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Negative campaigning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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There is no answer to mudslinging but there are techniques to parry attacks. Openness, good research and a strong defense are among techniques one can use. But, they are not guaranteed to protect against subversion of public opinion.
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Both political parties are functioning in the 2006 House races as factories for attack ads, but the National Republican Campaign Committee's work stands out this year for the sheer volume of assaults on the personal character of Democratic House challengers. ... That's the very definition of political mudslinging.
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Smear campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A smear campaign , smear tactic or simply smear is a metaphor for activity that can harm an individual or group's reputation by conflation with a stigmatized group. Sometimes smear is used mor...
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is Political Mudslinging? ... Worse yet, at times political mudslinging may also include members of a candidate’s family. Outright accusations are rarely necessary to achieve the goal of creating scandal. One may simply use innuendo or hyperbole as forms of political mudslinging.
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I went to watch two movies recently. Well, three if you count I Am Legend. But my rants today are for the two I just watched, Cloverfield last Friday and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street yesterday. ... just mudslinging. just rambling. just mumbling. anyone listening?
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defaming of opponent: the making of defamatory remarks about somebody, especially a political opponent or other competitor; The level of debate in this election has seldom risen above petty mudslinging.
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But Edwards was even more pointed about Clinton's mudslinging charge in an interview today with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's Late Edition. "It's complete nonsense... This is not mud... It's absurd.''
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Even by the rough-and-tumble standards of 21st-century politics, from the unrelenting attack ads to the armies of lawyers prepared to fan Election Day chaos, the 1884 presidential election was as subtle as a barroom brawl. ... Campaign's mudslinging not as dirty as 1884, or even 198...
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