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THey say it is scare-tactics but honestly, why is it okay at Arlington but not here?
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This is beyond political gamesmanship, this is a blatant lie, and the worst kind of scare-tactics that TV stations shouldn't be a party to.
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They did, and they continue to fail to understand that climate scare-tactics are not going to inspire most people.
Wonk Room » Chris Bowers: The Progressive Failure To Engage The Grassroots on Climate Change 2009
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From the stage, Stewart lampooned overheated fear of the Tea Party about as much as as he did scare-tactics operating in the opposite direction.
At the Stewart and Colbert rally, define 'sanity'... Stephen Stromberg 2010
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Cut the scare-tactics/tea party nonsense – the only entities who are winning "this debate" so far, are the Washington lobbyists who are raking in millions, thanks in part to elements of the public who seem to lack the ability to think in an independent manner.
Obama adviser: Protesters wrong about health-care reform 2009
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He goes on to say that the scare-tactics – horror-machine which keeps terror alive (the media) we are expecting terrorist (Al-Kida) in the not to distant future to throw out for media consumption that they are now prepared with atomic warfare capabilities and you guessed it, psychological terrorism will continue doing its dance replete with reinvention for its audience.
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He will not be pressured by letters, petitions, or any other scare-tactics.
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You see, the Obama campaign has demonized the idea of mandates — most recently in a scare-tactics mailer sent to voters that bears a striking resemblance to the “Harry and Louise” ads run by the insurance lobby in 1993, ads that helped undermine our last chance at getting universal health care.
Krugman: Hillary's health care plan will cover twice as many uninsured at only slightly more cost 2008
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But it is really a reprise of tried and true scare-tactics past.
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But it is really a reprise of tried and true scare-tactics past.
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