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Article: Boxing with ballots.(U.S. Civil Rights Commission report on 2000 Florida presidential election)(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- June 18, 2001
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Dishonest commentary often uses the passive voice. If nobody pays attention to your group or lobby, it has been "marginalized." People no longer drink too much. They are "afflicted with alcoholism and alcohol- related diseases." Passive, blame-shifting language is all around us, a verbal smog.
A current example is the U.S. Civil Rights Commission's report on the Florida presidential vote, filed last week. Once respected, the commission long ago degenerated into a hard-left hit group that specializes in trashing Republicans--Rudy Giuliani, Jeb Bush, George W. Bush. Its erratic and sarcastic chairwoman, Mary Frances Berry, friend of Hillary and donor to the Gore ...