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  • Wherever he operates, attack-ads rather than positive ads will be the order of the day -- liberally seasoned with dirty-tricks tactics.

    Nigel Hamilton: David Brooks: Soft in the Head Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • Wherever he operates, attack-ads rather than positive ads will be the order of the day -- liberally seasoned with dirty-tricks tactics.

    Nigel Hamilton: David Brooks: Soft in the Head Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • Wherever he operates, attack-ads rather than positive ads will be the order of the day -- liberally seasoned with dirty-tricks tactics.

    Nigel Hamilton: David Brooks: Soft in the Head Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • There was an undeniable aura of arrogance in his announcement that he'd returned to Canada after almost 30 years abroad, because "his party needed him", and the Conservatives ran attack-ads mocking Ignatieff's return as "just visiting".

    Is this Michael Ignatieff's last stand? Heather McRobie 2010

  • After all, there's plenty of footage that can be used to create attack-ads showing McCain efforts to mediate the crisis.

    McCain Adviser Admits That Campaign Doesn't Want To Talk About Economic Crisis 2009

  • Before I even received an acknowledgment of the request from the White House, I got word that the Democratic National Committee was launching campaign-style TV attack-ads against me for making it.

    Why South Carolina Doesn't Want 'Stimulus' 2009

  • A pre-election Congress, cowed by the prospect of the kind of attack-ads that dogged Max Cleland in 2002, representatives of both parties almost fell over themselves in the haste to curtail detainees ability to enter court and make the simple claim that they had been picked up by mistake.

    Aziz Huq: The First (and Quite Bad) Legal Interpretation of the Military Comissions Act of 2006 2008

  • But the ways in which attack-ads are dealt with--counterattack; prior warning to alert viewers that attack-ads may be expected; the use of humor to defuse them; the willingness to call campaigners personally to account for ads' errors--are, she says, still in the early stages.

    Mayor Sam's Hotsheet for Monday 2007

  • Before I even received an acknowledgment of the request from the White House, I got word that the Democratic National Committee was launching campaign-style TV attack-ads against me for making it.

    Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator 2009

  • Before I even received an acknowledgment of the request from the White House, I got word that the Democratic National Committee was launching campaign-style TV attack-ads against me for making it.

    Riehl World View 2009

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