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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 08:40 AM

    A couple of positives

    It seems to me the cheerful viciousness is not only rallying the Republican base, but the Democratic base as well. Also, I like the way some of the new Obama ads are taking the McCain/Palin stance on abortion right to the people. He seems to be taking the gloves off when it comes to the issues.

    For what it's worth, I'm going to send some $$ to Obama today. Political donations have never sat well with me because in my mind there's way too much money already being spent on politics and politicians in the USA, but at this point I'm all for doing what I can to send a message that Obama's got a big, spirited and non-Rovian-led team behind him.

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