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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.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, September 4, 2008 09:51 AM

    Maybe not...

    There's one serious problem with Democrats attacking back. We picked a candidate whose message is all about changing the discourse of politics. How do you attack character without being labeled a hypocrate?

    I think you're wrong here Glenn. I think Obama either wins on the merits this time without getting into the gutter (in which case he can truly claim that he has changed politics), or he's relegated to the dust bin of political history, and the Democrats try again in 2012 with the full on Clinton machine backing Hillary.

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