Word: smearing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discussing Stevenson's views on McCarthyism the statement said: "and he disdains to fraternize with those who use the smear for cheap political advantage. He understands that irresponsible denunciation is itself a subversive...
...looking over the fence, it is gratifying to see the presidential campaign resolving itself into an increasingly clearer contest of straightforward honesty versus old-line, conventionally tainted politics. The attempt to smear the Republican second-in-command appears to have backfired admirably on the Democratic first-in-command...
...spreading false and slanderous charges that the Democratic Party is soft on Communism . . . Fantastic . . . smear technique ..." II "The Republican Party and the Republican candidate have waged . . . one of the lowest street-gutter campaigns that I have ever seen...
Murder, arson and rape, if you like, but apathy at a match like that of Saturday! Really! Where did you learn to smear in such a fashion? Charles K. Webster, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University...
...Democrats are dedicated to the cause of preserving and extending our traditional American freedoms. I am confident that the present infatuation of some Republican leaders with smear and slander is a passing phenomenon; but a lot of damage can be done in a little time. We want an America where the freedom of Harvard will be a model--not an exception, and certainly not a casualty. Adlai E. Stevenson Springfield, Illinois