Sticks, Stones and Glass Houses
Sticks and stones may break one's bones, but words will seldom harm one...unless that person is running for elective office.
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Allegations between political campaigns of wrongdoing, whether they’re true or not, are fixtures during an election year. Charges like ethical skulduggery don’t go unnoticed by the news media. Neither does the lingering effect those charges bring with them. KUT’s Ian Crawford and Jason Embry of the Austin American-Statesman talk about the power of accusatory words in a political campaign in this week’s edition of the “Texas Political Parlor.”
