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Lindacooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 11:25 AM
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"Both" sides get nasty?
I can't believe it - I just saw a piece on MSRNC with a graphic saying 'BOTH sides get nasty in political ads.'

BOTH? Since when is telling the truth nasty?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434 /

Watch the clip at the above link (click on 'campaign ads get downright nasty') and tell me if the Democratic ads, which tell the truth, are nasty at all! Meanwhile, the Repuke ads they show exaggerate and lie by innuendo.

I am so sick of the MSM. When they can't defend the Repuke's lies, they try to say that both parties are the same.
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  - Hey - they're just trying to be "fair"!  TankLV   Oct-30-06 11:29 AM   #1 
  - That wacky liberal media  BOSSHOG   Oct-30-06 11:31 AM   #2 
  - Wow - what a great quote.  Lindacooks   Oct-30-06 11:45 AM   #3 
  - And it was Truman that said  Arkana   Oct-30-06 03:37 PM   #9 
  - For the Repukes the Truth IS nasty nt  TomClash   Oct-30-06 11:54 AM   #4 
  - It's just their way of saying: stay tuned for a fight!  quantessd   Oct-30-06 12:00 PM   #5 
  - Yep. When GOPpies lie, it's nasty. When Dems tell the TRUTH, it's nasty. n/t  TygrBright   Oct-30-06 12:04 PM   #6 
  - To be fair, our side tells the truth,  NCevilDUer   Oct-30-06 03:32 PM   #7 
  - Same old story every election, repukes lies, distort & smear & the media always says both  GreenTea   Oct-30-06 03:36 PM   #8 
 
TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 11:29 AM
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1. Hey - they're just trying to be "fair"!
Present a short snippit of the TRUTH the Democrats tell, and then have a LENGTHY segment of REPUKE LIES!

Just like the PRIMETIME, UNEDITED airing of bush*s CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES for repukes, but NOTHING even approaching similar air-time for us Democrats!
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 11:31 AM
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2. That wacky liberal media
Bottom line:

- republican ads are nasty because they lie
- democratic ads are nasty because they tell the truth

I think it was Adlai Stevenson who said, "I'll stop telling the truth about republicans when they stop lying about democrats."
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Lindacooks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 11:45 AM
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3. Wow - what a great quote.
So the repukes have been evil that long, huh? That's pretty sad.

And remember what President Clinton said Newt Gingrinch (sic) told him:

"I hated to do you like that, but if we fought you fair you'd win every time."
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 03:37 PM
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9. And it was Truman that said
"I don't give the Republicans hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell."
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 11:54 AM
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4. For the Repukes the Truth IS nasty nt
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 12:00 PM
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5. It's just their way of saying: stay tuned for a fight!
Don't touch that dial. Jerry Springer has nothing on us.
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 12:04 PM
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6. Yep. When GOPpies lie, it's nasty. When Dems tell the TRUTH, it's nasty. n/t
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 03:32 PM
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7. To be fair, our side tells the truth,
which happens to BE nasty.
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GreenTea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-30-06 03:36 PM
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8. Same old story every election, repukes lies, distort & smear & the media always says both
sides are dirty....Ask them to show the Dem ads that aren't fact and we can show dozens of republican ads that are outright LIES! & SMEARS!!
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