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Posts Tagged ‘Smear Campaigns’

Update: Pilot reports on attacks, Google sued

By Joel McDonald • Mar 20th, 2009 • Category: Blog, Campaigns & Elections

The Virginian-Pilot reports on the attacks and threats against Pat Edmonson. Her campaign files a lawsuit against Google in an attempt to hold those responsible accountable.



Fighting the smears and personal attacks

By Joel McDonald • Mar 19th, 2009 • Category: Blog, Campaigns & Elections

Pat has spoken openly about issues that matter to Virginians, even when it was not easy or politically expedient to do so. Pat continues this today as she is under vicious personal attack.



The New Political Machine

By Joel McDonald • Nov 6th, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

With the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, the one thing I’m hearing from both liberal and conservative analysts is how amazingly effective Obama’s campaign was. While the top of the campaign was impressive, it was the efforts of the ground troops, the volunteers, throughout the nation that made [...]



Hitting a wall

By Joel McDonald • Nov 1st, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

In being involved in or overhearing political conversations this close to election day, I often get the feeling that we’re hitting a wall that can’t be broken with people who don’t share our views, liberal or conservative. Rational thought and logical argument cease to have any effect on moving someone to change their mind about [...]