1.   And so the politics of personal destruction continue apace.

2.   Chavez portrayed herself as a victim Tuesday, accusing critics of engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

3.   Could it be the Kulturkampf with its weapons of messy personal destruction?

4.   Even Gingrich and the House Republicans indulged in more than obstruction and the politics of personal destruction.

5.   For many reasons, the politics of personal destruction has become embedded in Washington culture.

6.   Hatch lamented what he said was the latest example of personal destruction in Senate politics.

7.   He can set an example for his House and the White House in avoiding what Dick Gephardt, the Democratic leader, called the politics of personal destruction.

8.   In part, candidates have responded to polls suggesting an American public sickened by the politics of personal destruction.

9.   It has been a vast and sinister conspiracy of fanatics aimed at the personal destruction of a political adversary whose stature they could not abide.

10.   It is easy for any administration to get mired in the politics of personal destruction.