We used to have a mandatory media blackout three days before an
election to counter just that tactic. At least he didn't call him a
pediatrician.
AndrewF
On 09/11/2005, at 4:31 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> The more things change, the more they stay the same. Back in the
> '30s, when Huey Long was running for governor of Louisiana, in a
> radio speech the evening before the election, when it was too late
> for any meaningful rebuttal or explanation from his rival, he said,
> as much as he regretted having to do so, he felt it his duty to
> inform the voters that his opponent practiced nepotism in his place
> of business and that he had a sister way up to New York City who
> was a well-known thespian. It worked. Huey won in a landslide.
>
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