The untruths live on after election

Phoenix - Even after hearing John McCain's election night concession speech - described as gracious by many inside and outside his Arizona Biltmore Resort party - the tone among some of his core supporters in Phoenix was anything but. To some there, President-elect Barack Obama was still a "socialist," the "liberal media" was still "hiding" stories, and others wished that the campaign had hammered Obama harder for "palling around" with 1960s domestic ... Full Story »

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Chris Finnie
2.4
by Chris Finnie - Nov. 10, 2008

The language seems intemperate and somewhat biased. When the McCain campaign does it, it's a smear. Obama says it, it's truth bending. However, I can't disagree that trying to whip up fear with frightening labels could have a deleterious effect on our society. As a writer, I believe words do matter.

Not on of Garofoli's better stories. I hope he doesn't believe that just because the Democrats won, that gives us leave to indulge in Republican bashing. That would certainly qualify as the pot calling the kettle black. That said, I'm afraid almost everybody saw examples of what he describes, and many of us found it worrying.

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