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First there was "Ten News at Five" anchor Belinda Heggens' low-blow sexual smackdown of co-host Mark Aiston.
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That's rich coming from Palin – the same lady who levelled the dishonest "pals around with terrorists" charge against Obama, and who made condescending comments about community organizers among a litany of various other low-blow, disrespectful accusations.
Latest ethics complaints should be 'a wake-up call,' Palin says 2009
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She also defended Letterman to Leno, telling Leno that a joke he made about Letterman's sex scandal was a low-blow.
Letterman Oprah Feud Explained: Why Oprah 'Hated' Dave The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The thing with discussions though in general is that some people do think that giving a person a low-blow incites them to think and then they may or may not apologize - actually it was quite common in TV back when I was a kid to teen though not that common anymore.
Kicking The Dog SVGL 2009
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She also defended Letterman to Leno, telling Leno that a joke he made about Letterman's sex scandal was a low-blow.
Letterman Oprah Feud Explained: Why Oprah 'Hated' Dave The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The fact is that the democrats will have to low-blow Obama out of the nomination.
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He's always been a partisan, low-blow hatchet-man and his temper is almost as scary as McCain's!
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We see the low-blow for Clinton and now the same strategy is being applied to McCain. — bob
Bill Clinton: ‘I Am Not a Racist’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It's not just change vs. experience, it's a calm demeanor with well thought-out, wise decision making vs. impulsive, appeal-to-the-moment, low-blow, irresponsible decision making.
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Finally, I think it was an unneeded low-blow to call into question the principles of Obama supporters (and indirectly my own principles).
Is Press Unfair To Hillary? New York Times Weighs In... 2009
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