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I'd like to dissect how Komen for the Cure completely destroyed a brand 3 decades in the making and how they're now a different organization with a different future (if they even have one), whether they like it or not. My goal here is to help people understand this so you don't make the same mistakes.

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Won't someone please think of the toy soldiers?

Use of erotic imagery to promote family planning (as opposed to HIV prevention) has been less the norm but this need not be the case.

Lawyers for the Kilroy for Congress campaign sent a letter to Columbus area TV Stations and cable providers asking for them to stop airing a new television ad paid for by Steve Stivers which contains false statements, about which we wrote earlier today.

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Negative campaigning and the use of ads to undermine an opponent is nothing new. Today, however, some campaigns just make things up. Literally.

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A conservative advocate and political consultant with ties to Dick Armey, George Bush, and big business has produced a television ad that encourages Latinos in Nevada not to vote.

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Courtney Martin talks about women realizing they're feminists. Also, reality TV handles domestic violence responsibly, and the hand-wringing over abortion providers advertising that they provide abortion.

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