"Walt" wrote in message
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Sen. John McCain said it all, and said it straight: The TV ad smearing
Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War service was "dishonest and
dishonorable." Just as important was what else McCain said: "It was
the same kind of deal that was pulled on me."......

Trouble is, smears work. Wisconsoners were treated to a poll purportedly
run by a local Christian group. Voters were asked who they planned to vote
for and if they answered a Democrat they'd be asked "Would you vote for him
(her) if you knew he was a homosexual?" or " ... if you knew he was about to
be arrested?" or a dozen other like themes. Turned out the calls were from
telemarketeers out of Louisiana.