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Emboldened by the 2010 midterms, rightwing Republican interest groups realized they didn't have to settle for the dogwhistling of the past.
Nancy L. Cohen: Why the GOP Circus Has Mattered Nancy L. Cohen 2011
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But Allen's remarks were part of a broader pattern of behavior and racial dogwhistling that was troubling, of which the whole "macaca" thing was only a small part.
Remembering George Allen's 2006 campaign Adam Serwer 2011
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For some elements of the South Carolina Republican electorate, such dogwhistling is a powerful way of saying: I am one of you.
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Hopefully that means that the kind of neo-Confederate dogwhistling Allen mastered now has political costs that outweigh its benefits.
Remembering George Allen's 2006 campaign Adam Serwer 2011
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I'm no supporter of McCain, but this is pretty much of a piece with the ageist dogwhistling the Obama camp has directed toward fellow Democrats who aren't in their cool kids demographic.
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Only way the former happens is if Hillary's camp keeps up the racial dogwhistling and keeps saying McCain is better prepared to be President than Obama.
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All other dogwhistling and subliminal intent is just gravy on what their pre-emptive strike against Obama.
McCain Campaign Devoting One Third Of Its Total Ad Spending To Britney-Obama Spot 2009
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Cathie from Canada catches blogger SoCon or Bust doing a little premature gloating and dogwhistling about the all too obvious intended endgame of Bill C-484, the Unborn Victims of Crime Act, aka the Stealth Act to Recriminalize Abortion : ... the momentum is clearly moving in our direction.
Archive 2008-03-01 Dave 2008
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I mean, I've heard of dogwhistling the base, but that was like a foghorn in a library.
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Instead, they want to fight the 'culture wars' by dogwhistling social conservatives.
Public Address 2009
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September 18, 2015