Let the games begin
Operatives gear up for below-the-belt sucker punches - CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sucker punches and below-the-belts can be expected as we enter the slugfest season of political attack ads. They’re already taking off the gloves for what promises to be nasty 2008 campaigns that use the newfound enormous strength and reach of the Web.
“If I’m going to get punched in the stomach, I’m going to take a knife out and get you right back,” said John Lapp of the consulting firm McMahon, Squier, Lapp and Associates.
I saw my first attack ad from Fred Thompson yesterday. We shouldn’t be that easily swayed by half truths and skewed data. If we choose this can be the campaign season that it backfires on them. We won’t be seeing it next election cycle if it didn’t work for anyone this election cycle.
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