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...York Times, in extended news analyses, have come down squarely on Sasso's side. There are essentially two reasons offered for supporting Sasso: the first is that in political campaigns, like love and war, all is fair. The second is that Sasso was pointing out what Biden was indeed doing. Sasso was slinging truth...
...then why did Sasso treat the truth like dirt, passing it along surreptitiously to the press, denying any involvement with such filth, allowing his candidate to urge the embattled Biden to hang on in the face of the questioning of his character...
...Biden was in fact so guilty, so clearly passing himself off as something other than what he was, why didn't Sasso suggest that his candidate, Governor Michael S. Dukakis, raise the issue publicly to be debated and discussed by the candidates...
Sasso could have written a speech for Dukakis which praised the themes of the Biden campaign--and then went on to question the candidate's commitment to them since in fact they were not his own. Dukakis could have noted that, as a son of Massachussetts, it disturbed him to see a rival appropriating the eloquence of Bobby and Jack as if it were his own. In short, Dukakis might have required Biden to explain the themes of his campaign and defend both their originality and their relevance to the United States...
INSTEAD, an opportunity to enjoin debate on a high level was passed up in favor of the low road. Instead of one candidate questioning another, the dope on Biden was passed under the table to the press, to be revealed in a front-page New York Times story that seemed to come from nowhere. If this is the case Sasso used the press to stifle debate...