Rove: Attack Ads Have Gone Too Far
President Bush's former aide Karl Rove knows a thing or two about crafting campaign messages and, although he does not spare Barack Obama's campaign, he now says that John McCain's team has gone beyond the "100 percent truth test" in its recent crop of ads targeting the Illinois senator.President Bush’s former aide Karl Rove knows a thing or two about crafting campaign messages and, although he does not spare Barack Obama’s campaign, he now says that John McCain’s team has gone beyond the “100 percent truth test” in its recent crop of ads targeting the Illinois senator.
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