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Dirty Tricks

New Right Wing "Dirty Tricks" Campaign Tactic Being Tested in Washington State

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: King County Executive, Right Wing, Susan Hutchison, Dirty Tricks, Washington State, Political Campaigns, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Because of a benign-sounding charter amendment offered by right wing zealots, candidates are not known by their political affiliations. That removes the shorthand that busy people use to vote.

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When 'Mad Men' Types -- and Hollywood-- First Played a Key Role in Politics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Elections, Hollywood Politics, Actresses, Hollywood, Dirty Tricks, Actors, Newspapers, New Deal, The Jungle, Pbs, Mgm, Upton Sinclair, Barack Obama, Fdr, Mad Men, Harry Chandlers, Campaign of the Century, Socialist, President Roosevelt, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Will Rogers, HL Mencken, Politics News
Greg Mitchell

When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.

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Oh, The Humanity! Godless Huffington Post Commenters Wickedly Destroying Conservatism

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Liars, George Bush, Andrew Breitbart, National Review, President Obama, Leftist, Communist, Free Speech, Moral Relativism, Obama, Liberal, Jed Babbin, Cold War, Lunatic Ravings, Republican, Bush, Reality-Based, Internet, Goons, Cold War Is Over, Irony, Dirty Tricks, Vandalism, Irony-Impaired, Rush, Socialist, Moveon, Huffington Post, Limbaugh, Totalitarianism, Ends Justify the Means, Marketplace of Ideas, Boycott, Ideologue, Rush Limbaugh, Blog Readers, Commie, Propaganda, Hugh Hewitt, Conservative, Right Wing, Blog Commenters, Ironically-Challenged, Election, Wicked, Barack Obama, Ironic, Fair Play, Media Matters, Blog, Chris Weigant, Instapundit, Dogma, Humanity, Nixon, Censorship, Breitbart, Crazytown, Crazytalk, Media News
Chris Weigant

Due to a genetic deformity among conservatives, they are seemingly born without being able to spot irony in all its delicious forms.

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Down and Dirty in Beverly Hills

John Mirisch | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: City Council, John Mirisch, Politics, Beverly Hills, Dirty Tricks, Los Angeles, Lobbyists, Politics News
John Mirisch

I'm one of the 11 candidates running for 3 seats on the Beverly Hills City Council, a basically non-paying gig, and I have become a lightning rod for the full force of anonymous sleaze attacks and dirty tricks.

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What Did the President Know and When Did He Know It? Karl Rove Knows...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brown Shirts, Dirty Tricks, Karl Rove, Oliver E. Diaz Jr., Paul Minor, Don Siegelman, US Attorney Scandal, Executive Privilege, President Bush, Political Prosecutions, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

Since we are a democracy and none of us are above the law, either we all have to honor subpoenas or we don't. If Karl Rove does not have to show up to court, then none of us have to.

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Phony Virginia Flier Culprit Found

AP | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phony Virginia Flier, Dirty Tricks, Phony Fliers, On the Ground 2008, Voting Problems, Phony Va Flier, Politics News

State elections officials have identified the person responsible for a phony election flier that told Republicans to vote on Tuesday and Democrats to ...

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Obama Sends Lawyers To Protect Votes

The Washington Independent | Jonathan E. Kaplan | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Dirty Tricks, Voting Problems, Barack Obama, Politics News

As Republican charges of "fraud" and Democratic claims of "voter suppression" have escalated in the home stretch of the presidential election campaign...

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Sam Stein

GOP Senate Candidate Puts Himself On Dem Ticket

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wicker Sample Ballots, Dirty Tricks, Ronnie Musgrove, Wicker Democrat, Roger Wicker, Wicker Ballots, Senate Race Mississippi, Mississippi Race, Senate Races, Politics News

Republican Senator Roger Wicker is facing the fight of his life for reelection in Mississippi. So what is he doing to ensure another six years in Cong...

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Sam Stein

As Election Nears, Dirty Tricks Grow More Common

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Suppression, Dirty Tricks, Virginia Flier, Election Dirty Tricks, Obama Campaign, Virginia Fake Flier, Fake Fliers, Philadelphia Fake Flier, Voting Problems, Politics News

As the election nears, examples of political dirty tricks are emerging with greater frequency. On Tuesday, the Virginia Pilot reported that a phony B...

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Sleazeshow: Politics and Dirty Tricks 2008

Off The Bus | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Campaign Spin Obama, Campaign Spin McCain, Dirty Tricks, Obama Dirty Tricks, Mccain Dirty Tricks, Election 2008, Campaign Spin, Slideshow, Home News
Off The Bus

Mailboxes both electronic and physical are being stuffed with sleaze and dirty political material this election season. You know, those fliers, leafle...

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The New Dirty Politics McCain

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats 2008, Dirty Tricks, Jack Kemp, Michelle Obama, Mccain, Obama, Republicans, Presedential Election, John McCain, Real Politics, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The new Dirty Politics McCain is the Republican's man of the hour, and Republican heavy hitters are conveniently forgetting that for years they have regarded McCain as mentally unfit for the presidency.

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A Warning to My Old Republican Friends: Screw Up The Obama Moment and You're History -- Literally

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: History, Fox News, Dirty Tricks, Dr. Dobson, Race, The Republicans, Pat Robertson, Obama, The Religious Right, Francis Schaeffer, Barack Obama, The World's View of America, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

The Republicans are going to look as out of touch a few years from now as did the isolationists and "America First" folks after World War II.

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Is Hillary Clinton Push Polling?

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Scorched Earth, Hillary Clinton, Sleazy Campaign Tactics, Dirty Tricks, Barack Obama, Push Polls, Hillary Clinton Geoff Garin, Campaign Tactics, North Carolina Primary, Geoff Garin, Politics News
Paul Loeb

North Carolina voters are getting calls from the firm of Geoff Garin, the new head of Clinton's campaign, which spins the recipient under the pretense of merely asking about their views.

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Inside The Campaign Dirty Tricks War Of 2008

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff, Mark Hosenball and Evan Thomas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Election Dirty Tricks, Dirty Tricks, 2008 Election, Campaign Dirty Tricks, Politics News

Sunday may be a day of rest, but not for the political dirty tricksters. When Mike Huckabee emerged from the Cornerstone Family Church in Des Moines o...

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If You Can't Vote for Anyone, You Can Always Vote Against Someone: How I Learned to Quit Whining and Get Involved

Ian Spiegelman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dirty Tricks, Diebold, John McCain South Carolina, Phone Jamming, Election-Rigging, Republicans, 2008 Election, New Hampshire Election Scandal, Allen Raymond, Politics News
Ian Spiegelman

The underhanded tactics my co-author Allen Raymond employed to win elections for ten years are by no means confined to one party, and they permeate every level of electioneering.

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How to Rig An Election: Foreward

Allen Raymond and Ian Spiegelman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Hampshire Election Scandal, Diebold, Allen Raymond, Dirty Tricks, John McCain South Carolina, Election-Rigging, Phone Jamming, 2008 Election, Republicans, Politics News
Allen Raymond and Ian Spiegelman

From HOW TO RIG AN ELECTION: Confessions of a Republican Operative: The first sign of trouble at my sentencing hearing came when the judge cut off my...

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