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McCain on Negative Campaign Advertising (video)
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Sen. John McCain tells Shepard Smith his views on running negative campaign ads.
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Firedoglake:  So Much For That ‘Respectful Campaign’ From Ol’ McNasty

Orcinus:  So much for that 'respectful campaign'

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So Much For That ‘Respectful Campaign’ From Ol’ McNasty
Firedoglake — One thing I, in all my travels here -- Americans want a respectful campaign. They do, they want it. Now, people say, well, negative ads move numbers. They may. But do we have to go to the lowest common denominator? I don't think so. John McCain, July 2008 So the latest WSJ/NBC poll (the ...

So much for that 'respectful campaign'
Orcinus — -- by Dave One thing I, in all my travels here -- Americans want a respectful campaign. They do, they want it. Now, people say, well, negative ads move numbers. They may. But do we have to go to the lowest common denominator? I don't think so. John McCain, July 2008 So the latest WSJ/NBC poll (the same one showing Barack Obama's lead slipping away) also shows that Americans think John McCain is running a negative campaign: By a nearly six-to-one margin, voters say Republican presidential candidate John McCain is running a ...

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