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Thursday, September 4, 2008 12:00 AM

The GOP's cheerful viciousness

Yet again, the GOP launches brutal personality and cultural attacks on the Democratic candidate. Yet again, Democrats seem determined to allow it to do so.

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  • Thursday, September 4, 2008 10:47 AM

    That's the problem with us humans, shooter242.

    Actual..... brutal personality and cultural attacks. And this is only the first three pages. -- shooter242

    We tend to say what we feel and exercise our freedom of speech.

    The next question you should ask yourself is: how many of these commentators speak for the Obama campaign? I'm willing to wager zero.

    In contrast, you have GOP proxies and the candidates themsevles engaging in outright falsehoods and personal attacks in public. Granted they can't do or say much else, but still one would like to think they have some standards of decency.

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