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Politics

Politics is a Dirty Business

Posted August 7, 2025September 6, 2002 in Categories Editorial, Obliviots/Idiots, Politics, Reader Feedback23 Comments

In the 25 August 2002 newsletter, there was a paid ad for an anti-Bush bumper sticker. The ad’s headline: There’s Dirt Under Every Bu$h. That led to (ahem) several reader letters:

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The ‘Fornigate’ Response

Posted July 31, 2025February 5, 1998 in Categories Politics, Special3 Comments

Anytime This is True runs stories with (shall we say) controversial subjects, it generates letters. But nothing brings more letters than the division between left- and right-wing politics!

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Special Fornigate Edition

Posted July 31, 2025February 1, 1998 in Categories Adult, Government, Major Headlines, Politics, Special2 Comments

The Monica Lewinski scandal didn’t really break (or “Go Viral” as we say today) until President Bill Clinton’s famous angry denial, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman …Miss Lewinsky.”

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