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Quotable Quote: Who Needs Proof?

The authors admitted they didn't have proof of the claim, but insist political literature is a matter of opinion, which they have a right to share. "Where there's smoke there is fire. It's too obvious. I don't have proof, but everything on fliers is opinion. That's the nature of politics. We express our opinion, they express theirs" -- Jeff Ward, Kootenai County Reagan Republicans president, in Coeur d'Alene Press re: the accusation in organization campaign literature that Councilman Mike Kennedy got Jim Brannon fired from his Habitat for Humanity job. More here.

Question: Does this mean that everything you want to believe about an opposing political candidate is true simply because you want to believe it so?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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