Sentences with phrase «by mudslinging»

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Parks and preservation were set to be the topics of a candidates forum held by the Queens Civic Congress, but political mudslinging quickly reared its head in a preview of -LSB-...]

Ms. Savino called on Paladino to clarify comments attributed to his campaign in a City Hall News story that said Paladino would look to provoke the sometimes hot - tempered Cuomo by using mudslinging tactics, including «sly Italian references.»

Labour's candidate Eleanor Tunnicliffe (who all evidence suggests is running a very distant third; and Cambridge - educated, by the way) pointed out that all the (refined) mudslinging about issues such as introducing carpark charges in Richmond Park means both Conservatives and Lib Dems are ignoring important issues like affordable housing.

Both candidates have run mudslinging campaign ads — Udall's are paid for in many cases by the League of Conservation Voters, whereas Schaffer's contributors include ExxonMobil and Halliburton — establishing their disparate positions.

Yes, there is a lot of mudslinging and people's opinions of other people are defended by free speech, but there is a line.

For a vote that didn't decide much in concrete terms, it was certainly preceded by furious lobbying and plenty of behind - the - scenes mudslinging.