Cleaning up the mud
: Leonard Witt says this is one way to clean up campaign mud: The St. Pete Times withdraws the endorsement of a slinging candidate and endorses his opponent.
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Cleaning up the mud
: Leonard Witt says this is one way to clean up campaign mud: The St. Pete Times withdraws the endorsement of a slinging candidate and endorses his opponent.
Speaking of mud, it seems some Republicans delegates think it is funny to mock every soldier who ever was awarded a purple heart by wearing bandaids—decorated with cute little purple hearts. So much for their famous moral clarity. Scum.
Frankly, Jeff, your whole concern about this strikes me as bizarre. Politics is mud wrestling. Live with it.
Of course, Jeff, this assumes that newspaper endorsements still mean something to a significant (or any) portion the electorate…
it seems some Republicans delegates think it is funny to mock every soldier who ever was awarded a purple heart by wearing bandaids
Whoa, it’s like Kerry is equivilent to every soldier who was ever awarded a purple heart. What, was he in Vietnam or something?
Mr. Gillmor – the “retracted” candidate just won the primary handily. Very perspicacious comment.