Accusation Quote by Gary Bauer

“This is the new Republican victimology: The liberal media is maliciously misrepresenting the views of a rough-hewn but sincere salt-of-the-earth conservative, even when his…

— Mike Lofgren

The Democrats can engage in the most reprehensible, mean-spirited, vile, vicious verbal attacks known in politics, and they get praised for it.

— Rush Limbaugh

...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.

— Jonah Goldberg

Right-wing propagandists like Limbaugh and Coulter are essentially entertainers, entertainers who stimulate prejudice, selfishness and meanness the way a comedian works for laughs or…

— Hal Crowther

“Name-calling, insult, ridicule, guilt by association, caricature, innuendo, accusation, denunciation, negative ads, and deceptive and manipulative videos have replaced deliberation and debate. Neither side…

— Os Guinness

But political parties must claim to be radically different from one another, and political journalism must play along, or else why exist? So the…

— Neil Macdonald

“Because of demagogues, rhetoric has a tainted reputation in our time. However, rhetoric is central to democratic governance. It can fuse passion and persuasion,…

— George will

The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of shame, no…

— Jay Rockefeller

Political discourse in America has gotten so out of control that it's emboldened people to ruin the lives of those they disagree with.

— Chuck Woolery

Promises to get beyond partisanship are the most perfunctory sort of campaign rhetoric, almost as empty as the partisanship itself.

— Thomas Frank

Conservative journalists don't just have the inside track on Republican strategy - they help devise it.

— Jacob Weisberg

Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.

— John Podhoretz