Slangfest

[Baker, John]

        Usually "slugfest" is used in this context, and that's likely what Gergen meant.

John Baker


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Subject: Slangfest


In a column about the Swift Boat attack ads and Kerry's response to them,
David Gergen says: "A quarter-century ago, they [the Swift Boat Veterans'
allegations] would have faded away without much discussion.  But in an age
of slangfests on radio and cable news, it was inevitable that conservative
hosts would blow up the story" (The Oregonian, 8/30/04).