Political Mudslinging Via YouTube, MySpace

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday November 2, 2006 @07:57AM from the don't-forget-to-duck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BusinessWeek takes a look at how political campaigns are taking the time-honored tradition of political mudslinging digital. One notable example: In the Virginia Senate race incumbent Republican George Allen held a comfortable lead over challenger Jim Webb until one of Webb's camera-toting aides captured footage of Allen making a racial slur during a campaign stop. The video soon held the number 1 ranking on YouTube and gained national attention. Allen has since taken a steep drop in the polls, and Republicans now risk losing a seat they thought secure."

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Re:Wait, this is mudslinging? by stubear · 2006-11-02 08:23 · Score: 0, Troll

Yet the Democrats rallied behind Clinton despite his being proven to be an adulterous bastard. They called the Republicans all kinds of names and accused them of political games and what not for bring this issue to light. Some people feel about adulterers the way you appear to feel about racists (let me state that I do agree with you about racists, just ask my father-in-law).