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Originally Posted by filtherton
I think that right now, the Republicans have pretty much cornered the market on hate, envy and fear. Which party tries to motivate its base by accusing the other party's guy of being a Muslim? Because their base fears and hates Muslims, right? Which party tries to motivate its base by accusing the other party's guy of being friends with terrorists (even though John McCain doesn't care about no washed up terrorists (obviously, look at how motivated he is to go after Bin Laden)? A congresswomen from which party recently called for an investigation of liberal congresspeople to look into patters on anti-Americanism?
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And all of it cloaked in the mantra of "country first" to give it a feeling, at least to themselves, as the patriot party/
Yes, both parties use negative campaigning.....but No, I dont think both parties resort to campaigning on hate and fear.