Stuck in the muck: Mudlslinging isn’t new. Here’s the messy truth.
By Libby Copeland | Monday, October 13, 2008 | The Washington Post
“…Things have gotten negative in this year’s presidential race lately, and there’s been much discussion of when negative becomes dirty, and who’s being dirty, and who’s willing to get even dirtier. Reporters have been counting the negative ads, which are numerous on each side, and John McCain’s wife has accused Barack Obama of conducting ‘the dirtiest campaign in American history,’ while Obama aide Robert Gibbs has said, ‘If people want to get down in the mud, we’re prepared to get dirty.’
Will anybody achieve the great lows of the 19th century, though?….”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101201966_pf.html
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