Take It From a Victim of ‘527’ Attacks: Let Them Be
- By Tom Daschle
- Special to Roll Call
- April 26, 2005, Midnight
This past autumn, special interest groups rushed to South Dakota to attack my record and question my values. Many of their advertisements were harshly negative in substance and tone, and they reflected little respect for fact or substance. At times like this, in anger and frustration, candidates may wish that Congress could and would outlaw such advertisements. After a season of swift boats, in South Dakota and elsewhere, that wish is powerful, and it is understandable. It is also misplaced.
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