Smear politics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,1289576,00.html
Leader
Tuesday August 24, 2004
The Guardian
Lacklustre John Kerry must be doing something right in his fight for
the White House because his Republican opponents are reaching deep
into their bag of dirty tricks. When the stakes are high in electoral
contests there are usually people in all parties prepared to play
rough to win - witness some of the tactics in last month's Westminster
byelections. But low-level villainy on the back streets of Birmingham
Hodge Hill is not the same as the cynically crafted big lie which now
seems to be directed at Senator Kerry as he aims for the top.
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