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Robert Mann

Robert Mann is Manship Chair of Journalism at LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication and author of “Daisy Petals and Mushroom Clouds: LBJ, Barry Goldwater and the Ad that Changed American Politics.”

Donald Trump, David Duke (AP/Reuters/Brian Snyder/Steve Helber/Photo montage by Salon)

Donald Trump is David Duke in a nicer suit: Compare their views and just try to tell them apart

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Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Sen. David Vitter, R-La., announces his defeat. (AP)

This is why David Vitter lost: Gutter politics from a prostitute-procuring politician don’t work against a conservative Democrat from West Point

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Let’s mock Bobby Jindal one last time: An attention-seeker with no clear message abandons one of the worst presidential campaigns ever

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David Vitter’s desperate last stand: He throws his wife under the bus — again

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David Vitter, dead man walking: Louisiana’s most feared Republican is now its most loathed — and he’s going to lose

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David Vitter hooker shocker: New charges that Louisiana pol missed vote honoring soldiers while scheduling prostitute rendezvous

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(Reuters/Sean Gardner)

David Vitter is a cheap political prostitute: Even Louisiana racists smell the desperation in his foul new campaign ad

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The modern news conference is a scripted farce: Why Jorge Ramos’ badgering of Donald Trump was a necessary corrective

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Prayer won’t stop guns: The cruel hypocrisy behind the right’s refusal to talk about gun violence

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Donald Trump’s size doesn’t matter. Also, he’s probably exaggerating it

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Bobby Jindal, shameful hypocrite: Only answers for gun violence are hugs, shrugs and prayers

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Fox News just lets Bobby Jindal get away with his big lie

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Bobby Jindal, cynical charlatan: How a one-time GOP star turned into another scheming religious wingnut

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Bobby Jindal, Grover Norquist (AP/Jim Cole/Carolyn Kaster)

Bobby Jindal’s dishonest scheme: Even fellow Republicans are embarrassed by this one

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Hillary Clinton’s lessons from Richard Nixon: What his winning 1968 race can teach her about image and comebacks

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