WASHINGTON — Vitriol and invective stain American political history, but the poison of 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.
Analysis: Partisan slander moving at the speed of light
Monday, October 12, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT
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