With all due respect

By: Laura Merrifield Wilson

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: February 9, 2026

Words: 635

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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For the love of politics, let’s keep it civil.

Complaining that politics is “dirty” hardly qualifies as an original claim. Caesar was stabbed in the back by his best friend-turned-enemy. President Richard Nixon infamously sought a second term as president through ruthless means, employing his reelection committee to spy and lie for his administration’s benefit (ironically known by the acronym “CREEP”). The Russian government funded bots to generate fake accounts in the 2016 …

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