McCain Barbs Stirring Outcry as Distortions

New York Times by Michael Cooper, Jim Rutenberg | Sep. 13, 2008 (News Report)

"I think the McCain folks realize if they can get this thing down in the mud, drag Obama into the mud, that's where they have the best advantage to win," said Matthew Dowd, who worked with many top McCain campaign advisers when he was President Bush's chief strategist in the 2004 campaign, but who has since had a falling out with the White House. "If they stay up at 10,000 feet, they don't." Full Story »

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by Terry Gamble - Oct. 1, 2008

The article takes a look at the tenor of the advertising in the recent weeks of the presidential campaign and assesses accuracy, exaggeration, and quality. While both candidates run ads that somewhat misrepresent and distort, John McCain's are (to use David Brooks's words) more egregious. In fact, some of the sources quoted used the word "Lies." Will it work or will it backfire?

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