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Originally posted by Sistermadly
If you think it's bad now, just wait until the election season really fires up. I read something on a Howard Dean mailing list today that suggested that the RNC plans to run "Willie Horton-style" ads on the subject of gay marriage to imply that Dean supports it. Russell is right when he says that no one in the current Bush admin. is directly involved in the Dean campaign, but the RNC's counter-campaigining really does have an effect on public opinion. Remember - at one point, Michael Dukakis had about a 12 point lead over Bush Sr., but once the Horton ads started running, Dukakis' campaign was dead in the water.
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Anti-Dean ads are already being run in Iowa and New Hampshire and they are not beind run by RNC. The ads are being paid for by Democrats. One ad starts off with a picture of Osama bin Laden and then goes on to say the George Bush would make a much better President because Dean is so weak on foreign policy. This ad is being paid for by a group that is led by a Kerry supporter.