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What Constitutes Going Negative In A Political Campaign And..... (Original Post) global1 Jan 2016 OP
According to Hillary's surrogates, it's telling the truth about her. Zen Democrat Jan 2016 #1
Well, yes. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2016 #4
distortion, lying, going after someones appearance, race, religion tk2kewl Jan 2016 #2
Lying and distortion are an orthogonal axis to positive/negative. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2016 #3
Anything regarding issues is game. That includes voting jwirr Jan 2016 #5
Perhaps the most famous example.... Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #6

Zen Democrat

(5,901 posts)
1. According to Hillary's surrogates, it's telling the truth about her.
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 03:34 PM
Jan 2016

Karen Finney claimed Bernie went "negative" by pointing out that Hillary voted for the Iraq War, and supported every trade bill that ever came down the pike until TPP. Since when is the truth a negative? I guess, when it's about Hillary.

Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
4. Well, yes.
Fri Jan 29, 2016, 04:52 PM
Jan 2016

Whether an add is negative campaigning or not has nothing whatsoever to do with whether it's true or not - they're unconnected questions one can ask.

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