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Edwards Campaign Press Release - Edwards Campaign: The Definition Of Mudslinging

November 20, 2007

Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Today, John Edwards for President communications director Chris Kofinis released the following statement on the definition of mudslinging:

"mudslinging |mÅ­d'slÄ­ng'ing| (also mud-slinging)noun informal

the use of insults and accusations, esp. unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent. As in: Hillary Clinton said about Barack Obama, 'Now voters will judge whether living in a foreign country at the age of 10 prepares one to face the big, complex international challenges the next president will face.'

"Now we know what Senator Clinton meant when she talked about 'throwing mud' in the last debate. Like so many other things, when it comes to mud, Hillary Clinton says one thing and throws another."

John Edwards, Edwards Campaign Press Release - Edwards Campaign: The Definition Of Mudslinging Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/294235

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