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  I Know You Are, But What Am I?

  Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:39 PM | By Christopher Beam

  Ever notice how politicians taunt each other with the exact same insults of which they themselves stand accused? Case in point:

  From a McCain email today:

  STATEMENT BY MCCAIN CAMPAIGN ON BARACK OBAMA'S OLD-STYLE POLITICAL ATTACKS [Emphasis Added]
  

  And from Politico’s Playbook:

  “Senator Obama, returning to the campaign trail in Greensboro, N.C., plans to castigate Senator McCain for an economic plan that Team Obama describes as ‘vapid.’ ” [E.A.]
  

  Now it’s Clinton’s turn to accuse both her opponents of being frigid Machiavellian ice robots.

  Filed under: Barack Obama, John McCain

About Christopher Beam

• Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.

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