Presidential candidates of all stripes routinely promise more than they can deliver and cast their opponents’ policies in the worst possible light. But the demonization of the opposing candidate seems largely a specialty market of the Republican Party.
Jon Stewart captured that last night in a Daily Show segment called President Evil that looks back at the 2008 presidential campaign. Here is that link, compliments of politicalwire.com.
Notice any similarities to 2012?
CORRECTION: An earlier version had an “h” in Jon. There is none.
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I teach, write, coach and sing, though you're not required to listen to the latter. I'm a journalism professor at Emerson College in Boston. My third book, "Writing for Others, Writing for Ourselves," was published in November by Rowman & Littlefield Publishing. You can read a sample chapter at www.jerrylanson.com. My passions are politics (generally liberal in outlook), music, mountains, golden retrievers and my grandchildren, though not in that order. Please stop by and mix it up with me. I always answer those who post.
