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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:30 AM Original message |
Where do you draw the line with negative campaigning? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. That which leads to death, organ failure, or massive scars. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Sounds like cagefighting rules |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. All candidates should be waterboarded in a televised "debate". |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. When it's a lie of any magnitude |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That wouldn't be democracy, it would be the dictatorship of an independent watchdog group |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You'd rather have a dictatorship based on lies? n/t |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. What if it's an embarrassing truth? Is that OK? |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Of course, why not? |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. wonderful idea |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. It's done in the UK |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. we're not the UK |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. negative campaigning tells me that you have NOTHING constructive |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. Who decides what is "pointing out a disadvantage" and what is an "attack"? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The criteria for ad hominems (personal attacks) are pretty clear |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Ah, but there's the problem. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Not a problem |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. True. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. . |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. No lies, no distortions. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't, but I pay attention to how far they're willing to go. -n/t |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. At the exact second that a GOP loss becomes a sure thing... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes and No |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. The Lincoln Douglas debates would have really sucked with those rules |
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