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William Tauzin: And how we return here in reelection campaigns with the art of governing. There is a huge difference between those two…

On the recordMay 1, 1996
And how we return here in reelection campaigns with the art of governing. There is a huge difference between those two activities, yet we confuse them. Our politics have gotten meaner. Negative campaigning is the way in which candidates are now elected. Citizens are left with choosing the lesser of two evils, because they learn so many horrible things about all the candidates that they cannot really believe in any of them anymore. Time magazine wrote an article once that said that if Burger King and, say, McDonald's----
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing the impact of negative campaigning on elections.

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