK but what party do you belong to. Seems like only the attack ads give the party they are attackings name and then you know who the person is . Politicians are so wishy washy that they can not even tell you what party they represent [...]
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