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...flip-flopping liberal”, a “limousine liberal”, or, for that matter, “just another Northeast liberal”. The Republican campaign is clearly operating with the attitude that to label John Kerry as a liberal is to smear him in the eyes of the American public. Poll data suggests that that belief is anything but unsubstantiated. In a January 2004 Newsweek Poll, 83 percent of respondents felt that it was somewhat or very important that a democratic challenger to President Bush “should be generally seen as a political moderate...
...course, not all political film-making of the past was characterized by such straightforward objectivity. The 1964 feature The Best Man, based on a stage play by Gore Vidal, resonates with today’s negative politics, as it dramatizes several candidates’ efforts to smear and outmaneuver their opponents behind the scenes of a political convention. Vidal criticized both ends of the political spectrum, basing her Machiavellian politicos on real-life figures ranging from Adlai Stevenson to Barry Goldwater...
...making the case for invading Iraq and ousting Saddam Hussein. Novak suggested in his column that Plame?s role in dispatching her husband to Niger undermined the credibility of Wilson's accusations against the President. Wilson, in turn, accused Bush administration officials of trying to intimidate him and smear his reputation by leaking his wife?s identity...
...Slacker, a huckster tries to sell Madonna's Pap smear. Ever hear from...
...Whether or not the legislation passes, the six-party talks continue to sputter along with little progress. Pyongyang hinted last week that it might pull out of the next round, slated to be held next month, citing a hostile U.S. "smear campaign." With the U.S. presidential election approaching, some say Kim is stalling, hoping that John Kerry will win?and that the North will be able to get a better deal from a Democratic Administration...