Is Negative Campaigning Good for America?

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By U.S. News Staff

October 6, 2008 RSS Feed Print

With the world teetering on the edge of economic catastrophe, we cannot afford to turn the national dialogue over to character assassination and partisan bickering. We need calm, level-headed leadership, and we need it now. Grow up, America.

—James of NC

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This is a time of substance and we want to hear the issues. We want to hear solutions, not the violence of character assassination as Bob so brilliantly and accurately stated.

De Librarian of FL 6:30AM October 07, 2008

You can not deny negative campaign,is exploration of true pasonality for somehow but there is a time for that game. We face very serious economical crisis,there is no room for negative campaign.we left one month before election there is no room for negative campaign.It is time for business and business only.

Nassor Ally of NC 2:07AM October 07, 2008

When people can no longer argue a point intelligently, they often resort to violence.

When politicians can no longer argue their position intelligently and convincingly, they resort to character assanination.

Character assassination is the same as VIOLENCE

Bob of NY 6:41PM October 06, 2008

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