Meet the New Mudslingers -- Mother Jones

[Demagitator]

February 25, 2008

News: Forget Swift Boat Veterans and 527s; this election's sneaky operators are non

Forget Swift Boats; this election year could become the battle of the armadas. Thanks to the success of misleading ads against John Kerry in 2004—as well as recent Supreme Court and Federal Election Commission actions—the current presidential contest promises to be more cacophonous and mud strewn than any in recent history, with a record number of down-and-dirty ads financed on the sly by big-money interests.

Attacks bankrolled by "independent" groups—businesses, unions, and millionaires—and amplified by YouTube and reporters starved for news "will play a much greater role than ever before," predicts a top gop strategist.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2008/03/527s-election-money-mudslingers.html

[WCGreen]

1. There have never been any clean "elections" that I can remember...

It seems the GOP is better at it than the Dem's, but that could just be perception...

Personally, I think the GOP resorts to rather dubious campaigning because, frankly, they got nothing good to sell...

[bridgit]

2. Where's The Beef? Corn took a while to come around, but it seems he finally did...

We have friends that write for Mother Jones (Land's End, Outback, etc), and they're some of the most Lib/Pro folks we know