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To: TBP
“This is a devious, dirty trick, similar to the little-girl-picking-daisies ad that the most corrupt, immoral President we’ve ever had (including the Klintoons), Liberal B-——d Johnson, ran against Goldwater in 1964 “only once.” (Yet the media ran it for him plenty of times.) “

I’m not disagreeing, but right or not, I’m already tired of the cynicism and second-guessing a candidate’s intentions. I think we can see through the “dirty tricks”, but cynicism and manipulation are destroying our country. I haven’t seen one candidate not treated with cynicism even here on FR. Let’s get to whether or not the ad should be played, not whether or not he meant to manipulate. If he is manipulating us, then they ALL are, and that is probably the sadder truth no one wants to hang on their own choice of candidate. Not one person running for President is taken at face value anymore, are they? Cynicism, not hope, used to be a Dem trait, now apparently it is an American trait, and that’s the beginning of our end.

28 posted on 01/01/2008 2:48:23 PM PST by Melinda
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To: Melinda
Has any other current candidate done a similar action? I can't find an example of any other candidate running a negative ad, pulling the ad, and then using the media to run the ad for them on the Republican ticket.

The best example on the democrat side seems to be Hillary's claim that she won't use Obama's Muslim religion against him.

33 posted on 01/01/2008 2:58:21 PM PST by pulaskibush (USA, founded by tolerant Christians. USSR, founded by intolerant Secularist.)
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