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DEATH BY NEGATIVES
New York Post ^ | 1/21/04 | DICK MORRIS

Posted on 01/21/2004 12:52:09 AM PST by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

January 21, 2004 -- THE negative ads of Howard Dean and Dick Gephardt succeeded brilliantly: They both lost Monday in Iowa. The winners - John Kerry and John Edwards - both abstained from negatives and won. The history of politics has always suggested that when one candidate attacks the other and the fire is returned, they both go down and the third - and fourth - candidate soars into the lead. Never has this been more true than it was in Iowa.


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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; dean; dickmorris; gephardt; iowa

1 posted on 01/21/2004 12:52:10 AM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
The myth that Kerry did not go negative continues.

He had negative ads running on TV in Iowa and altho he keeps saying he's not negative, it's just one more lie.

2 posted on 01/21/2004 4:25:19 AM PST by OldFriend (Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
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To: kattracks
Come on Dick. Tell us how Clinton did in Iowa in 1992. Wasn't he fourth with about 3%?
3 posted on 01/21/2004 5:30:37 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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