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Voters Will Decide If Political Attacks Are Too Rough

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Inside the First Amendment

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By Gene Policinski
First Amendment Center

A political “smack-down” was how one cable network talk show described the most recent Democratic candidates’ televised debate — more the parlance of pro wrestling than national politics.

In a spirited exchange, Sen. Barack Obama slammed Sen. Hillary Clinton’s work as a lawyer for Wal-Mart, and Clinton delivered a barb about Obama’s legal work on behalf of a man she termed a “slumlord.” Sen.…

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