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Clark County Fiasco
However, to most people, the paper is regarded as a leftist [[liberal]] paper, as well as being pro-[[abortion]] on demand, anti-[[Bush]] and anti-[[American]], pro-[[Obama]] and critical of [[Tony Blair]]'s support for the war in [[Iraq]] (and of New Labour in general). The newspaper's reputation as a platform for [[liberal]] and left-wing opinions has led to the use of the epithets "''Guardian'' reader" and "Guardianista" for people holding such views,<ref>{{cite web|author=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster |url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo011119/debtext/11119-08.htm#11119-08_spnew3 |title=Hansard 374:54 19 November 2001 |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |date=19 November 2001 |accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4348620.stm|title=What the papers say|work=BBC News|date=17 October 2005}}</ref> or as a negative stereotype of such people as middle class, and [[politically correct]].
However, to most people, the paper is regarded as a leftist [[liberal]] paper, as well as being pro-[[abortion]] on demand, anti-[[Bush]] and anti-[[American]], pro-[[Obama]] and critical of [[Tony Blair]]'s support for the war in [[Iraq]] (and of New Labour in general). The newspaper's reputation as a platform for [[liberal]] and left-wing opinions has led to the use of the epithets "''Guardian'' reader" and "Guardianista" for people holding such views,<ref>{{cite web|author=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster |url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo011119/debtext/11119-08.htm#11119-08_spnew3 |title=Hansard 374:54 19 November 2001 |publisher=Publications.parliament.uk |date=19 November 2001 |accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4348620.stm|title=What the papers say|work=BBC News|date=17 October 2005}}</ref> or as a negative stereotype of such people as middle class, and [[politically correct]].
===Clark County Fiasco===
On October 13th, 2004, the Guardian paper attempted to influence the election between [[George W. Bush]] and [[John Kerry]] in one particular Ohio county, Clark County.<ref>[http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=10846 Euro-Socialists Say: Assassinate Bush], Operation Clark County, post-mortem, [[FrontPage Magazine]]</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/13/uselections2004.usa11 My fellow non-Americans ... ]</ref> They called it "''Operation Clark County''",<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/18/uselections2004.usa2 Dear Limey assholes]</ref> and the effort is generally regarded to have been a failure and a fiasco for the paper.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1474828/Guardian-calls-it-quits-in-Clark-County-fiasco.html Guardian calls it quits in Clark County fiasco], [[Daily Telegraph]]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3981823.stm Did Guardian turn Ohio to Bush?], [[BBC]]</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/lady-antonia-of-clark-county-532409.html Lady Antonia of Clark County], Why 'The Guardian' and its readers are still feeling the wrath of Ohio , [[The Independent]]</ref><ref>[http://mammon.typepad.com/root_of_all_evil/2008/11/us-election-2008-remembering-guardians-operation-clark-county.html US election 2008: remembering Guardian's Operation Clark County]</ref><ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/2004-11-04-brits-letters_x.htm Brits' campaign backfires in Ohio], [[USA Today]]</ref>
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== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Polly Toynbee]]
*[[Polly Toynbee]]
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