Gentlemen Political Warriors:
An Endangered Species
If there were ever a year in which the last defenders of civility cry out for a truth-in-advertising law for politics, 2008 apparently will not be it. Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus today laments the pervasive untruths swirling around this election season — destroying in their path any hope we may have had for an honest campaign. You know the routine: mock, lie, distort, mislead, feign insult — then repeat often enough until the message is accepted as fact.
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Filed under: 2008 Campaign, General Politics


