I stayed stretched out like that for a long time. The ground beneath me was scorching now; the fog had evaporated and the grass had turned a deeper shade of green. The sound of an airplane rumbled overhead. I didn’t care. Why bother running for cover? I thought: Bullets may miss people, but no one [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Uncategorized'
“Novel Without a Name” – Duong Thu Huong
May 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Prose, Uncategorized, Writing
“Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
May 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The inauguration of Thomas Jefferson was the first held in the new capital city of Washington, D.C. In his inaugural address, Jefferson attempted to move beyond party distinctions and unify the country once again. “We are all Republicans; We are all Federalists,” he said. “If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve [...]
Tags:Freedom·Freedom of Speech·Liberty·Politics·Trolls·Twitter
“Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
May 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Campaigning, Journalism, Newspapers, The Media, Uncategorized
One pro-Adams newspaper warned that if Jefferson were elected, “murder, robbery, rape, adultery, and incest will be openly taught and practiced, the air will be rent with the cries of the distressed, the soil will be soaked with blood, and the nation black with crimes.” Jefferson’s religious views were attacked as the vies of an [...]
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“Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
May 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Electoralism, Quotes, Uncategorized
The main goals of (the Committee to Re-elect the President), as Segretti and his accomplices later told reporters and investigators, were to torpedo the campaigns of Democrats they thought to be a serious threat to Nixon’s reelection, and to wreak havoc among the Democratic campaigns, creating ill will and sore feelings. “The main purpose was [...]
Tags:Electoralism·Kevin Rudd·negative campaigning·Politics·Quotes·us politics·whatever it takes
“Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
May 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Campaigning, Uncategorized
The next day (Charles) Robb responded with a second ad that called (Ollie) North a liar: “After lying about President Reagan and even lying to schoolchildren, now Oliver North is lying about Chuck Robb. Chuck Robb has never had anything to do with illegal drugs – period. B what North doesn’t understand is the real [...]
Tags:Advertising·Campaigning·Honest·negative campaigning·Politics·truth
“Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
May 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Campaigning, Electoralism, Means and Ends, Uncategorized
(Mike) Murphy responded as most consultants do: “People say that they don’t like negative ads, but negative information is an important part of their decision-making. It works. Campaigns are a ‘whatever works’ kind of world.
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“Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Campaigning, Uncategorized
To Jesse Helms, politics and ideology were simple, black and white. He saw it as right versus wrong, good versus evil. His slogan for the 1972 Senate campaign was “He’s one of us.” It appeared in television ads and in flyers distributed around the state…. It also implied that the opponent was not “one of [...]
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“Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
April 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Campaigning, Nuclear Weapons, Uncategorized
The ‘Daisy Girl’ spot was intended to play on the fears and anxieties about Goldwater that he himself had created. The ad opens with a young girl sitting in a field of flowers, picking daisies as she counts them…. At zero, the camera zooms in to the girl’s eyes and we see a nuclear explosion, [...]
Tags:Campaigning·Cold War·Nuclear Weapons·Politics·us politics
“Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time” – Kerwin Swint
April 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Campaigning, Uncategorized
In 1934 (Upton Sinclair) abandoned the Socialist Party and then entered the Democratic Party Primary for governor. He reasoned that a Socialist could not get elected; he had to win an election before he could enact a single policy. He based his campaign on a utopian novel he had just written, called, I, Governor of [...]
“Berlin: The Downfall 1945” – Antony Beevor
April 29th, 2012 · No Comments · Communism, Uncategorized, WW2
The proportion of political arrests in the Red Army doubled from 1944 to 1945, a year when the Soviet Union was effectively at war for little more than four months. In that year of victory, no fewer than 135,056 Red Army soldiers and officers were condemned by military tribunals for ‘counter-revolutionary crimes’…. Over 1.5 million [...]
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