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Communications consultant Fraser Seitel says this year's presidential campaign "promises to be the filthiest, grimiest, most mean-spirited in the history of the Republic." He predicts: "the Karl Rovian [4]/ Bob Shrumian [5] mega-million dollar PR strategies" will have Bush slamming Kerry as a "position-hopping, tax-popping, liberal toady" and Kerry painting Bush as a "bible thumping, fat cat pumping, right wing wildman." Noting Bush's penchant for western ranch imagery and Kerry's motorcycle photo-ops, the Los Angeles Times asked whether the campaign has a "Who is more macho? [6]" subtext. And a recent survey of cable TV viewers found that "people are really unhappy about their role, or lack of it, in the democratic process [7]."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/6/diane-farsetta
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/politics
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[4] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Karl_Rove
[5] http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Bob_Shrum
[6] http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-na-macho18mar18,1,6394999.story?coll=la-home-headlines
[7] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2853-2004Mar17.html
[8] http:///www.odwyerpr.com/members/0322bush_kerry.htm