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Originally Posted by Ohio

Here is Nancy Pelosi describing established Democratic smear tactics, colluding with the liberal Press.

Former Speaker Pelosi: "The Republicans don’t want the voters to see that contrast, so they focus on something else."

"It’s a diversionary tactic. It’s a self-fulfilling prophesy. You demonize them. We call it the wrap-up smear . . . You smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest and then you merchandise it."

"And then you [speaking to the press] write it, and they’ll say, see it’s reported in the press . . . so they have that validation, that the press reported the smear, and then it’s called the ‘wrap-up smear.’"

"And now I’m going to merchandize the press’s report on the smear that we made. [Shrugging and smirking] It’s a tactic. And it’s, it’s self-evident."

There you have it folks. Caught on video. Let's see how it works.

Demonize Kavanaugh, check.
Smear somebody with falsehoods “and all the rest,” check.
Merchandize falsehoods-based smear, check.
Get press to report falsehoods-based smear, check.
Merchandize “validation” of press reports on falsehoods-based smear, check.

And posters here wonder why I say real journalism is dying, and the Democratic Party is totally corrupt.

Pelosi was talking about what she claimed was a tactic Republicans are using. The video was edited to remove the context and thus distort what she was saying. If you watch the C-SPAN video the excerpt was cut from you can see what she was actually saying in context and how it was distorted by the editor of the clip and then put out to smear her...an ironic case in point.