Political vitriol, invective now at the speed of light
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Vitriol and invective stain American political history, but falsehoods, half-truths and innuendo now spread with the speed of light across partisan airwaves and the Internet -- the din drowning out the country's moderate political center.
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