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Old Nov 1st, 2006, 04:28 PM        Re: Interesting and sometimes hillarious article on attack a
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Originally Posted by mburbank
Does ayone now if this style ad predates the anti-goldwater "Daisy" spot? I mean, there's always been yellow journalism and such, but I'm thinking more of the very stylized, shorthand "My opponent liks to eat babies" thing?
Well, back in the 19th century, candidates were particularly personal in party papers and letters to each other. I'll dig up a couple of examples....

More on this later, b/c the Ads this year are rather interesting.
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