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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 09:11 AM

    Take the high road but POINT IT OUT for god's sake

    I agree that the dems may suffer once again at the hands of the vicious attacks the republicans seem to have no ethical problem with making, their lies and deceit know no limits.

    However, I don't think slinging mud will help...but staying silent and just praising them won't either. Obama and Biden, in every single speech they made from now until November, need to have a few lines about how they respect their opponents and will not stoop to the tactics of denigrating them as individuals, and state that the American people deserve a better conversation than that, and that America is better than that...just keep hammering away at how low and pathetic the republican strategy is and it will help win over a lot of independents. Independents by definition are usually the group most turned off by that bullshit mudslinging.

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