below-the-belt love

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  • No purpose, no goal of excitation, no solely below-the-belt stimulation, and no intention for a specified outcome can be present.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Too often today, liberals are using below-the-belt tactics against conservatives and paying no price whatsoever.

    Mock Stars 2009

  • On television, rightwinger Glenn Beck has deployed this below-the-belt technique most flagrantly, but Nazi symbols have also appeared on signs waved by leftwingers in street protests.

    Toni Raiten-D’Antonio: Troubled Times and the Scapegoating of the 'Other' Toni Raiten-D’Antonio 2010

  • On television, rightwinger Glenn Beck has deployed this below-the-belt technique most flagrantly, but Nazi symbols have also appeared on signs waved by leftwingers in street protests.

    Toni Raiten-D’Antonio: Troubled Times and the Scapegoating of the 'Other' Toni Raiten-D’Antonio 2010

  • Mr. Bosbach said in a German television interview last week that he had been taken aback by "below-the-belt" political attacks after coming out against the expanded bailout fund and that he was reconsidering whether to run again for his parliamentary seat in 2013.

    Rift in Merkel's Party Surfaces Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

  • Although Gingrich’s national unpopularity has become the stuff of legend -- it’s at a nearly toxic 56 percent -- a core group of Republican voters thinks he has the best chance of scoring a below-the-belt knockout blow against President Barack Obama in the November election.

    John Feffer: The New Marx John Feffer 2012

  • In the mean time, questions about the performance of the Justice Department are treated by the Clinton administration not as serious allegations of criminal activity, but as little more than a below-the-belt salvo in the culture wars.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Waco 2010

  • Rand Paul took a harsh line against Bill Clinton on Monday, attacking him with a below-the-belt jab focused on the former president's sexual indiscretions with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

    Rand Paul Lobs Lewinsky Attack At Bill Clinton The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Although Gingrich’s national unpopularity has become the stuff of legend -- it’s at a nearly toxic 56 percent -- a core group of Republican voters thinks he has the best chance of scoring a below-the-belt knockout blow against President Barack Obama in the November election.

    John Feffer: The New Marx John Feffer 2012

  • With the exception of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, he was abandoned by his Republican colleagues in the Senate — while the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee poured money into a vicious and below-the-belt campaign against him here in Alaska.

    Begich Didn't Win, Stevens Lost 2010

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