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Friday, October 27, 2006

The WaPo takes 10 paragraphs to mention one tiny fact

in a page one story, the wapo takes note of the extraordinarily debased level of political campaign advertising this year, something we all knew was coming and are now experiencing in full-tilt boogie...
While negative campaigning is a tradition in American politics, this year's version in many races has an eccentric shade, filled with allegations of moral bankruptcy and sexual perversion.

it take 'em 10 paragraphs, however, to mention this little tidbit, something which, by all rights, should have been the headline, and which, even then, isn't exactly the full truth...
The result has been a carnival of ugly, especially on the GOP side, where operatives are trying to counter what polls show is a hostile political environment by casting opponents as fatally flawed characters. The National Republican Campaign Committee is spending more than 90 percent of its advertising budget on negative ads, according to GOP operatives, and the rest of the party seems to be following suit.

"especially on the gop side" is an understatement... the dems have been taking great pains to run clear, clean ads, focusing on the issues that really matter, as it should be, and as the gop might stand more of a chance of doing themselves, if it was not for the slime and filth-encrusted template set forth by karl rove...

it has been my great good fortune to be out of the country during this election cycle, a fact that allows me the emotional distance to observe what's going on without having to wear a blood pressure cuff while doing it... if, every time i turned on the tv, i was being assaulted by these vicious campaign ads, i think i might have lost it much more than i already have...

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