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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I'll add this: Harper's panicked ad campaign accused Ignatieff of being "American." But it's Harper who is injecting the American rhetorical style into our politics--attack ads that are devoid of content, making nakedly jingoistic emotional appeals in an attempt to grab the moral low ground before anyone else can get there. That defines everything that is wrong with American political culture.
Let's remember that we're better than that.
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lol, you wish.
American style attack ads were a staple of the Liberal campaigns in 2000, 2004 and 2006.
Actually, given some of the ads the Liberals produced, it would be an insult to American politics to compare them.